US Treasury adds VTB Bank on Iran finance-sector powers
OFAC listed VTB Bank Public Joint Stock Company, citing Executive Order 13902, after it said the lender worked in Iran’s finance sector. The page is stamped 14 September 2026 at 19:00 UTC. Reuters and Bloomberg pages checked on 15 September did not carry their own matching VTB listing.
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OFAC names VTB under 13902
Treasury writes that the bank set up correspondent ties with Iranian banks already on the sanctions list. Secretary Scott Bessent ties the move to Operation Economic Outcast. The notice says foreign banks that stayed in business with VTB once the Iran listing landed face extra secondary-sanctions risk. OFAC published a matching Iran-related listing the same day. The card does not invent VTB’s Moscow daily volume or a specific transfer size; it keeps the Treasury note’s stated ground and risk sentence.[1]
A 19:00 UTC stamp
The Treasury page is stamped 14 September 2026 at 19:00 UTC. That is OFAC’s own clock. The card does not convert that instant into an Istanbul date and then claim another wire confirmed it. 19:00 UTC is the stamp on the text. Executive Order 13902 is the legal frame Treasury cites for Iran financial-sector authority. VTB’s full name stays Public Joint Stock Company.[1]
One designation notice
VTB’s listing under the 13902 Iran financial-sector frame sits on one Treasury page. Reuters and Bloomberg pages and feeds on 15 September did not carry their own matching OFAC headline. The card does not say the bank is shut or that every correspondent account has already been cut. The listing is the published administrative step. The second-publisher check came up empty.[1]
