Venezuela-related Designations; Issuance of Venezuela-related Licenses

Venezuela-related Designations; Issuance of Venezuela-related Licenses

3/22/2019

Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) i

designating Banco de Desarrollo Economico y Social de Venezuela (BANDES),

any entity in which BANDES owns, directly or indirectly, a 50 percent or greater interest,

pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13850 as amended by E.O. 13857, for operating in the financial sector of the Venezuelan economy,

following a determination by Secretary of the Treasury , that persons operating in Venezuela’s financial sector may be subject to sanctions pursuant to E.O. 13850 as amended by E.O. 13857.

In addition, the following entities have been added to OFAC’s SDN List:

BANCO BANDES URUGUAY S.A. (a.k.a. BANDES URUGUAY), Zabala 1338, Montevideo 11000, Uruguay; SWIFT/BIC CFACUYMM; National ID No. 215395820015 (Uruguay) [VENEZUELA-EO13850]

BANCO BICENTENARIO DEL PUEBLO, DE LA CLASE OBRERA, MUJER Y COMUNIAS, BANCO UNIVERSAL C.A. (f.k.a. BANCO BICENTENARIO BANCO UNIVERSAL C.A.; a.k.a. BANCO BICENTENARIO DEL PUEBLO; a.k.a. BANCO BICENTENARIO DEL PUEBLO, DE LA CLASE OBRERA, MUJER Y COMUNAS, BANCO UNIVERSAL CA), Av Venezuela, Torre Banco Bicentenario, P.P, El Rosal, Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela; SWIFT/BIC CONDVECP; National ID No. G200091487 (Venezuela)

BANCO DE DESARROLLO ECONOMICO Y SOCIAL DE VENEZUELA (a.k.a. BANCO BANDES; a.k.a. BANDES; f.k.a. FONDO DE INVERSIONES DE VENEZUELA), Av. Universidad, Esq. de Traposos a Colon, P-1, Torre BANDES, CARACAS, DISTRITO FEDERAL 1010, Venezuela; Edificio Fondo de Inversiones de Venezuela Avenida Norte 1, Esquina Colon a Traposos, Caracas, Venezuela; SWIFT/BIC FIVVVECA; National ID No. G200047526 (Venezuela)

BANCO DE VENEZUELA SA BANCO UNIVERSAL (a.k.a. BANCO DE VENEZUELA; a.k.a. BANCO DE VENEZUELA SA, BANCO UNIVERSAL; f.k.a. BANCO DE VENEZUELA, S.A.; a.k.a. BANCO DE VENEZUELA, S.A.C.A.), Av Universidad Esq. de Sociedad, Torre Banco de Venezuela, Caracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela; SWIFT/BIC VZLAVECA; National ID No. G200099976 (Venezuela) [VENEZUELA-EO13850]

BANCO PRODEM S.A. (f.k.a. FONDO FINANCIERO PRIVADO PRODEM S.A.), Calle Belisario Salinas No 520, esquina, Sanchez Lima, La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia; SWIFT/BIC BPRMBOLP; Tax ID No. 1029837028 (Bolivia) [VENEZUELA-EO13850]

https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20190322_33.aspx