OFAC Clears 84 From Sanctions List and Opens a Digital Exit Ramp: What It Means for Banks and Designated Parties

OFAC Clears 84 From Sanctions List and Opens a Digital Exit Ramp: What It Means for Banks and Designated Parties Treasury's second round of SDN modernization reshapes compliance screening and gives designated persons a formal path out The Finding Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control removed 84 individuals and entities from the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) List on July 27, 2026. It was the second major action in Secretary Scott Bessent's ongoing sanctions modernization drive, and it landed in the same week that Iran designation activity continued at pace. The two tracks running in parallel are not contradictory: they are the architecture of a deliberate bifu…