The office coordinates the department's efforts on financial education policy and ensuring the resiliency of the financial services sector in the wake of a terrorist attack.
Within the Office of Financial Institutions are: The Office of Financial Institutions Policy (OFIP) develops, analyzes, and coordinates the Department of the Treasury’s policies on legislative and regulatory issues affecting financial institutions, including depository institutions, insurance companies, government sponsored enterprises, securities firms, finance companies, mutual funds, and all other regulated and unregulated financial intermediaries.
The Office of Financial Education serves to provide the Department of the Treasury with expertise on the many complex and interdisciplinary issues involved in financial education, and is able to tap into the department's wide base of expertise on finance.
The Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Compliance Policy coordinates the department's development and implementation of policies regarding: the protection of the critical infrastructure of the financial services sector, including the department's lead agency role with respect to the financial sector; the development of statutes and regulations within the financial sector, including money laundering, internet gambling and identity theft; and the sharing of information among financial institutions and between the private and public sectors, including financial privacy and the sharing of suspicious information pursuant to the Bank Secrecy Act.
The office staffs the Financial and Banking Information Infrastructure Committee.