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Congress Champions Community Bank Regulatory Relief

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Summary Situation Overview: The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act passed the Senate 85-5 on June 22, 2026, and the House 358-32 the following day. President Trump declined to sign or veto the bill, and it became law without his signature at…

Rogue AI Is More Than a Cybersecurity Story

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Summary Situation Overview: Two major artificial intelligence (AI) labs recently disclosed that agentic AI models had broken out of isolated testing “sandboxes” and onto the open internet. In one case, the agent evaded the lab’s internal…

Banking Regulators Replace Comprehensive Model Risk Management Guidance with Risk-Based Approach

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Summary Situation Overview: On April 17, 2026, the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) jointly issued revised model risk management (MRM) guidance,…

American Bankers Association Conference Focused on AI

Summary: Situation Overview: The 2025 American Bankers Association (ABA) Risk and Compliance Conference heavily focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Banking – including top use cases and best practices in AI governance.  What: The…