Insights

A New Chapter for Shareholder Proposals: Best Practices for Navigating the 2026 Proxy Season

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Summary Situation Overview: In November 2025, the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Corporation Finance announced that, for the 2025–2026 proxy season, it will no longer issue substantive “no-action” letters…

CFTC Chair Outlines Priorities for Prediction Markets and Digital Asset Market Structure

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Summary Situation Overview: On January 29, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Michael Selig made his first public remarks at the CFTC-SEC harmonization event. Among other things, Chairman Selig laid out the agency’s priorities, which…

Resolution Planning Faces Regulatory Uncertainty

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Summary Situation Overview: A U.S. bank regulator signaled potential relaxation of resolution planning requirements for banks, while the Financial Stability Board (FSB) reiterated its support and focus on enhancing resolution planning capabilities. What:…

Fed Withdrawal of Guidance Marks Milestone for Banks’ Future Crypto Activity

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Summary: Situation Overview: The federal banking agencies have withdrawn previously issued guidance related to banks’ crypto activities, marking a shift in regulatory posture toward digital asset engagement. What: On April 25, the Federal…

FDIC Highlights Policy Priorities Impacting FinTechs and Large Banks

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Summary: Situation Overview: FDIC is focused on de novo bank formation, digital assets and blockchain activities, resolution planning, and asset thresholds for “tailoring” categories. What: The FDIC is reevaluating guidance in these…

Banking Regulators Send Strong Warning About Crypto Risks

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Federal banking agencies encourage banks to monitor crypto risks, stress importance of keeping crypto sector risks isolated from broader financial system. Regulators view open, public or decentralized networks as highly likely to be inconsistent…
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Regulators Warn on Interest Rate Risks, Banks Should Prepare for Scrutiny

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Rising interest rates are adversely affecting bank investment portfolios, leaving banks with a difficult set of choices. Regulators increasingly are expressing concern with the effect of interest rate risk. Banks must ensure their…

Senators Pressure OCC to Rescind Crypto Bank Guidance, Adding Regulatory Uncertainty

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Senators ask the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to rescind interpretive letters clarifying banks’ authority to engage in crypto-related activities. Despite efforts adding controls to crypto activities, senators still…

Banking Regulators Propose CRE Loan Policy Update, Signal Concerns for Upcoming Business Cycle

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Updated statement signals concern from agencies about the impact of slowing economy on CRE lenders and borrowers. Proposed statement affirms that lenders will not be criticized for implementing certain CRE loan workouts and accommodations. …

FDIC Issues Crypto Deposit Insurance Advisory: Implications for Banks and Crypto Companies

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FDIC fact sheet states that only deposits at insured banks and savings associations are insured in the event of an insured institution’s failure. Deposit insurance does not apply to financial products such as stocks, bonds, money market…

Question and Answer with Keith Noreika: Perspectives on Issues Facing Banks Now

In the following interview, Keith Noreika shares his thoughts on issues facing banks today as well as current events and regulatory developments shaping the near-term horizon. Mr. Noreika joined Patomak Global Partners in July 2022 as Executive…

Keith Noreika Joins Patomak Global Partners

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Patomak Global Partners today announced former acting Comptroller of the Currency and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Partner Keith Noreika joined the firm to head its Banking Supervision and Regulation Group. “We are thrilled to add…