On September 10, 2026, the OCC, Federal Reserve Board, FDIC, and NCUA jointly proposed guidance that would rescind and fully replace the 2023 Interagency Guidance on Third-Party Relationships: Risk Management…
On September 2, 2026, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), the Office of the Comptroller…
On August 28, 2026, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) finding that the five United Arab Emirates-based branches of Egypt’s state-owned Banque Misr…
On August 13, 2026, U.S. District Judge Eric Komitee of the Eastern District of New York issued a decision in Spetner v. Palestine Investment Bank that should command the attention…
On July 23, 2026, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) updated its Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) Baseline Review Procedures. Notably, the updates were issued just two days after…
On July 20, 2026, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) published a draft mortgagee letter that would significantly revamp portions of the loss mitigation process for FHA-insured mortgage loans. If enacted…
On July 21, 2026, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director Andrea Gacki appeared before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions to deliver…
On July 14, 2026, a split 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel affirmed a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of the Financial Crime Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) border geographic targeting order…
On July 6, 2026, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its latest regulatory agenda, providing a roadmap of the regulatory activity that is to come and shedding light…
As we have addressed on this blog, home equity investment (HEI) products, such as shared appreciation mortgages and home equity agreements, have come under recent scrutiny from regulators…