LEGAL UPDATE – NCUA’s 2026 Supervisory Priorities

January 26, 2026

To Our Clients and Friends:

On January 14, 2026, the National Credit Union Administration (“NCUA”) issued a letter outlining its annual supervisory priorities, including its updated examination procedures, and highlighting the areas it views as posing the highest risk to credit union members and the industry this year. Our Legal Update covering this letter is available here.

Luse Gorman routinely advises credit unions on compliance issues and regulatory questions, and counsels those institutions on the impacts of new developments at the federal and state level. If you have any questions related to this Client Alert, please reach out to the authors of the alert or to your regular Firm contact. To learn more about our firm and services, please visit our website.

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Luse Gorman is the Top Legal Advisor in 2025 for Offerings

January 22, 2026

Luse Gorman is once again the No. 1 legal advisor in the nation for common stock and subordinated debt offerings by financial institutions, based on the number of transactions, as reported by S&P Global Market Intelligence. We served as issuer’s counsel in connection with a range of equity and debt offerings, including firm commitment public offerings, best-efforts public offerings and private placements. It is the 4th year in a row that Luse Gorman has been the No. 1 legal advisor in the nation for common stock and subordinated debt offerings.

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Luse Gorman is a Top Legal Advisor for Bank Mergers in 2025

January 21, 2026

Luse Gorman, PC is once again a top legal advisor in the nation for bank mergers, based on number of transactions, as reported by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The firm served as counsel for 22 bank merger transactions in 2025, covering a broad spectrum of deal types and structures, both on the buy and the sell side. The aggregate deal consideration for our 2025 merger transactions was over $1.6 billion, and it is the 2nd year in a row that Luse Gorman has at least 20 merger transactions during the year, the only law firm to record that achievement.

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Alert – Volume 24 of The Bankers’ Bulletin

December 8, 2025

Today we published Volume 24 of The Bankers’ Bulletin, which provides our insights into key banking industry developments from November 2025, including:

• The FRB’s memo revising its supervisory process;
• The agencies’ changes to key regulatory asset thresholds;
• An appellate court decision allowing Colorado to enforce its usury laws;
• The FDIC’s and OCC’s changes to their CRA and BSA exam procedures;
• The CFPB’s proposals to change ECOA regulations;
and more.
A link to the latest edition of the Bulletin is available here. If you have any questions related to any of the items covered in this edition of the Bulletin, please reach out to Brendan Clegg (bclegg@luselaw.com), Marc Levy (mlevy@luselaw.com), Scott Brown (sbrown@luselaw.com), Keeler Fina (kfina@luselaw.com), or your regular Firm contact. To learn more about Luse Gorman, please visit our website.

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