Alert – NCUA Board Approves Final Rule Designed to Facilitate Innovation and Fintech Partnerships

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To our clients and friends: On September 21, 2023, the National Credit Union Administration Board unanimously approved a final rule designed to give federally-insured credit unions additional flexibility to use advanced technologies and to partner with fintechs. Our Alert discusses the provisions of the new regulation and the legal and regulatory considerations relevant to credit… Read more »

Luse Gorman Served as Legal Counsel to Somerset Savings Bank in its Mutual-to-Stock Conversion, $90.6 Million Stock Offering and Acquisition of Regal Bank

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On September 19, 2023, Somerset Savings Bank, SLA, Bound Brook, New Jersey, completed its conversion from the mutual to stock form of organization. Concurrently, SR Bancorp, Inc., the newly formed holding company for Somerset Savings Bank, completed its initial public offering by selling 9,055,172 shares of its common stock at $10.00 per share.  SR Bancorp’s… Read more »

Scott A. Brown presented at the Connecticut Bankers Association 2023 Annual Conference

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On October 7, 2023, Scott A. Brown presented a federal regulatory update at the Connecticut Bankers Association 2023 Annual Conference in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. The session focused on certain current federal matters impacting community banks, including a summary of the Supreme Court case analyzing the constitutionality of the CFPB, the current mergers and… Read more »

Alert – Luse Gorman on BankDirector.com

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To our clients and friends: Brendan Clegg recently authored an article in Bank Director covering the RECOUP Act’s potential expansion of the federal banking agencies’ enforcement authority against bank officers and directors. The article covers how the proposed legislation, which is working its way through the U.S. Senate, would introduce new standards into the existing… Read more »