To our clients and friends: On May 8, 2025, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”) adopted an Interim Final Rule amending its 2024 final rule related to its regulations for business combinations involving national banks and federal savings banks. Our Alert regarding the OCC’s Interim Final Rule on Bank M&A is… Read more »
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Luse Gorman Served as Legal Counsel to Winchester Savings Bank in its MHC Reorganization and $40.0 Million Stock Offering
On April 30, 2025, Winchester Savings Bank, Winchester, Massachusetts, completed its reorganization from a mutual savings bank to the mutual holding company form of organization. Concurrently with the reorganization, Winchester Bancorp, Inc., the newly formed holding company for Winchester Savings Bank, sold 3,997,012 shares of common stock at $10.00 per share, issued 185,907 shares of… Read more »
Scott A. Brown participated in Bank M&A Legal Panel at D.A. Davidson Financial Institutions Conference
On May 6, 2025, Scott A. Brown participated in the Bank Legal Panel at the D.A. Davidson 27th Annual Financial Institutions Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. The session focused on the current regulatory environment and mergers and acquisitions landscape, including regulatory issues and concerns.
Alert – Volume 17 of the Bankers’ Bulletin
To our clients and friends: Today we published Volume 17 of The Bankers’ Bulletin, providing our insights into key banking industry developments from April 2025, including: The FRB’s withdrawal of its crypto guidance for state member banks; The agencies’ move to stay the CRA litigation and rescind the 2023 rule; The CFPB’s shift in enforcement… Read more »
Luse Gorman is Legal Counsel to Frontier Credit Union in its Proposed Acquisition of First Citizens Bank of Butte
On May 1, 2025, Frontier Credit Union (“Frontier”), Idaho Falls, Idaho, announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all the assets and assume substantially all the liabilities of First Citizens Bank of Butte (“First Citizens”), Butte, Montana. Frontier has approximately $700 million in assets and operates 13 branches throughout the… Read more »