Alert – Volume 27 of The Bankers’ Bulletin

March 16, 2026

Today we published Volume 27 of The Bankers’ Bulletin, which provides our insights into key banking industry developments from February 2026, including:
• A federal court’s upholding of Illinois’ interchange fee prohibition law;
• The OCC’s proposal for a new bank appeals process;
• FinCEN’s exceptive relief from CDD Rule requirements;
• The FRB’s proposal to remove reputation risk from supervision;
• The OCC’s proposed rule to implement the GENIUS Act;
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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Luse Gorman is Legal Counsel to Adirondack Bancorp, Inc. in its Proposed Merger with Arrow Financial Corporation

February 27, 2026

On February 25, 2026, Adirondack Bancorp, Inc. (“Adirondack”), the parent company for Adirondack Bank (“Adirondack Bank”), entered into an agreement and plan of merger (the “Agreement”) with Arrow Financial Corporation (“Arrow”), the parent company of Arrow Bank National Association (“Arrow Bank”) and Arrow Merger Sub, Inc. Pursuant to the Agreement, Arrow will be the surviving parent company and Arrow Bank will be the surviving bank. The cash and stock transaction is valued at $89.1 million.

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Luse Gorman Served as Legal Counsel to Frontier Credit Union in its Acquisition of First Citizens Bank of Butte

February 12, 2026

On February 1, 2026, Frontier Credit Union, Idaho Falls, Idaho, completed its purchase of substantially all assets and the assumption of substantially all liabilities of First Citizens Bank of Butte, Butte, Montana, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Butte Bank Shares, Inc. Following the completion of the transaction, Frontier Credit Union had approximately $775 million in assets and 16 branch locations.

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