Regulatory Recap: March & Q1 2026
Regulatory activity at a glance
Regulatory Recap: March & Q1 2026
Download“What we call the beginning is often the end, and to make an end is to make a beginning."
— T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets
First Quarter 2026 financial services-related executive and regulatory activity is primarily focused in two areas, examples include:
- Risk & Governance:
- Interagency regulatory capital proposal
- OCC national bank chartering proposal
- FRB and Treasury remarks on resetting liquidity requirements
- Consumer & Investor Protection:
- CFTC guidance on event contracts and prediction markets
- DOL proposal on fiduciary duties re: investment alternatives
- FinCEN whistleblower incentives and protections
Exclusive of financial services, cross-industry executive and regulatory activity is primarily focused on two areas, examples include:
- Consumer & Investor Protection:
- FTC policy on age verification technologies
- FDA RFI on BHA food preservatives assessments
- FCC reforms of federal lifeline program
- Tech & Data:
- EOs on cybersecurity and AI
- NIST release on AI Agent Standards
- CISA principles to combat cyber risk
- NRC reactor licensing
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