Davis Polk partner and Financial Institutions practice head Margaret Tahyar was quoted in S&P Global discussing what to expect from bank regulation in 2026.

“There’s a highly crowded regulatory agenda, which includes a lot of capital, liquidity, material financial risks and also includes very core things like [the Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering], [Community Reinvestment Act], open banking and GENIUS Act, digital assets,” she said.

While the federal bank regulators have removed reputation risk from their guidance, Margaret noted, “The Federal Reserve has yet to remove it from the rules, which carry greater legal weight and are harder to reverse than guidance.”

“Lighter capital rules, higher asset thresholds top regulators’ 2026 agenda,” S&P Global (December 29, 2025)

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