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Financial Services Network (FSN) 2026 Legal Updates

Financial Services Network (FSN) 2026 Legal Updates

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    One year into the second Trump Administration, banks and other financial intermediaries continue to grapple with a bewildering series of Executive Orders, lawsuits, and withdrawn or cancelled regulations, RIFs and policy changes—with the scope of examination and supervision priorities continuing to evolve. After months of an aggressive shift toward deregulation, including the rollback of regulatory initiatives adopted by the Biden Administration on topics such as fair lending, in the second half of 2025, the Trump Administration’s new regulatory agenda began to take shape, including debanking prohibitions and new rulemaking under Section 1033, among others initiatives. These changes pose both opportunities and challenges for the financial services industry.

    One year into the second Trump Administration, banks and other financial intermediaries continue to grapple with a bewildering series of Executive Orders, lawsuits, and withdrawn or cancelled regulations, RIFs and policy changes—with the scope of examination and supervision priorities continuing to evolve. After months of an aggressive shift toward deregulation, including the rollback of regulatory initiatives adopted by the Biden Administration on topics such as fair lending, in the second half of 2025, the Trump Administration’s new regulatory agenda began to take shape, including debanking prohibitions and new rulemaking under Section 1033, among others initiatives. These changes pose both opportunities and challenges for the financial services industry.

    This Legal Update will address recent policy shifts in approach with a view toward enabling clients and friends to begin to identify: (a) regulatory policies that will apply going forward; (b) how the financial regulators may modify examination, supervision and enforcement; and (c) how court challenges may limit claimed Administration overreach.

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    Erin Bryan

    Partner

    Dorsey + Whitney LLP

    ERIN DELIVERS INNOVATIVE REGULATORY, COMPLIANCE, AND DEFAULT SOLUTIONS TO CLIENTS IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY.

    Erin is a Co-Chair of the Firm’s Consumer Financial Services Group. She is also a member of the Firm’s Technology Industry Group and Finance & Restructuring Practice Group. Erin is passionate about identifying innovative legal solutions for her clients. She draws on her prior in-house experience as a Senior Corporate Counsel for one of the largest banks in the United States in order to anticipate her clients’ evolving business needs and tailor her legal services to their specific goals.

    Erin’s regulatory and compliance practice includes advising clients on anti-money laundering laws, cannabis regulations, collections, consumer lending, consumer loan servicing, credit reporting, default servicing, the Dodd-Frank Act, earned wage access products, electronic banking, financial technology, government examination/supervision, licensure, mortgage (origination, servicing, and warehouse lending), and privacy. Her default and bankruptcy practice includes bankruptcy litigation, consumer bankruptcy compliance, lien enforcement, receiverships, and out-of-court commercial workouts.

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    Joseph Lynyak

    Partner

    Dorsey + Whitney LLP

    JOE IS A LONG-TIME ADVISER TO THE FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY, WITH A DEPTH OF EXPERIENCE THAT ALLOWS HIM TO “CONNECT THE DOTS” FOR CLIENTS IN THE COMPLEX (AND SOMETIMES CONFLICTING) REGULATORY AND STATUTORY SCHEMES CONFRONTING FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES.

    Joe is a partner in the Firm’s Finance & Restructuring Group and a member of the Banking Industry Group. He practices in both the Firm’s Washington, D.C. and Southern California offices. Joe possesses a broad knowledge base regarding foreign banks and domestic banks, savings associations, bank holding companies, finance companies, mortgage banking companies and their subsidiaries and affiliates. His practice includes providing financial intermediaries advice in the areas of regulatory and strategic planning, application and licensing, legislative strategy, commercial and consumer lending, examination, supervision and enforcement, and general corporate matters. Joe’s FDIC-insured financial institution clients benefit from his experience in the special state and federal statutory and regulatory requirements—including safety and soundness issues—that apply to regulated financial intermediaries. He regularly counsels clients on matters such as retail operations, privacy, identity theft, consumer compliance, application and underwriting, payments systems, Internet, electronic commerce, examination, supervision and enforcement, operational and strategic planning matters. Joe is a frequent lecturer on legal topics involving the operation and regulation of financial service companies. Specific regulatory topics upon which Joe has advised clients and spoken at conferences include the Dodd-Frank Act, prudential regulation, the Volcker Rule, the Bank Secrecy Act (and other anti-money laundering provisions), mortgage lending and the CFPB.

    Learn more about Joe Lynyak here: https://www.dorsey.com/people/...

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    Jenny Fernandez
    , MBA is an executive and team coach who works with senior leaders and their teams to become more effective, collaborative, and resilient. She repositions leaders for success. Jenny is a LinkedIn “Top Voice,” TEDx speaker, and professional development facilitator. She is Columbia Business and NYU faculty, Gen Z advocate, and former CMO. Connect with her on LinkedIn and Learn more at Fernandez Coaching & Consulting.

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The Financial Services Network (FSN) is comprised of an amazing base of in-house counsel from a diverse set of corporations with collective expertise covering a broad range of financial services practice areas. The FSN Executive Leadership strives to provide members with highly-relevant programming focusing on cutting-edge legal and regulatory developments, practical resources and information sharing platforms designed to facilitate the delivery of top-notch legal services to business partners. In addition to content, we also host informal events and professional development opportunities to allow members to make real-time connections and foster a sense of community among in-house practitioners.