Banking and Finance Law Daily Wrap Up, BLOG TRACKER—Noteworthy blog posts and other commentary, (May 7, 2026)

By WK Editorial Staff

The week’s most insightful, intriguing, or entertaining blog posts from the banking and financial services community.

• Take On Payments, New Fed Data: Differences in Deposits at Large vs Small US Institutions, by Claire Greene

• Cato At Liberty, The GSIB Surcharge Is Un-American—But That’s Just the Start of the Problem, by Norbert J. Michel

• Cato At Liberty, What Spirit Airline’s End Signals for Financial Services, by Nicholas Anthony

• Competitive Enterprise Institute Blog, The limits of balance sheet runoff at the Fed, by Steve Swedberg

• The CLS Blue Sky Blog, Paul Weiss Discusses OFAC Guidance on “Sham Transactions” and Sanctions Evasion, by Jessica S. Carey, John P. Carlin, Roberto J. Gonzalez, Ian C. Richardson and Nicole Succar

• Consumer Finance Monitor, OCC Doubles Down on Interchange Fee Preemption Against the Backdrop of High-Stakes Seventh Circuit Litigation and a Post-Loper Bright World, by Alan S. Kaplinsky, Adam Maarec and Ronald K. Vaske

• Consumer Finance Monitor, Virginia Moves Toward State-Court Class Actions: A Major Shift with Significant Business Implications, by Thomas Burke, Alan S. Kaplinsky and John Sadler

• Consumer Finance Monitor, CFPB’s Final Rule Recalibrates Fair Lending Enforcement: A Return to Clarity and Core Statutory Principles, by Alan S. Kaplinsky

• Consumer Finance Monitor, Maryland Targets “Surveillance Pricing” Is It a Warning Shot for AI-Driven Pricing Across Industries, Including Consumer Financial Services, by Alan S. Kaplinsky, Adam Maarec and Joseph J. Schuster

• Consumer Financial Services Law Monitor, CFPB Issues Final Section 1071 Rule: Narrower Scope, Later Compliance Date, and a Leaner Data Collection and Reporting Regime, by Joseph Reilly, Caleb Rosenberg, Lori Sommerfield, Chris Willis, Taylor Gess and Lane Page

• Hudson Cook Insights, Is the Current Department of Justice More Pro-Business on Servicemember Rights Claims? Um, No., by L. Jean Noonan

• Money Laundering Watch, Treasury’s Proposed Rule Brings Stablecoin Issuers into the BSA Framework, by Kelly A. Lenahan-Pfahlert

• Americans for Financial Reform Blog, States Can Put the Brakes on Landlord Collusion and Junk Fees, by Caroline Nagy

• The Blockchain Monitor, Weekly Blockchain Blog—May 4, 2026, by Robert A. Musiala Jr., Keith R. Murphy, Om M. Kakani, Lauren Bass and Amos Kim

• Financial Services Blog, GENIUS Act AML and Sanctions Rules for Stablecoin Issuers: A Few Surprises but Broadly as Expected, by Peter Jeydel, Ethan G. Ostroff, David Madrazo and Carlin McCrory

Have you seen (or written) a blog post that fits the bill? Send the Banking and Finance Law Daily editors a note at BFLD@wolterskluwer.com, with a link to the suggested post.

Attorneys: Thomas Burke, Alan S. Kaplinsky, John Sadler, Adam Maarec and Ronald K. Vaske (Ballard Spahr L.L.P); Joseph Reilly, Caleb Rosenberg, Lori Sommerfield, Chris Willis, Taylor Gess and Lane Page (Troutman Pepper Locke); L. Jean Noonan (Hudson Cook, LLP); Kelly A. Lenahan-Pfahlert (Ballard Spahr LLP); Robert A. Musiala Jr., Keith R. Murphy, Om M. Kakani, Lauren Bass and Amos Kim (Baker & Hostetler LLP); Peter Jeydel, Ethan G. Ostroff, David Madrazo and Carlin McCrory (Troutman Pepper Locke).

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