Banking and Finance Law Daily Wrap Up, BLOG TRACKER—Noteworthy blog posts and other commentary, (Feb 12, 2026)

By WK Editorial Staff

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

• BPI Blog, The Upside-Down World of the Liquidity Coverage Ratio: Some Unpleasant Arithmetic, by Marco Macchiavelli

• Cato At Liberty, Warsh and Omarova: A Double Standard?, by Nicholas Anthony

• Consumer Financial Services Review, New York State Department of Financial Services Adopts Regulations Implementing the Community Reinvestment Act Covering Mortgage Bankers, by Ian Brown, Krista Cooley & Jeffrey P. Taft

• Consumer Finance Monitor, CFPB Private Education Loan Ombudsman receives record number of complaints, by John L. Culhane, Jr. & Thomas Burke

• Consumer Finance Monitor, CFPB soliciting comments on how to improve Consumer Response Intake Form, by Ballard CFS Group

• Credit Slips, Viewpoint Discrimination in Banking, by Adam Levitin

• Liberty Street Economics, Where Are Mortgage Delinquencies Rising the Most?, by Andrew F. Haughwout, Donghoon Lee, Daniel Mangrum, Joelle W. Scally, and Wilbert van der Klaauw

• The Blockchain Monitor, Weekly Blockchain Blog – February 9, 2026, by Robert A. Musiala Jr., Keith R. Murphy, Om M. Kakan and Jonathan Cardenas

Have you seen (or written) a blog post that fits the bill? Send the Banking and Finance Law Daily editors a note at [email protected], with a link to the suggested post.

Attorneys: Ian Brown, Krista Cooley & Jeffrey P. Taft (Mayer Brown); John L. Culhane, Jr. & Thomas Burke (Ballard Spahr L.L.P.); Robert A. Musiala Jr., Keith R. Murphy, Om M. Kakan and Jonathan Cardenas (Baker & Hostetler LLP).

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