Briefs
The Supervisory Landscape
A quarterly brief on the state of bank supervision: what each federal banking agency is focused on, where the agencies diverge, and how current emphasis compares with the historical record.
No. 1 — Supervisory text through 2026Q1 · latest full year 2025
- Fed: liquidity risk attention at its highest on record
- OCC: governance attention at its highest since 2004
- FDIC: deposit stability attention at its highest since 2006
- OCC: fintech & innovation attention at its highest since 2020
About the series
Each brief is organized by agency and grounded in the data products: the Attention Monitor, the chartering and structure panel, and the long-run Supervisory Priorities Index. Historical comparisons — "highest since 2006" — are computed against each agency's own published record, not asserted.