Legal Update – FRB Proposes Changes to MHC and Capital Regulations

August 11, 2026

To our clients and friends:

On July 31, 2026, the Federal Reserve Board issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would make sweeping changes to its rule governing mutual holding companies (Regulation MM) and its capital rule (Regulation Q) to provide capital treatment for mutual capital certificates and special deposits issued by mutual institutions. It represents the most significant proposed revisions to these regulations in 15 years. Our Legal Update on this proposal can be found here.

Luse Gorman, PC regularly advises financial institutions on regulatory and compliance developments of, supervisory relationships with, enforcement actions from, and licensing applications to, the federal banking and credit union regulatory agencies. If you have any questions related to this Legal Update, please reach out to your usual firm contact.

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Luse Gorman Served as Legal Counsel to CSB Financial Inc. in its $13.8 Million Conversion Stock Offering

July 30, 2026

On July 29, 2026, CSB Financial Inc., Bethel, Ohio, completed its stock offering in connection with the mutual-to-stock conversion of Community Savings Bank. A total of 1,375,435 shares of common stock were sold at a price of $10.00 per share. CSB Financial also issued 27,500 shares of common stock to Community Savings Bank Foundation, Inc. CSB Financial’s common stock is quoted on the OTCQB Market under the symbol “CSBA”.

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Legal Update – FDIC Proposal to Permit CSI Disclosure in M&A

July 28, 2026

To our clients and friends:

On June 30, 2026, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would permit insured depository institutions that are state non-member banks to disclose confidential supervisory information with potential merger or acquisition partners without first obtaining FDIC authorization. Our Legal Update on this proposal can be found here.

Luse Gorman, PC regularly advises financial institutions on regulatory and compliance developments of, supervisory relationships with, enforcement actions from, and licensing applications to, the federal banking and credit union regulatory agencies. If you have any questions related to this Legal Update, please reach out to your usual firm contact.

To learn more about our firm and services, please visit our website.

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