In recent months, the U.S. banking regulators have proposed policy statements focused on providing greater insight on the agencies’ review of bank mergers and acquisitions under the Bank Merger Act (BMA).[1] On January 29, 2024, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (OCC NPRM) to (1) amend its procedures to eliminate expedited processing and the use of streamlined application forms for bank mergers and (2) adopt a policy statement that… [read post]