At its first meeting in 2026, FINRA's Board of Governors approved five rule proposals as part of the "FINRA Forward" rule modernization initiative to update and enhance FINRA rules and guidance.

A firm settled FINRA charges for failing to maintain required minimum net capital and for related supervisory failures.

The CFTC requested comment on how prediction markets should be regulated, including applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, which types of event contracts may be contrary to the public interest, and the potential costs and benefits of future rulemaking.

In separate remarks before the SEC Investor Advisory Committee, Chair Paul S. Atkins, Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda, and Commissioner Hester M. Peirce prioritized reducing regulatory burdens and modernizing market infrastructure to accommodate new technologies with respect to public company disclosure, investment company proxy voting, and tokenization of equity securities.

In remarks at the Cato Institute Policy Forum, Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle W. Bowman detailed plans to modernize and recalibrate U.S. bank capital requirements.