On January 22, the FDIC Board of Directors announced it had approved amendments, published in the Federal Register, revising its guidelines governing the process by which insured depository institutions may appeal material supervisory decisions made by the FDIC. The revised “Guidelines for Appeals of Material Supervisory Determinations” replaced the Supervision Appeals Review Committee with an independent, standalone “Office of Supervisory Appeals,” responsible for evaluating and deciding such appeals. The guidelines will take effect once the new office is fully operational.

The FDIC initially established the Office of Supervisory Appeals in January 2021, granting it authority to resolve appeals through panels composed of officials with bank supervisory experience. However, in May 2022, before the office adjudicated any appeals, the FDIC reversed course and reinstated the Supervision Appeals Review Committee as the final review body. As previously covered by InfoBytes, in July 2025, the FDIC proposed re-establishing the Office of Supervisory Appeals as the final level of review, again replacing the committee.