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SR 26-2 — Interagency Model Risk Management Guidance (successor to SR 11-7)

US Fed / OCC / FDIC · USA (banking) · Guidance

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Authority
US Fed / OCC / FDIC
Jurisdiction
USA (banking)
Type
Guidance
Status
Guidance
Maximum penalty
Supervisory findings (MRAs) for regulated banks
Catalogue reviewed
2026-08-15
Official source checked
2026-08-23 — unchanged since our last read
Official text

Status

Issued Apr 2026, superseding SR 11-7/OCC 2011-12; GenAI & agentic AI out of scope pending interagency RFI

Requirements (2)

Inventory recommended

Model inventory & tiering

Maintain a complete model inventory tiered by materiality, with documented development evidence for each model.

Validation recommended

Independent validation & monitoring

Independent validation covering conceptual soundness, ongoing monitoring (incl. benchmarking) and outcomes analysis/backtesting; change management triggers revalidation; vendor models validated too.

Dates that matter

Guidance 2026-04-17 · in force

SR 26-2 — revised Model Risk Management guidance (supersedes SR 11-7)

Modernised interagency MRM guidance for banks >$30B; supervised ML is in scope, generative & agentic AI are explicitly out of scope pending an interagency RFI.

Action: Update your model inventory, tiering and validation program to SR 26-2; track the forthcoming AI RFI for GenAI/agentic.

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