{"id":557331,"date":"2026-02-17T22:52:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T22:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/stripe-owned-bridge-gets-occ-conditional-approval-for-national-bank-charter\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T22:52:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T22:52:39","slug":"stripe-owned-bridge-gets-occ-conditional-approval-for-national-bank-charter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/17\/stripe-owned-bridge-gets-occ-conditional-approval-for-national-bank-charter\/","title":{"rendered":"Stripe-owned Bridge gets OCC conditional approval for national bank charter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stripe-owned<\/p>\n

While still subject to final approval, the regulator’s nod would enable Bridge to offer stablecoin and digital asset services to businesses.<\/p>\n

Stablecoin platform Bridge, owned by the payments processor Stripe, said it had received conditional approval to operate as a federally chartered national trust bank under the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).<\/p>\n

In a Tuesday notice, Bridge said<\/a> it had received conditional approval from the banking regulator, allowing the company to \u201coperate stablecoin products and services under direct federal oversight\u201d once fully approved. Bridge said the charter would allow it to offer custody of digital assets, issue stablecoins and manage stablecoin reserves.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur compliance framework already positions Bridge to be GENIUS ready,\u201d said the company, referring to the stablecoin bill signed into law in July 2025. \u201cNow achieving a national trust bank charter will provide our customers the regulatory backbone they need to build with stablecoins confidently and at scale.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While still subject to final approval, the regulator’s nod would enable Bridge to offer stablecoin and digital asset services to businesses. Stablecoin platform Bridge, owned by the payments processor Stripe, said it had received conditional approval to operate as a federally chartered national trust bank under the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":557332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-557331","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/557332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}