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TL;DR OCC Approval: Ripple has received final approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to operate Ripple National Trust Bank, completing a process that began with its…
Ripple received final OCC approval for Ripple National Trust Bank, following conditional approval in December 2025. The bank is set to oversee RLUSD reserves and provide digital asset custody services…
A US banking regulator is inviting community banks to help shape the future of payments by developing stablecoin capabilities. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has released…
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is trying to persuade small US lenders to join the stablecoin industry by asking them publicly, in a statement released on Monday,…
The U.S. OCC formally urged community banks to enter the stablecoin payments market. The federal regulator invited smaller financial institutions to develop capabilities to issue and manage dollar-pegged tokens—either directly…
Canada has moved to give Canadian banks a prominent role in its latest draft stablecoin regulations, backing the banks’ push for bans on stablecoin yields, while mandating non-bank issuers to…
Three American banking advocacy groups criticized the final stablecoin rule that were unveiled by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on October 21, 2026. They raised their…
The fight between banks and crypto has reignited after a top banking regulator declined to weigh in on third-party stablecoin rewards.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published its final GENIUS Act stablecoin rule on Wednesday. The OCC is officially the first federal regulator to go through with…
TL;DR The OCC finalized GENIUS Act rules covering stablecoin reserves, redemptions, risk management and certain custody activities, with the framework taking effect January 18, 2027. Issuers must maintain reserve assets…
Bitcoin Magazine OCC Finalizes GENIUS Act Stablecoin Rules, Leaves Rewards Fight Open The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Wednesday finalized its rules implementing the GENIUS Act, becoming…
The OCC finalized GENIUS Act rules on stablecoin reserves, redemptions, custody and risk management, effective January 18, 2027. The rules also cover capital, audits, reporting and certain foreign issuers, while…
TLDR: The OCC’s first GENIUS Act rule takes effect on January 18, 2027, covering issuance and custody. Existing yield and rewards programs get no grandfathering or automatic safe harbor under…
OCC published its final GENIUS Act stablecoin rule, effective Jan. 18, dropping a proposed presumption on third-party rewards arrangements.
Nine of the largest banks in the US had policies that cut off or limited service to Americans over their political or religious beliefs and lawful businesses, according to a…
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said Wednesday that the nine largest U.S. banks restricted services to crypto firms and other lawful businesses between 2020 and September…
TL;DR: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) analyzed nearly 100,000 consumer complaints and 420,000 pages of internal documents dated between 2020 and September 2025. The official report…
