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Key insight: Morgan Stanley’s application for a national trust charter for a proposed subsidiary is in support of the investment bank’s bid to partner with Zerohash…

Key insight: Payoneer has applied for a national trust bank charter to establish PAYO Digital Bank, N.A., allowing it to issue its own stablecoin, PAYO-USD.What’s at…

Key insight: Crypto.com’s parent company Foris DAX received conditional approval from the OCC to operate a national trust bank for cryptocurrency.Expert quote: Pitchbook analyst Rudy Yang…

Another trust charter has been granted to a stablecoin issuer in the midst of back-and-forth between regulators and trade groups over the subject and continued volatility…

Key insight: Brazil’s Nubank received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to enter the U.S. digital banking market.What’s at stake: The…

Key insights: Buy now/pay later lender Affirm submitted applications to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Nevada Financial Institutions Division to create Affirm Bank. What’s at…

Key insight: The OCC’s review of World Liberty Financial will go on despite Democrats’ concerns about the Trump family’s conflict of interest. Expert quote: “The OCC’s review…

Key insight: Bunq plans to leverage E.U. banking tech to target U.S.-based digital nomads.  What’s at stake: U.S. chartering could shift competitive dynamics among European neobanks and…

(Bloomberg) — World Liberty Financial, the crypto venture co-founded by President Donald Trump, is seeking a national trust bank charter for one of its entities that…

The line between fintechs and banks continued to blur in 2025 as fintech companies acquired or applied for bank charters in various forms this year. From…