Modern Treasury applies for OCC national trust bank charter

What's happening

Modern Treasury, the payments infrastructure company for global money movement, has submitted an application to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish Modern Treasury National Trust Bank. The announcement joins a cluster of filings from other fintechs, including Rain, which filed for Rain National Trust Bank to support stablecoin payments, and both firms are among a growing list of companies seeking federal trust charters. The filings come as the industry faces increasing regulatory focus, with a trade group having sued the OCC over trust charters days earlier.

Why it's trending

Multiple fintechs are racing to secure OCC national trust charters now, putting trust banks and federal oversight at the center of payments and crypto infrastructure strategies.

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