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OCC Urges Community Banks to Embrace Stablecoin Issuance and Compete with Crypto Firms

OCC Urges Community Banks to Embrace Stablecoin Issuance and Compete with Crypto Firms

OCC calls on community banks to enter the stablecoin payments market
OCC calls on community banks to enter the stablecoin payments market

The U.S. banking regulator is encouraging smaller lenders to develop stablecoin services as new federal licensing requirements approach.

Can US community banks compete with crypto firms in stablecoins?
Can US community banks compete with crypto firms in stablecoins?

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, to think about...

US OCC calls on community banks to become payment stablecoin issuers
US OCC calls on community banks to become payment stablecoin issuers

The announcement followed the banking regulator finalizing its rules for the GENIUS Act, a stablecoin law to be implemented in January

OCC Encourages Community Banks to Become Stablecoin Issuers
OCC Encourages Community Banks to Become Stablecoin Issuers

Applications have yet to open, and new issuers generally must win approval before beginning US operations.... Read the full story at The Defiant

OCC Seeks Community Banks to Expand Regulated Stablecoin Issuance
OCC Seeks Community Banks to Expand Regulated Stablecoin Issuance

The OCC is encouraging community banks to seek stablecoin issuer approval under the GENIUS Act, but applications remain closed pending OMB approval.

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