Modern Treasury provides software and payment infrastructure for fiat and stablecoin transactions.
On October 5, 2026, the company announced an application to establish a separate limited-purpose national trust bank. The application is not approval to operate a bank.
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Modern Treasury says it submitted an OCC application for a limited-purpose trust bank. The proposed bank would provide digital-asset custody and related fiat services, but would not make loans or issue stablecoins.
Bank & fintech · Charter applicationSponsor banking combines distinct funding, issuing and servicing roles. Cross River’s GoodLeap facility illustrates those boundaries, while Modern Treasury’s proposed custody bank shows why a charter application is not production lending or measured adoption.
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Official record ↗Examination reference for board oversight, management responsibilities and bank risk governance. Use the posted revision notices and applicable rules alongside this July 2019 handbook.
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Official record ↗Subpart C contains the FDIC-supervised bank and service-provider notification framework. Section 304.23 sets the bank’s outside limit at 36 hours after determining that a notification incident occurred; service providers have a distinct trigger under §304.24.
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