Ripple received final approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish Ripple National Trust Bank, adding federal supervision to part of its digital-asset infrastructure.

Ripple announced the final approval on October 26. The decision follows the OCC’s preliminary conditional approval on December 12, 2025, making the event date distinct from the earlier charter milestone.

Final approval follows the 2025 OCC decision

The OCC granted preliminary conditional approval in December 2025, subject to Ripple meeting preopening requirements. Ripple’s October 26 announcement says the company has now received final approval to charter the bank.

Ripple National Trust Bank will be headquartered in New York and remain wholly owned by Ripple Labs. Its charter application described services linked to stablecoin reserves and fiduciary activities.

Primary sources: Ripple’s final-approval announcement and the public OCC charter application.

RLUSD issuance remains under the state trust company

Ripple said Standard Custody & Trust Company will continue issuing RLUSD under New York Department of Financial Services oversight. The national trust bank adds OCC supervision to the wider regulatory structure supporting the stablecoin.

The bank will also be authorized to provide fiduciary custody after it opens. That distinction matters because charter approval does not mean every planned service is already operating.

Fusion has previously examined how stablecoins connect to local payment rails and how Project Agorá tested tokenized settlement.

What the charter changes for Ripple

The approval gives Ripple a federally supervised entity for custody and institutional financial infrastructure. It does not convert Ripple Labs itself into a commercial bank or change RLUSD’s current issuer.

Ripple said the trust bank’s business plan extends beyond RLUSD to custody, payments and capital-market services. Execution will depend on opening requirements, regulatory compliance and customer adoption.

The development also adds to the broader convergence between digital assets and regulated finance, alongside the banking trends covered in Fusion’s FHLBank Boston report.

This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial or legal advice. Digital-asset rules and institutional services may change.

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