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Circle secured U.S. federal trust bank charter approval in July 2026 to support its institutional digital dollar operations

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire stated at the IMF and World Bank meetings in Bangkok that federal banking approvals and U.S. legislation position USDC as a legitimate digital dollar

Binance.US lost significant U.S. market share and suffered banking disruptions after international exchange Binance reached a multibillion-dollar settlement with U.S. regulators over financial law violations in 2023

Binance.US experienced reduced access to dollar payment services as a result of regulatory pressure following 2023 actions against global exchange Binance

The Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority license granted to Standard Chartered applies to Dubai's mainland and free zones, while excluding the Dubai International Financial Centre which operates under distinct financial regulations

Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority granted regulatory approval to Standard Chartered to launch its cryptocurrency trading service in the United Arab Emirates.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency found that nine major U.S. banks maintained broad reputational-risk policies that lacked clear, measurable standards and objective risk-based criteria

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's October 14, 2026 47-page report did not provide specific case examples of debanking directly tied to digital asset activities

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency identified JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, U.S. Bancorp, Capital One, PNC Financial Services, Toronto-Dominion Bank, and Bank of Montreal as the nine institutions in its 2026 debanking review

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency launched its September 2025 review of nearly 100,000 complaints and roughly 420,000 pages of documents following Donald Trump's August 2025 executive order

Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14331 in August 2025, directing federal banking regulators to investigate and prevent debanking based on ideological, political, or religious grounds.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency reported that many major banks maintained public and nonpublic policies restricting financial services for digital asset issuers, exchanges, and administrators, frequently citing financial crime considerations.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency acknowledged in its report that it was unable to comprehensively quantify the full extent or cost of debanking actions across the U.S. banking system.

In December 2025, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency conditionally approved national trust bank charters for five firms, including Ripple, BitGo, Fidelity Digital Assets, Paxos, and First National Digital Currency Bank.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued a final reputation-risk rule on April 7, 2026, prohibiting supervisors from using anti-money laundering concerns as a pretext for reputation-risk supervision.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a report on October 14, 2026, finding nine major U.S. banks maintained policies restricting financial services to certain customers and businesses on political, religious, or subjective grounds.

The Bank Policy Institute stated that it supports clear and consistent standards promoting banking access while prioritizing supervisory attention on material financial risk rather than reputational risk.

Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould stated on October 14, 2026, that the agency's findings provide irrefutable evidence of debanking and discrimination, but the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency did not announce fines or penalties against the banks.

De Nederlandsche Bank authorized Amsterdam-based Qivalis B.V. as an Electronic Money Institution on October 14, 2026.

The Electronic Money Institution license places Qivalis under ongoing supervision by De Nederlandsche Bank and authorizes Qivalis to issue euro-denominated electronic money tokens.