As of 2026-08-15, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s public listings show no preliminary conditional approval for World Liberty Trust Company, N.A.; the application remains submi
As of 2026-08-15, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s public listings show no preliminary conditional approval for World Liberty Trust Company, N.A.; the application remains submitted/pending, according to the OCC’s digital-assets licensing index (OCC).
The OCC received a de novo national trust bank charter application from WLTC Holdings LLC on 2026-01-06 to organize World Liberty Trust Company, National Association, per the agency’s filing (OCC application).
World Liberty Financial said on 2026-01-07 that WLTC Holdings had filed the application to establish a national trust bank to issue and custody USD1 stablecoins (BusinessWire). With no OCC corporate decision posted, there is no publicly confirmed charter approval.
Confirmed: the OCC has the WLTC Holdings LLC application on file dated 2026-01-06, and World Liberty Financial acknowledged the submission a day later. Also confirmed: as of 2026-08-15, the OCC’s public pages show no preliminary conditional approval or corporate decision for World Liberty Trust Company, and the item appears as submitted/pending on the OCC’s digital-assets licensing index.
There is no OCC news release or corporate decision posted granting World Liberty a national trust bank charter as of the latest check (OCC listings).
Reasonable inference: without a posted preliminary conditional approval, WLTC remains in the application phase. Market participants looking for an OCC-sanctioned national trust bank focused on stablecoin issuance and custody do not yet have a new regulatory signal to act on.
For companies exploring bank-grade rails for stablecoin issuance or custody, the absence of an OCC decision means counterparties should not assume an OCC sign-off exists. Any commercial timelines tied to an anticipated approval remain contingent on an official agency action.
The next definitive update would come from the OCC’s public pages in the form of a posted corporate decision or a news release, or from an updated company announcement. Watch the OCC’s digital-assets licensing index and related releases for any change in status. If preliminary conditional approval is granted, it should appear on those channels.
Until then, World Liberty’s national trust bank bid remains a live application on the regulator’s docket.
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