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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has granted a conditional approval to Connectia Trust, Sony Bank's US trust bank subsidiary, to issue and manage a dollar-backed stablecoin.
The conditional label carries weight: final approval remains outstanding, and no issuance has occurred. The structure behind the application Connectia Trust is organized as a trust bank rather than a commercial bank.
Trust banks hold client assets in a fiduciary capacity, which has historically been the legal architecture US regulators find most workable for custody and asset management at the federal level.
The OCC charters and supervises national banks; a conditional approval means the regulator has reviewed the application and cleared an initial threshold, but has attached requirements the applicant must satisfy before the charter becomes operative.
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