OCC Grants World Liberty Preliminary National Trust Bank Approval

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 status of World Liberty’s OCC application

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.

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