World Liberty National Trust Charter

2026-08-14

World Liberty National Trust Charter

unresolved

Promised: 2026-01-05World Liberty Trust Company applied to the OCC for a national trust bank charter to issue and administer stablecoins and related fiduciary services.Open cited record · 1 source
The record: 2026-08-14The OCC conditionally approved the charter subject to capital, governance, compliance, and preopening requirements.Open cited record · 1 source2026-08-14The conditional charter approval benefited World Liberty's proposed trust-bank affiliate and its owners.Open cited record · 1 source
Who gained: World Liberty Trust Company
Who paid: Stablecoin users and trust customers
Audit finding: unresolved
The approval gave a Trump-family-linked crypto enterprise a conditional federal banking charter during Trump's presidency; the OCC stated that the application met applicable standards, and the record does not establish preferential treatment.
Causal strength: temporal association

Evidence chronology

promise2026-01-05documented
World Liberty Trust Company applied to the OCC for a national trust bank charter to issue and administer stablecoins and related fiduciary services.
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency: World Liberty Trust Company, N.A. charter application public-comment notice2026-01-05 · Business plan, ownership, and requested powers
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action2026-08-14documented
The OCC conditionally approved the charter subject to capital, governance, compliance, and preopening requirements.
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency: Corporate Decision 1385: Application to charter World Liberty Trust Company, National Association2026-08-14 · Decision, conditions, and legal analysis
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outcome2026-08-14reported
The conditional charter approval benefited World Liberty's proposed trust-bank affiliate and its owners.
- Reuters via Investing.com: US regulator approves bank charter for Trump-backed crypto company World Liberty Financial2026-08-14 · Approval, company ties, and objections
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counterevidence2026-08-14documented
The OCC said its review applied the same standards used for other applicants and imposed conditions before the bank could open; critics' conflict allegations were not agency findings.
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency: Corporate Decision 1385: Application to charter World Liberty Trust Company, National Association2026-08-14 · Standards, findings, and conditions
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Responses, legal status, contrary evidence, and limitations

counterevidence
The OCC said its review applied the same standards used for other applicants and imposed conditions before the bank could open; critics' conflict allegations were not agency findings.