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OCC Encourages Community Banks to Consider Developing Payment Stablecoin Capabilities

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Days after issuing a final rule to implement the GENIUS Act, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency encouraged community banks to develop payment stablecoin capabilities.

Why it matters

The OCC stated that it "wants community banks to help shape the future of payments".

Key facts

  • The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a final rule to implement the GENIUS Act.
  • The OCC encouraged community banks to develop payment stablecoin capabilities.
  • The regulator stated it wants community banks to help shape the future of payments.

Source excerpt · PYMNTS

Days after issuing the final rule to implement the GENIUS Act, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) encouraged community banks to develop payment stablecoin capabilities. “The OCC wants community banks to help shape the future of payments and is encouraging the development of payment stablecoin capabilities within the community banking sector,” the regulator said in […] The post OCC…