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Fading QuicklySnapshot Window: 2026-10-09 12:30 UTC · ← Back to Crypto Overview
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The New Banks Over the past 18 months, fintech and crypto companies have filed 40 applications to open brand-new, federally licensed US banks. Erebor, Revolut, Nubank and Mercury want full banks that can take deposits and lend. Most of the names on the map are pursuing trust
AI visual note: The image, dated October 2026, displays a chart from Range titled "How U.S. Fintech & Crypto Are Becoming Banks," detailing 40 de novo OCC bank charter applications filed over the past 18 months. It categorizes companies by status—such as Circle, Paxos, and Anchorage Digital approved for National Trust Bank charters, while Erebor is approved and Revolut and Nubank are conditionally approved for National Full-Service Banks—with Wise and bunq listed as denied and SoFi, CBW, and United Texas Bank as existing banks joining the OCC wave.