Sony Bank, a Japanese financial institution majority-owned by Sony, has filed for a national trust bank charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to issue and manage stablecoins in the US market.

The application represents Sony Bank’s expansion into crypto activities through US regulatory channels. The OCC oversees the chartering of national banks and cryptocurrency custody services.

The OCC has recently approved similar arrangements for other financial institutions. US Bank received approval to provide custody services for reserves backing stablecoins issued by Anchorage Digital Bank.

Bridge, a stablecoin infrastructure provider, has also applied for an OCC national bank trust charter to support tokenized payment solutions, reflecting growing interest among financial firms in federal frameworks for stablecoin operations.