Bank (national trust bank, proposed) · United States
Connectia Trust (Sony Bank)
Connectia Trust, National Association (proposed) · sonybank.jp (opens source in new tab)
Crypto readiness score
1/3 status dimensions verified · 1 initiative · last verified 2026-11-07
Only 1 of 3 status dimensions (commercial, regulatory, technical) are verified for this institution; at least 2 are required before a score is shown. We show this rather than guess.
Score breakdown
How the number above is built — every input is a verified tracker status with a dated source.
| Component | Weight | Points | Basis (verified input) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial availability | 35 | — | No verified status — not scored |
| Regulatory standing | 25 | 25 | Approved / authorised · initiative |
| Technical delivery | 20 | — | No verified status — not scored |
| Product breadth | 15 | 5 | 1 product category with a verified status: Stablecoin issuance |
| Recent verified activity | 5 | 5 | Last verified change 2026-07-02 |
Score = sum of points, rounded. Only verified tracker statuses count; “Unknown” earns nothing and is never estimated. Methodology
Initiatives (1)
Regulatory, technical and commercial status are kept separate: an authorisation is not a launch.
Stablecoin issuance · United States
Connectia Trust, N.A. (Sony Bank): OCC preliminary conditional approval for a dollar stablecoin issuer
- regulatory
- Approved / authorised2026-07-02
- technical
- Unknown
- commercial
- Unknown
On 2 July 2026 the OCC granted preliminary conditional approval for Connectia Trust, N.A., a proposed New York national trust bank wholly owned by Japan's Sony Bank, to focus on issuing a dollar-backed stablecoin and maintaining its reserves, with custody and closed-loop transfers on Sony platforms.
Scope: Proposed national trust bank in New York wholly owned by Sony Bank; transfers restricted to a permissioned network on Sony platforms.
In tracker · last verified 2026-11-07
Licences & registrations
Regulator records (or MiCA Art. 60 notifications — a notification, not an authorisation).
- Approved / authorised Connectia Trust, N.A. (Sony Bank): OCC preliminary conditional approval for a dollar stablecoin issuer
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency · 2 Jul 2026
Partners & providers
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Regulator records & actions
Register entries and regulator publications that name this institution.
- 2026-07-02Primary record · Office of the Comptroller of the CurrencyOCC Corporate Decision #1380: Connectia Trust, National Association (proposed; Sony Bank) (opens source in new tab)
- 2026-07-02Primary record · Office of the Comptroller of the CurrencyOCC Corporate Decision #1380: Connectia Trust — proposed activities (opens source in new tab)
Markets (from stated target markets): United States
Timeline
Status changes (tracker history), verified items and regulatory dates, newest first.
2026-07-02 · Status
OCC grants preliminary conditional approval (Corporate Decision #1380); final approval pending preopening requirements.
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