# US OCC calls on community banks to become payment stablecoin issuers

- Source: Cointelegraph
- Published: 2026-10-26T21:38:30+00:00
- Category: Markets
- Original: https://cointelegraph.com/news/occ-community-banks-stablecoin-issuers-genius-act?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/us-occ-calls-on-community-banks-to-become-payment-stablecoin-issuers-74af46/

The announcement followed the banking regulator finalizing its rules for the GENIUS Act, a stablecoin law to be implemented in January

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