Bridge
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IndustryInfrastructure / Payments
The story
Bridge is a stablecoin infrastructure platform providing orchestration, issuance, wallets, and card issuing APIs. Acquired by Stripe, it now operates as Stripe's stablecoin subsidiary and has migrated its card program onto Stripe Issuing. In February 2026 it secured OCC conditional approval for a national trust bank charter, positioning itself to run stablecoin custody, issuance, and reserve management under direct federal oversight.
Product timeline
2025
Acquired by Stripe as its stablecoin infrastructure subsidiary· acquisition
2026
Received OCC conditional approval to organize a federally chartered national trust bank· banking
2026
Integrated Bridge stablecoin-backed cards with Stripe Issuing, replacing the legacy Bridge Cards API· card
Regulated entities
4
regulatory licences held by Bridge
Licence types, jurisdictions and registered entities are in the Embedded Finance Index report.
The stack
8 layers disclosed in Bridge’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
Banking / BaaS
in the full report
Card issuing
in the full report
Card network
in the full report
Open banking
in the full report
KYC
in the full report
FX & payouts
in the full report
Crypto
in the full report
Accounting gap: minor
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