How the OCC is handling its charter application workload

This story was originally published on Banking Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Banking Dive newsletter. Bank charter applications exploded last year to a level not seen since 2008. The 18 bank charter applications submitted to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in 2025 equaled the number received in the prior four years combined. In December, Jonathan Gould, the agency’s chief, called the application boom “a return to the norm.” But nearly every year betwe ...