Upstart gets conditional OCC approval to form national bank

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Upstart Receives Conditional Approval from the OCC to Establish Upstart Bank

July 23, 2026 7:51 PM EDT

BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Upstart Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: UPST), the leading artificial intelligence (AI) lending marketplace, today announced that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has granted conditional approval for the company to establish Upstart Bank, N.A.

The charter would allow Upstart to reduce operational, regulatory, and financial complexity for itself as well as for its third-party capital partners. The conditional approval follows Upstarts application, submitted in March 2026, and represents a key milestone toward operating the first nationally chartered bank built from the ground up with AI-powered... More