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A group of 21 major financial institutions plans to establish a new company to develop and issue stablecoins, offering another sign of traditional finance’s push into digital dollars as regulatory frameworks take shape.
The consortium, announced Tuesday, includes Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Citi, Deutsche Bank, UBS, Santander, MUFG and Fidelity Investments. It plans to launch a US dollar-denominated stablecoin in the first half of 2027, subject to the company’s formation and other conditions.
According to the announcement, the group ultimately plans to expand into stablecoins denominated in other G7 currencies, with a euro offering identified as its next priority.
The consortium said its stablecoin will target wholesale, institutional and retail markets, including use cases such as cross-border payments and digital asset settlement. The initiative is intended to comply with both the US GENIUS Act and the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), where applicable.
The venture builds on an initiative <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/major-banks-explore-issuing-stablecoins-pegged-g7-currencies-2025-10-10/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">announced</a> last October, when an initial group of 10 banks said they were exploring a 1:1 reserve-backed form of digital money available on public blockchains. The consortium has since more than doubled in size, bringing together financial institutions across North America, Europe, East Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
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<h2 id="banks-deepen-push-into-stablecoins">Banks deepen push into stablecoins</h2>
The move comes as stablecoins have grown considerably in recent years, with the passage of the GENIUS Act and MiCA creating clearer regulatory pathways for adoption.
Elsewhere, Singapore is <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/singapore-weighs-foreign-regulated-stablecoins-mas-framework" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">considering allowing jointly issued</a> cross-border stablecoins into its regulatory regime, according to a Tuesday announcement, revisiting its earlier decision to restrict the framework to domestic issuance.
Institutional interest was already taking shape in early 2025, when <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/traditional-banks-stablecoins-cross-border-fireblocks" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">a Fireblocks survey of 295 executives</a> found that 90% of respondents were using or planning to use stablecoins.
Since then, major financial institutions have expanded their presence in the sector. Societe Generale’s crypto subsidiary has <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/societe-generale-forge-to-launch-a-usd-denominated-stablecoin" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">issued euro- and dollar-denominated stablecoins</a>, while <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/fidelity-stablecoin-national-trust-bank-occ" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Fidelity recently launched</a> its US dollar-pegged FIDD stablecoin.&nbsp;
SocGens crypto subsidiary has issued euro- and dollar-denominated stablecoins, as has Fidelity, with its FIDD US dollar-denominated entry. Last month, <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/standard-chartered-hkdap-stablecoin-distribution" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Standard Chartered backed a Hong Kong dollar stablecoin venture</a>.
Related: <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-crypto-custody-rules-investment-firms-white-house" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">SEC sends crypto custody rule overhaul to White House for review</a>

BofA, Citi, Goldman Sachs among 21 institutions planning stablecoin launch

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