United States · Money service business
Bridge Building Arx LLC
Trading asBridge
Bridge Building Arx LLC is a Delaware limited liability company formed in January 2025. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) registers it as a money services business. According to its LEI record, it is a subsidiary of Bridge Ventures LLC, and its ultimate parent is Stripe Global Holdings Inc. Bridge's user terms state that the firm provides the custodial cryptocurrency wallets offered with Bridge services and holds private keys on customers' behalf. Bridge's money transmission services for US residents are provided by its affiliate Bridge Building Inc, not by this firm.
Licences and registrations
Held by Bridge Building Arx LLC (LEI 254900N9E7M5GNE7YF07). 1 entry on 1 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 24 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSB Registrant SearchFinCEN | —Money Transmitter / Remittance | Not published by the register | United States | Active | 2025-02-24 | — |
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Trading names on the register: Bridge (FINCEN-MSB)
- Each licence applies in the country of the regulator that granted it.
- Registers are tracked in 37 countries. Licences granted elsewhere are not recorded here.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory.
Its LEI is not mapped to a BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
Bridge Ventures LLC
Firm type
Crypto custody
Trades as Bridge
- Ownership
- Bridge Ventures LLC is the direct parent and Stripe Global Holdings Inc. the ultimate parent, as reported in the firm's LEI record.
- Direct parent
- Bridge Ventures LLC, United States
- Ultimate owner
- Stripe Global Holdings Inc., United States
- Head office
- 2120 University Ave., Suite 213, 94704 Berkeley, United States (registered office: C/O The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801, United States)
- Company register
- Delaware file 10070943
- Incorporated
- 17 Jan 2025
- Founders
- Zach Abrams · Sean Yu
Online
- Websites & references
- bridge.xyz ↗
apidocs.bridge.xyz ↗ developer documentation (Bridge brand) - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗
Sources · 12 pages consulted
- bridge.xyz/legal/us-terms/bridge-building-inc
- bridge.xyz/legal/overview
- bridge.xyz/legal/licenses/us-licenses-and-registrations
- bridge.xyz/legal/us-terms/bridge-building-arx-llc
- bridge.xyz/legal/us-privacy-policy/bridge-building-arx-llc
- bridge.xyz/legal/row-user-terms/bridge-building-limited
- lei.bloomberg.com/leis/view/254900N9E7M5GNE7YF07
- occ.gov/topics/charters-and-licensing/interpretations-and-decisions/2026/cd1365.pdf
- stripe.com/newsroom/news/stripe-completes-bridge-acquisition
- help.grabrfi.com/en/content/grabrfi-stablecoin-transfer-terms-bMKgr
- finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/open-standard-ousd-gets-full-072659912.html
- fortune.com/2026/08/28/bridge-founder-zach-abrams-stripe-stablecoins-asia-singapore-dollars/
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Not established
FinCEN registers the firm as a money services business. Bridge's published US state licences are held by its affiliate Bridge Building Inc (NMLS 2450917), and none is shown in this firm's name.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) United States | Money Services Business registration (money transmitter) | — | In its own name | Active | — |
Licences and registrations the research found, at home and abroad, as the firm and its regulators publish them. The Licences and registrations card shows the entries on the registers the directory tracks.
Partners and safeguarding
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Safeguarding
- Not disclosedBridge's terms state that users own the assets in wallets it provides and that Bridge holds the private keys on their behalf. The terms state that the assets are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC.
- Crypto-asset custody
- Held by the firmThe firm keeps custody of stablecoins and other digital assets in wallets it provides to Bridge users and holds the private keys on their behalf. Partner terms state that assets may be held in omnibus accounts.
Banks and regulated firms the firm says hold its customers’ money, issue its cards, sponsor its accounts or settle its payments, as it discloses them in its terms and notices.
Products and markets
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
The firm provides the custodial stablecoin and digital-asset wallets that Bridge offers through partner platforms, and it holds the private keys for users.
Bridge's US and rest-of-world user terms both name the firm as the wallet provider, so it serves users outside the United States too, but the terms do not list the countries.
- Sells to
- Platforms and marketplaces · Consumers · Small businesses
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Leadership
Zach Abrams, co-founder and chief executive of the Bridge group, announced that he was leaving Stripe to run Open Standard full time.
finance.yahoo.com ↗ -
Licence
The OCC granted preliminary conditional approval for Bridge National Trust Bank, a proposed sister company owned by Bridge Ventures LLC.
occ.gov ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
Stripe completed its acquisition of the Bridge group, first announced in October 2024.
stripe.com ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, security incidents, licence changes, funding rounds, acquisitions and leadership changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
- BIC
- Holds no BIC in Swift’s directory
- How the LEI was matched
- Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address
- Elucidate firm ID
- 1eb26f84cef1
Profile
- Type
- Money service businessRemittance, currency exchange, cheque cashing and money orders. Usually registered with an anti-money-laundering supervisor rather than licensed prudentially. Taken from the licences on the tracked registers.
- Regulation
- AML registration onlyRegistered with an anti-money-laundering supervisor (FinCEN, FINTRAC, HMRC, AUSTRAC, Hong Kong Customs…) without a prudential licence.
- Main licence class
- Money Transmitter / Remittance
- Activities
- Money remittance
- Other money services
- Licensed in
- United States · North America
- First registered
- 2025-02-24
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
- Direct parent
- Bridge Ventures LLC · United States2549008TOB8QPPDS8S73 ↗
- Ultimate parent
- Stripe Global Holdings Inc. · United States254900VYCQ4K0SLSXF22 ↗
The Stripe Global Holdings Inc. group has 9 institutions in the directory, in 5 countries: 4 hold a BIC and 5 do not.
Including Stripe Technology Europe, Limited, Bridge Building S.A., Stripe Payments Singapore PTE. LTD., Stripe Payments UK LTD, Bridge Building Inc..
See the Stripe Global Holdings Inc. group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Address on the register
- 2120 University Ave., Suite 213, Berkeley, 94704
- Country
- United States
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
This institution holds no BIC. A CBPR+ message identifies it by name and postal address, and may add its LEI or a clearing code.
- Identified by
- Name and postal address, with its LEI
- Postal address
- Hybrid: town, postcode and country in their own elements, the rest in one address line
<FinInstnId>
<LEI>254900N9E7M5GNE7YF07</LEI>
<Nm>Bridge Building Arx LLC</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<PstCd>94704</PstCd>
<TwnNm>Berkeley</TwnNm>
<Ctry>US</Ctry>
<AdrLine>2120 University Ave., Suite 213</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>CBPR+ identifies the instructing and instructed agents by BIC only. An institution without a BIC can be the debtor, creditor or an intermediary agent.
The values are as published by the register. Check them against your own records before use.
Sources & method
Register entries come from the public registers of financial regulators, standardised into one taxonomy. LEIs are matched through GLEIF, and a BIC is linked only through a shared LEI.
An institution missing from these registers is not necessarily unregulated.
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An institution is one entry in the directory: a BIC8 in Swift’s directory, or a firm on a tracked register that holds no BIC. Licences held by an institution with a BIC are shown on its page.
Read the methodology →Register for this page
- MSB Registrant Search—Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) · source ↗ as at 24 September 2026
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, authorisation, partners, products, leadership and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the firm's own website, terms and filings, regulators' registers and notices, company registers and news. Licences, partners, figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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