United States · Money service business
Bridge Building Inc.
Bridge Building Inc. is a Delaware corporation with its office in Berkeley, California. It is registered with FinCEN as a money services business and holds state money transmitter licences under NMLS ID 2450917. It is a subsidiary of Bridge Ventures LLC, which Stripe acquired in February 2025. It issues the USDB stablecoin and white-label variants, and provides stablecoin orchestration and custody to US users through partner platforms.
Licences and registrations
Held by Bridge Building Inc. (LEI 254900JI23FL3I3DBY91). 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 | 2026-09-02 | — |
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- 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
Stablecoin issuer
Trades as Bridge
- Ownership
- Bridge Ventures LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Stripe, Inc., owns the firm, and GLEIF reports Stripe Global Holdings Inc. as the ultimate accounting parent.
- 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)
- Founders
- Zach Abrams · Sean Yu
Online
- Websites & references
- bridge.xyz ↗
apidocs.bridge.xyz ↗ developer API documentation - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗
Sources · 11 pages consulted
- bridge.xyz/legal/licenses/us-licenses-and-registrations
- bridge.xyz/legal/us-terms/bridge-building-inc
- bridge.xyz/legal/bridge-stablecoin-terms/bridge-building-inc
- bridge.xyz/
- bridge.xyz/card-agreements/phantom-card
- bridge.xyz/company
- occ.gov/topics/charters-and-licensing/interpretations-and-decisions/2026/cd1365.pdf
- stripe.com/newsroom/news/stripe-completes-bridge-acquisition
- x.com/zcabrams/status/2103180224972406830
- finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/open-standard-ousd-gets-full-072659912.html
- coindesk.com/business/2026/02/17/stripe-s-stablecoin-firm-bridge-wins-initial-approval-of-national-ban
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
FinCEN registers the firm as a money services business. State regulators license it as a money transmitter under NMLS ID 2450917. The Louisiana and Virginia licences do not cover virtual currency transmission.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) United States | Money Services Business registration (Money Transmitter / Remittance) | — | In its own name | Active | — |
| US state regulators (NMLS) United States | Money transmitter licences in 32 states and the District of Columbia | 2450917 | In its own name | Active | bridge.xyz ↗ |
| Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions United States | Louisiana Virtual Currency Business Activity License | — | In its own name | Active | bridge.xyz ↗ |
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
- Segregated safeguarding accountsThe firm states that it keeps its stablecoin reserve in accounts and wallets segregated from its other assets, at depository institutions and custodians, and that funds held while processing orders are not FDIC-insured.
- Crypto-asset custody
- Held by the firmBridge holds the private keys of wallets it provides to users, and the terms say its affiliate Bridge Building Arx LLC provides those wallets.
- Card issuer
- Lead Bank United States
- Payment schemes and card networks
- Visa Through a partner bridge.xyz ↗
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
It issues USDB and white-label stablecoins and buys, sells and converts stablecoins for US users of partner platforms that integrate Bridge's APIs.
It serves US residents through partner platforms under licences in 32 states and the District of Columbia, as listed on its licences page in December 2025.
- Sells to
- Platforms and marketplaces · Enterprises · Consumers · Financial institutions
- Serves customers in
- United States
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Founder
- Sean Yu Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Bridge (group role)
- Executive
- Paris Cribben General Counsel, Bridge Ventures LLC (group role)
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Leadership
Co-founder and CEO Zach Abrams announced that he was leaving Stripe to run Open Standard full time.
x.com ↗ -
Licence
The OCC granted preliminary conditional approval for Bridge National Trust Bank, a proposed affiliate owned by Bridge Ventures LLC.
occ.gov ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
Stripe completed its acquisition of Bridge, the group that includes the firm.
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
- d8c1e8b061d1
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
- 2026-09-02
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 Arx LLC.
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>254900JI23FL3I3DBY91</LEI>
<Nm>Bridge Building Inc.</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
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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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