FundBank Group rebrands as IRACE Digital, targeting institutional clients needing banking infrastructure across fiat and crypto. OCC license, Irish branch, Komainu partnership.
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FundBank Group is now IRACE Digital. The rebrand completes a shift that turns the institutional bank into a hybrid operator straddling traditional finance and crypto markets. The target clients are asset managers, hedge funds, and institutions that need banking infrastructure working across fiat and blockchain rails.
The company secured a license from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in 2024, giving it a federally recognized U.S. banking charter. That year it launched U.S. operations focused on digital asset services.
In February 2026, IRACE Digital got authorization for an Irish branch, expanding into Europe. A month later it invested roughly €10 million in Trrue, an Irish blockchain firm, to build out digital asset capabilities.
Technology partnerships signal serious infrastructure ambitions. Temenos, a core banking SaaS provider, is a key partner. A collaboration with Komainu for fiat on- and off-ramping was announced in March 2026. That addresses a persistent pain point for institutional crypto participants: moving money between traditional bank accounts and digital asset platforms without friction.
IRACE Digital's service menu now includes custody, treasury management, on- and off-ramping solutions, and fiduciary services for tokenized funds and hybrid investment vehicles.
The bet is that consolidating these functions under one regulated banking entity solves a real market need. The firm hosted events on crypto and stablecoins as early as November 2025, positioning itself before the formal rebrand.
IRACE Digital is not alone. Standard Chartered has expanded crypto custody and trading. Anchorage Digital holds a federal bank charter in the U.S. and serves institutional clients with digital asset banking. Seba Bank and Sygnum in Switzerland have operated as crypto-native banks for years. Even BNY Mellon has dipped into digital asset custody.
What distinguishes IRACE Digital is the breadth of its ambition across both fiat and crypto, combined with a multi-jurisdictional licensing strategy. Holding an OCC license in the U.S. while building European operations through Ireland gives it a regulatory footprint many crypto-native competitors lack. The Komainu partnership for on- and off-ramping and the Temenos integration for core banking suggest a company competing on infrastructure quality rather than riding the crypto narrative.
The €10 million investment in Trrue also matters. Rather than building every blockchain capability in-house, IRACE Digital is acquiring specialized expertise.
The risk is regulatory. An OCC license provides legitimacy but subjects IRACE Digital to the full weight of U.S. banking regulation, including capital requirements, anti-money laundering obligations, and supervisory exams. Operating across the U.S. and EU simultaneously means navigating two distinct and sometimes conflicting regimes, particularly as Europe implements its Markets in Crypto-Assets framework.
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