Payments Brief: FinTech, Banking & Payments News

Payments and FinTech Daily delivers a concise, executive-level briefing on the most important developments in payments, banking, and financial technology. In today’s episode: Visa expands real-time payments for global B2B transactions. Block acquires a European open banking leader. The CFPB proposes tighter buy now, pay later rules. FIS connects banks to instant payments with Fed-supported RTP. Fi...

Payments and FinTech Daily delivers a concise, executive-level briefing on the most important developments in payments, banking, and financial technology. In today’s episode: Visa launches new global anti-fraud controls; Stripe enhances business lending with faster funding and embedded finance expansion; J.P. Morgan debuts real-time global payment rails; the CFPB proposes tougher buy now, pay late...

Payments and FinTech Daily delivers a concise, executive-level briefing on the most important developments in payments, banking, and financial technology. In today’s episode: Visa and Mastercard double down on B-2-B payments. The C-F-P-B signals increased scrutiny for buy now, pay later providers. More U.S. banks adopt FedNow for real-time payments. Stripe debuts new global fraud detection tools f...

Payments and FinTech Daily delivers a concise, executive-level briefing on the most important developments in payments, banking, and financial technology. In today’s episode: The U.S. Treasury issues fresh stablecoin guidance, PayPal partners with a leading U.S. bank on real-time payouts for businesses, Stripe unveils advanced fraud controls, the CFPB probes hidden fees in new checking accounts, a...

Payments and FinTech Daily delivers a concise, executive-level briefing on the most important developments in payments, banking, and financial technology. In today’s episode: J.P. Morgan launches a real-time cross-border payments platform for corporates. Mastercard acquires a top data aggregator to expand U.S. open banking. The C-F-P-B finalizes fresh consumer fee rules. A top card network pilots...

Payments and FinTech Daily delivers a concise, executive-level briefing on the most important developments in payments, banking, and financial technology. In today’s episode: Visa and Mastercard push new authentication protocols for U.S. CNP transactions. JPMorgan Chase expands embedded payments APIs for corporates. Stablecoin issuers face new compliance requirements as Treasury demands tougher mo...

Payments and FinTech Daily delivers a concise, executive-level briefing on the most important developments in payments, banking, and financial technology. In today’s episode: Visa preps a major network upgrade to enable real-time payment flows. Goldman Sachs finalizes its exit from consumer lending. The CFPB revisits proposed late fee caps for card issuers. Shopify launches new embedded working ca...

Payments and FinTech Daily delivers a concise, executive-level briefing on the most important developments in payments, banking, and financial technology. In today’s episode: Visa launches an embedded payments suite for banks to accelerate real-time payouts. The CFPB nears a decision on national open banking standards. U.S. banks launch stablecoin pilots for consumer payments. Mastercard addresses...

Payments and FinTech Daily delivers a concise, executive-level briefing on the most important developments in payments, banking, and financial technology. In today’s episode: Stripe rolls out a cross-border settlement service for platforms; J.P. Morgan expands Request for Pay for U.S. business clients; the C-F-P-B issues updated rules on payment app reserves; Mastercard partners to develop digital...

Payments and FinTech Daily delivers a concise, executive-level briefing on the most important developments in payments, banking, and financial technology. In today’s episode: Visa launches a real-time payments API for banks and fintechs, the C-F-P-B finalizes new buy now, pay later rules, J-P Morgan Chase expands its merchant acquiring partnership with Amazon, the European Central Bank pushes for...

Payments and FinTech Daily delivers a concise, executive-level briefing on the most important developments in payments, banking, and financial technology. In today’s episode: Modern Treasury joins Mastercard’s Crypto Partner Program to integrate digital asset payments with global rails; Omnia partners with Infinant to deliver stablecoin payments for banks via the Interlace Platform; academic findi...

Payments and FinTech Daily delivers a concise, executive-level briefing on the most important developments in payments, banking, and financial technology. In today’s episode: Infinant launches a unified tokenized deposit and stablecoin platform aligned with emerging regulation; Visa expands stablecoin settlement through a new Visa Direct programme with BVNK; upcoming CFPB open banking requirements...

Payments and FinTech Daily delivers a concise, executive-level briefing on the most important developments in payments, banking, and financial technology. In today’s episode: Revolut secures its full UK banking licence bringing FSCS deposit protection and accelerating its UK expansion; fintech infrastructure investment surges nearly 44 percent in 2025 to about $18.5 billion driven by AI and infras...

Payments and FinTech Daily delivers a concise, executive-level briefing on the most important developments in payments, banking, and financial technology. In today’s episode: Mastercard launches its Crypto Partner Program with Modern Treasury joining as an on/off‑ramp provider; US regulators issue FAQs clarifying capital treatment for tokenized securities and signal more market structure scrutiny;...

Payments and FinTech Daily delivers a concise, executive-level briefing on the most important developments in payments, banking, and financial technology. In today’s episode: X prepares to launch the X Money digital wallet with banking and card network partners; LemFi secures Canadian registration under the Retail Payment Activities Act; Visa and Bridge plan a global expansion of stablecoin linked...

Payments and FinTech Daily delivers a concise, executive-level briefing on the most important developments in payments, banking, and financial technology. In today’s episode: PayPal and TCS Blockchain unveil stablecoin‑based instant freight payments; US regulators clear tokenized securities of capital ambiguity and confront liquidity hoarding; Australia’s OZEDI and Zepto launch instant employer su...

Payments and FinTech Daily delivers a concise, executive-level briefing on the most important developments in payments, banking, and financial technology. In today’s episode: The OCC proposes detailed federal regulation for stablecoin issuers under the GENIUS Act; Circle moves sixty‑eight million dollars internally via USDC in under thirty minutes; Stripe unveils its Agentic Commerce Suite while r...

Payments and FinTech Daily delivers a concise, executive-level briefing on the most important developments in payments, banking, and financial technology. In today’s episode: Payfinia and CU*SOUTH launch embedded real‑time payments and wallet services for credit unions; U.S. regulators clarify no extra capital for tokenized securities and advance stablecoin rules under the GENIUS Act; Ualá raises...

Payments and FinTech Daily delivers a concise, executive-level briefing on the most important developments in payments, banking, and financial technology. In today’s episode: Global fintech funding held steady with $570 million across 26 deals led by Ualá’s $195 million raise; RenoFi raised $22 million to scale AI-powered home renovation lending; Highnote expanded real-time payout infrastructure v...

Payments and FinTech Daily delivers a concise, executive-level briefing on the most important developments in payments, banking, and financial technology. In today’s episode: Revolut signals a regulatory pivot as it files for a US bank license; OCC clarifies trust-bank charter paths effective April 1; Thales and Cielo pilot remote eSIM POS connectivity in Brazil; ACI Worldwide launches cloud-nativ...

Payments and FinTech Daily delivers a concise, executive-level briefing on the most important developments in payments, banking, and financial technology. In today’s episode: Visa expands a stablecoin card collaboration with Stripe’s Bridge across more than 100 countries while Mastercard enables SoFIUSD settlement on its network; OpenPayd wins a Cards and Payments Award as stablecoin infrastructur...

Payments and FinTech Daily delivers a concise, executive-level briefing on the most important developments in payments, banking, and financial technology. In today’s episode: Visa expands stablecoin-backed cards via Stripe’s Bridge into over 100 countries; N3XT and YouHodler enable 24/7 programmable stablecoin dollar payments; Nigeria’s House launches public hearing on fintech oversight commission...

Payments and FinTech Daily delivers a concise, executive‑level briefing on the most important developments in payments, banking, and financial technology. In today’s episode: Mastercard appoints Sir Jon Thompson to chair Vocalink as it competes for the UK payments platform contract; Payr raises $2.1 million to expand credit‑card rent payments infrastructure; ZBD secures $40 million to power embedd...

Payments and FinTech Daily delivers a concise, executive-level briefing on the most important developments in payments, banking, and financial technology. In today’s episode: OpenAI secures an unprecedented $110 billion funding round to accelerate AI across fintech and Web3; Asia‑Pacific fintech funding slips to a decade‑low in 2025 though high‑value rounds by Airwallex and Toss stand out; NEACH a...

Payments and FinTech Daily delivers a concise, executive-level briefing on the most important developments in payments, banking, and financial technology. In today’s episode: Federal Reserve mandates contactless capability on all new U.S. debit and credit cards starting March 2026 NCUA proposes rule to allow credit unions to issue payment stablecoins under GENIUS Act NPCI International links UPI w...