Payments Brief: Mar 22, 2026
Today’s briefing covers the U.S. Treasury’s new stablecoin guidance, PayPal’s real-time payout expansion with a major bank, Stripe’s latest machine learning-powered fraud tools, regulatory action on hidden checking account fees, and EPI’s rollout of instant payments to more European markets.
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, and EPI expands its instant payments network across more of Europe.
