Payments Brief: Mar 25, 2026
Visa accelerates real-time cross-border payments for business clients. Block moves to control a major European open banking platform. Regulators seek new guardrails for buy now, pay later lenders. FIS extends Fed instant payments access. Stablecoin adoption enters merchant payments. Essential updates for payments and banking executives.
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. Fintechs are piloting stablecoin payouts for cross-border and creator payments.
