{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Payments Brief: FinTech, Banking & Payments News","title":"Payments Brief: Aug 31, 2026","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/9b41ebde\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":379,"description":"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: Affirm and Shopify expand Shop Pay Installments in Australia; DBS and Stripe partner for cross-border payments in Asia; OpenPayd integrates with Circle Payments Network for faster cross-border fiat payments; Visa joins the BLOOM initiative for payment system interoperability; the OCC revises bank supervision policies; Socure acquires Fravity in a $156 million deal to enhance fraud prevention; Helcim raises $38 million to expand SMB payment processing. Together, these stories reflect a trend toward more integrated and interoperable payment systems at every level.\nToday's episode is brought to you by: BNewshel Consulting\nAffiliate Links:\nElevenLabs: try.elevenlabs.io\nSquare: squareup.com/refer","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/3O3UmA6pmqL28UdIaJ_cVUVtsRzh-1dl1pM-SuJrSHQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85MTQ5/YTlhYjA3NmFlYTU1/MjQxZjgwY2M1NDEy/ZDkyNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}