{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Payments Brief: FinTech, Banking & Payments News","title":"Payments Brief: Jul 17, 2026","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/a772d463\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":327,"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: Stripe and Advent explore a $53.4 billion acquisition of PayPal, potentially reshaping global payment dynamics; Mastercard partners with PrivatBank to implement AI agent-powered payments, revolutionizing user transactions; Nuvei and Microsoft expand their collaboration to merge payment processing with Azure AI, enhancing transaction efficiency; U.S. regulatory bodies investigate the buy now, pay later sector, addressing consumer debt concerns; U.S. Senate legislation impacts central bank digital currency progress, favoring private-sector solutions; Stablecoin-linked Visa cards launch, bridging crypto and traditional payments; Klarna expands into physical retail with a Tap to Pay feature across 14 European markets, intensifying market competition.\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}