Payments Brief: Aug 30, 2026

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: Walmart now accepts Apple Pay and Google Pay, marking a pivot in digital payment adoption; Visa and the Department of Justice dispute ahead of a critical debit-card lawsuit; Stripe plans to acquire AI spend-management firm OpenRouter; Citi acquires rewards startup Kard to enhance its consumer-card experience; PayPal and Venmo expand into higher-education payments, offering new institutional partnerships; regulatory updates on stablecoins present both challenges and opportunities. Today's episode is brought to you by: BNewshel Consulting Affiliate Links:ElevenLabs: try.elevenlabs.ioSquare: squareup.com/refer