Payments Brief: Jul 14, 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: SWIFT enhances its consumer payments framework focusing on transparency and speed; Worldline, ING, and Visa push agentic payments into production with autonomous transactions; Square integrates AI-driven recommendations into merchant discovery; Robinhood launches its Layer 2 blockchain, expanding into full-stack financial infrastructure; Standard Chartered partners with Circle for direct USDC access; Payments Canada advances its Real-Time Rail system for instant payments. Today's episode is brought to you by: BNewshel Consulting Affiliate Links:ElevenLabs: try.elevenlabs.ioSquare: squareup.com/refer