Payments Brief: Jul 22, 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: Stripe's potential $53.4 billion acquisition of PayPal, signaling major consolidation; Natural raises $30 million for AI-native payment infrastructure; Ramp secures $750 million, expanding AI-driven financial operations; Ant International's $1.2 billion funding for global expansion; Samsung partners with Barclays for a new credit card; BBVA adopts SWIFT's new retail payments scheme; Grasshopper Bank launches a stablecoin-based payments solution. Today's episode is brought to you by: BNewshel Consulting Affiliate Links:ElevenLabs: try.elevenlabs.ioSquare: squareup.com/refer