Payments Brief: Jul 28, 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: The payments industry is in an execution phase focusing on infrastructure buildout and regulatory digestion; real-time payment adoption is key for competitiveness; fintech funding is being more selectively deployed with a focus on profitability and operational leverage; the absence of new regulatory updates highlights existing implementation timelines; card networks and payment processors continue their push into value-added services. Today's episode is brought to you by: BNewshel Consulting Affiliate Links:ElevenLabs: try.elevenlabs.ioSquare: squareup.com/refer