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Back to EpisodesPayments Brief: May 13, 2026
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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: Morgan Stanley launches a spot Bitcoin ETF with a competitive fee; Intercontinental Exchange invests $2 billion in Polymarket for financial data infrastructure; Bullish acquires Equiniti to build a blockchain-native transfer agent; Payward-owned Kraken acquires Reap for card issuance in Asia-Pacific; Visa reveals early success with AI-driven transaction processing; Stripe reports significant growth and expansion plans; AI becomes a core driver in fintech, shifting focus from experimentation to ROI.
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