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Payments Brief: May 18, 2026

Episode 80 Published 6 days, 22 hours ago
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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, intensifying the crypto ETF fee battle; eToro's strategic acquisition of Zengo circumvents MiCA regulations in Europe; Intercontinental Exchange invests $2 billion in Polymarket, advancing prediction markets; Bullish acquires Equiniti for a $4.2 billion tokenized securities infrastructure; Coinbase shifts to a multi-asset platform with stock trading and AI financial tools; Revolut introduces AI assistance to enhance banking interfaces; Visa's AI shopping assistant pilots reshape commerce; Stripe's valuation surges as it nears $2 trillion in transactions.

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