Weekly briefings
Every weekly briefing on Payments, drawn from what the newsletters in this curated directory actually published.
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Stablecoins featured prominently across several newsletters this week. Stack and Story covered stablecoin remittances beating banks by 84% and reported that Circle chases 50 markets while trailing USDT by 60%. Connecting the Dots in FinTech…
Several newsletters focused on agentic and AI-driven payments. Sifted Fintech Newsletter reported that Revolut plans to roll out agentic shopping as AI commerce develops. Linas's Newsletter covered Meta's Personal Agent Protocol and the res…
Last week's payments coverage across fintech newsletters centered heavily on stablecoins and AI integration into payment infrastructure. Fintech Wrap Up published a deep dive on how Stripe's product stack has changed over the past five year…
Facial recognition emerged as a recurring theme in payments coverage. Payments Wrap Up reported that Revolut is trialing "Pay with Smile" for facial-recognition payments, while Sifted Fintech Newsletter similarly covered Revolut's…
American Banker Fintech covered payment speed and cost, reporting that banks are falling behind in this area, and separately examined Amex's expansion into business banking. Fintech Futures published several pieces on payments infrastructur…
American Banker Fintech reported on BVNK and Marqeta offering payments incentives tied to stablecoins, while Bankless covered Visa's use of onchain credit for stablecoin card settlement. Stack and Story reported that Visa's stablecoin volum…
Last week's payments coverage was dominated by developments involving Stripe and agentic commerce. Linas's Newsletter reported that PayPal rejected a Stripe offer at $60.50 and that Stripe's stock now trades at $53. The same newsletter cove…
A recurring theme across last week's payments-focused newsletters was Stripe's dealmaking activity. Fintech Wrap Up published a deep dive on the structural logic behind Stripe's acquisition of the OpenRouter AI Gateway, while Fintech Radar …