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: OppFi plans to acquire an Arizona-based bank to gain direct control over deposits and lending infrastructure; new legislation could allow fintech firms direct access to Federal Reserve payment rails; Stripe updates its Link digital wallet to support autonomous AI agents; eToro acquires Zengo to strengthen crypto custody while bypassing MiCA regulations; J.P. Morgan uses blockchain for U.S. commercial paper issuance; the European Central Bank pilots distributed ledger settlements; HSBC tests tokenized deposits on the Canton Network; Fuse raises $25 million to modernize credit union loan systems.
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