<?xml version="1.0"?>
  <page xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" layout="1column" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../../../../../../../lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Layout/etc/page_configuration.xsd">
     <body>
         <referenceBlock name="checkout.root">
              <arguments> 
                   <argument name="jsLayout" xsi:type="array">
                        <item name="components" xsi:type="array">
                           <item name="checkout" xsi:type="array">
                               <item name="children" xsi:type="array">
                                    <item name="steps" xsi:type="array">
                                         <item name="children" xsi:type="array">
                                              <item name="billing-step" xsi:type="array">
                                                    <item name="children" xsi:type="array">
                                                       <item name="payment" xsi:type="array">
                                                             <item name="children" xsi:type="array">
                                                                  <item name="renders" xsi:type="array">
                                                                      <!-- merge payment method renders here --> 
                                                                            <item name="children" xsi:type="array">
                                                                                <item name="slimcdpayment-payments" xsi:type="array">
                                                                                       <item name="component" xsi:type="string">Slimcd_Payment/js/view/payment/payment</item>
                                                                                               <item name="methods" xsi:type="array">
                                                                                                   <item name="slimcdpayment" xsi:type="array">
                                                                                                           <item name="isBillingAddressRequired" xsi:type="boolean">true</item>
                                                                                                    </item>
                                                                                               </item>
                                                                                         </item> 
                                                                                    </item>
                                                                                 </item>
                                                                             </item>
                                                                       </item>
                                                                  </item> 
                                                             </item>
                                                  </item>
                                          </item> 
                                    </item>
                          </item>
                     </item>
               </argument>
            </arguments>
        </referenceBlock>
     </body>
</page> 