Welcome to the final episode of Money Travels season 2. Small and mid-size businesses are among the main drivers of employment growth and change, especially in parts of the world that involve developing countries. There, their economies are mainly powered by SMBs, and SMBs are often the catalysts for innovation. So, what are their unique needs in the money movement space, and how is Visa Direct meeting those needs? In this episode we talk to Jaspreet Singh, head of Consumer Funded Flows at Visa Direct, and we'll also give you a recap of the highlights of the season. To get the perspective of a small business we speak with Clove Bakery's co-founder, Beth Beji, to hear about the challenges that SMBs face. Follow Us: Website⁠ https://www.visa.com/visadirect⁠ LinkedIn⁠ @Visa Direct

In this episode, we explore the state of the gaming industry and where it's headed by talking to Brad Foxhoven, CEO of EverGame Media, and Matt Story, VP  @Visa  Global Brand Partnerships & Advocacy. This conversation gets into how creators are engaging in the online gaming space and how online gaming platforms are providing opportunities for individuals to turn their gaming efforts into viable side hustles and even core businesses. Traditionally, gaming has been a closed walled system with only a small proportion of transactions being micro and the majority of earnings going to the game developers. But games like  @Roblox  are changing the landscape with an open source system that allows creators, gamers, and developers to become future SMBs, using their skills and followers to enhance experiences for other gamers and earning significant income in the process. Follow Us: Website⁠ https://www.visa.com/visadirect⁠ LinkedIn⁠ @Visa Direct

Timing when to exchange money from one currency to another is something we've probably all experienced. Domestic payments are getting faster and cheaper in many countries. The challenge now is to link those systems together and make cross-border payments as fast and as seamless as the best domestic systems to meet customer expectations for fast money movement no matter where it's being sent. So how does this infrastructure impact currency exchange? To get a better sense of all this, we talk to Piers Marais, who oversees product strategy for Visa Cross-Border Solutions and Currencyclouds client base. He draws on his extensive background in payments to ensure that Visa Cross-border solutions and Currencycloud are continually at the forefront of the latest payment innovations. We also speak to Kathy Lien whose expertise is an on-the-ground FX trader will help us see the use cases and the benefits of the tools that have been revolutionizing currency trading. Follow Us: Website https://www.visa.com/visadirect LinkedIn @Visa Direct

In this episode we explore the creator economy which continues to grow rapidly. This growth represents an opportunity for money movement businesses, but it also presents some unique challenges. To take us into this rapidly evolving landscape, we'll talk to Eric Wei and Will Kim co-founders at Karat Financial, a bank built for the creator economy. We'll also hear from Brian McMullin, head of product and customer experience at SamCart, an innovative e-commerce platform for digital sellers, creators and business owners. Listen now. Follow us: Website https://www.visa.com/visadirect LinkedIn @Visa Direct

Welcome to Money Travels, presented by Visa. Years into the FinTech revolution, many people still struggle with money management and learning how to use all these new tools at their fingertips and with money going digital in many instances, how do we teach our kids who really benefit from a tangible environment, financial literacy? In this episode, we're going to explore some ways to bridge the gap in knowledge for kids and adults alike. We're going to talk to Louise Hill the CEO of GoHenry, whose goal is to make every kid smart with money. The app introduces financial knowledge and helps shape kids' behaviors in positive ways, making it easy for their parents to guide them in the process GoHenry shares this mission of financial literacy with Visa. GoHenry's new parent company, Acorns has products that can help improve financial literacy for adults too. It has features that allow adults to save and with educational features along the way, and that's where Kennedy Reynolds, Acorn's chief education officer comes in to show us how their mission aligns with this larger goal of global financial inclusion. Listen now. Website https://www.visa.com/visadirect LinkedIn @Visa Direct

In this episode we explore the explosion of the online platforms for gaming, and the challenges and opportunities that they present for money movement. From dealing with evolving regulations to the vast differences and payout amounts, and the critical importance of speed, the online gaming space is a hotbed of innovation and growth. To explore this space, we're going to talk to Warren Tristram from Nuvei, a payments powerhouse, Mickael Marceau, director of payments at Kindred Group, and Christian Reinheimer from LeoVegas. Listen now. Follow Us: Website https://www.visa.com/visadirect LinkedIn @Visa Direct

In this episode, we explore the state of the gaming industry and where it's headed by talking to Brad Foxhoven, CEO of EverGame Media, and Matt Story, VP Visa Global Brand Partnerships & Advocacy. This conversation gets into how creators are engaging in the online gaming space and how online gaming platforms are providing opportunities for individuals to turn their gaming efforts into viable side hustles and even core businesses. Traditionally, gaming has been a closed walled system with only a small proportion of transactions being micro and the majority of earnings going to the game developers. But games like Roblox are changing the landscape with an open source system that allows creators, gamers, and developers to become future SMBs, using their skills and followers to enhance experiences for other gamers and earning significant income in the process. Follow Us: Website https://www.visa.com/visadirect LinkedIn @Visa Direct

Welcome to Money Travels season 2 where we explore money movement around the globe. Some of us are bitten by the travel bug and can't get enough of the adventures and new experiences that being on the move provides. For many that travel bug results in a career like for those that work on cruise ships.  There are many hidden challenges that cruise ship employees and their employers face, especially when it comes to money movement. That's where fintech company and Visa direct partner, Brightwell comes in. Their innovations and cross-border payments have been a game changer for the industry. We'll hear how they're accomplishing the sea change, from Brightwell CEO, Larry Hipp. We are also joined by Andre Eduwardo, Manager of Onboard Operations Accounting, at Virgin Voyages. Listen now. We hope you enjoy this fascinating new episode of Money Travels, brought to you by Visa.    Follow Us:Website https://www.visa.com/visadirectLinkedIn @Visa DirectPresented by Visahttps://usa.visa.com

Welcome to Money Travels presented by Visa. In this episode, we're going to learn about remittances in different parts of the world. We are joined by Jairo Riveros, managing director for The Americas and global head of strategy at Paysend, a global fintech company, and Lucciana Alvarez Ruiz to discuss financial inclusion. For some of us it feels pretty seamless and easy to send and receive money, but for others, especially people who don't have a traditional bank account, it can feel impossible to exchange money across large distances. How is someone from a small town in Guatemala who is paid in the currency of another country supposed to send money back to their family if their loved ones don't have access to a bank? Often the solutions are costly, slow, and sometimes even dangerous if you have to physically carry cash for miles. But if you can access the internet from wherever you are, why can't you just move your money digitally?  We'll explore the differences between regions from Eastern Europe to Latin America and get a sense of the remittances landscape and how money movement can become more inclusive. Listen now. We hope you enjoy this fascinating new episode of Money Travels, brought to you by Visa.   Follow Us:Website https://www.visa.com/visadirectLinkedIn @Visa DirectPresented by Visahttps://usa.visa.com

Welcome to Money Travels. In episode 4 of season 2 we talk to some of the experts who are building the tools that will transform the next generation of money movement. Tencent is a multinational technology conglomerate and one of the world's largest social media companies. WeChat or Weixin, as the app is known in Mainland China, is Tencent’s popular app known for instant messaging, social posting, shopping and more. We explore the ways that Weixin has integrated financial features into the consumer app experience and how Visa Direct is helping Weixin Pay create a seamless digital experience for users who can receive remittances directly into their wallet. We're talk to Deepan Dagur, vice president and regional head Asia Pacific at Visa Direct, and Wenhui Yang, the regional general manager of Tenpay Global Asia Pacific. We hope you enjoy this fascinating new episode of Money Travels, brought to you by Visa.Follow UsWebsite https://www.visa.com/visadirectLinkedIn @Visa DirectPresented by Visahttps://usa.visa.com

Welcome to Money Travels Season 2, Episode 3. Fast money movement requires fast security. As money moves more and more quickly, the technical challenges to secure the transactions grow for all parties involved. We have to predict behavior and aim to stop fraud before it happens, often with the help of AI, but you need a pretty big data set to make accurate predictions and to track trends in fraud behavior. That's where Visa Direct's network can come in and it's long history of transactions coupled with decades of developing AI tools that can check, monitor, and protect money movement.To get a sense of how AI is used today in money movement, we're going to talk to Michael Jabbara, Vice President, Global Head of Fraud Services at Visa, Dr. Anjana Susarla, who's a professor of responsible AI at Michigan State University, and Clara Durodié, an AI strategy specialist and author of Decoding AI in Financial Services. But first, we hear from Tendai Marambire is an ethical security hacker that conducts baseline testing for Visa Direct transactions and along with her team, continuously add new components and new scenarios as new fraud schemes are discovered in the wild.We hope you enjoy this fascinating new episode of Money Travels, brought to you by Visa.  Follow UsWebsite https://www.visa.com/visadirectLinkedIn @Visa DirectPresented by Visahttps://usa.visa.com

Welcome to episode 2, season 2 of Money Travels.  In today's internet age, our identity has gone digital. We use our email addresses, phone numbers, social media account logins, and even digital versions of our biometrics to identify ourselves and these digital identifiers can be sent anywhere to anyone. In this episode, we're going to explore digital identity and financial fraud and how bad actors are taking advantage of the shift to synthetic versions of ourselves. We will talk with Tim Sini, who investigated synthetic identity theft and fraud when he was a New York district attorney and Matthieu Charpentier, Vice President and Global Head of Authentication & Identity to talk about what Visa and Visa Direct are doing to help mitigate risk and the challenges of adding security measures in an environment where end users are used to a pretty frictionless experience. We even explore the ways in which generative artificial intelligence is shaping the landscape. Listen now.We hope you enjoy this fascinating new episode of Money Travels, brought to you by Visa.  Follow UsWebsite https://www.visa.com/visadirectLinkedIn @Visa DirectPresented by Visahttps://usa.visa.com

Welcome to Money Travels. For Season 2 we're taking a broad look at the global money movement landscape and thinking about what changes the next year might bring. Where are the opportunities for growth? What kind of friction is still slowing things down? What might successful partnerships in money movement look like? To give us the bird's eye view, we talk to Luli Peyrelongue, Vice President at Visa Direct as the global head of market expansion. We also speak to Devie Mohan, an influential writer, speaker, and commentator on fintech who has been listed as a top 10 global fintech influencer. She's the co-founder and CEO of Burnmark, a fintech research company, and has helped several banks, fintech startups, innovation groups, and investors understand trends in the industry. Listen now. We hope you enjoy this fascinating new episode of Money Travels, brought to you by Visa.  Follow UsWebsite https://www.visa.com/visadirectLinkedIn @Visa DirectPresented by Visahttps://usa.visa.com