Money Travels

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 produc...

Season 2, Episode 8 of Money Travels presented by Visa. #VisaDirect #MoneyMovement #MoneyTravels #FinanciaLliteracy #FinancialEducation #Acorns #GoHenry 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...

Season 2, Episode 7 of Money Travels presented by Visa. #VisaDirect #MoneyMovement #MoneyTravels #SportsBetting #OnlineGaming #Nuvei #KindredGroup #LeoVegas 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...

Season 2, Episode 5 of Money Travels presented by Visa. #VisaDirect #MoneyMovement #MoneyTravels #Remittances #PaySend #Fintech 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 in...

Season 2, Episode 6 of Money Travels presented by Visa. #VisaDirect #MoneyMovement #MoneyTravels #Remittances #Brightwell #CruiseShips 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 s...

Season 2, Episode 4 of Money Travels presented by Visa. #VisaDirect #MoneyMovement #MoneyTravels #WeChat #SuperApp #DigitalWallets Tencent is a multinational technology conglomerate and one of the world's largest social media companies. @WeChatApp 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...

Season 2, Episode 3 of Money Travels presented by Visa. #VisaDirect #MoneyMovement #MoneyTravels 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...

Season 2, Episode 2 of Money Travels presented by Visa. #VisaDirect #MoneyMovement #MoneyTravels 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...

Season 2, Episode 1 of Money Travels presented by Visa. #VisaDirect #MoneyMovement #MoneyTravels 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...

Season 1, Episode 6 of Money Travels presented by Visa. #VisaDirect #MoneyMovement #MoneyTravels Serge Elkiner and Lucho Torres discuss the security concerns of mobile payment services and the innovations that are helping increase security in money movement. The digitization of money movement has made cash and checks virtually obsolete, but moving money from point A to point B still often means th...

Season 1, Episode 9 of Money Travels presented by Visa. #VisaDirect #MoneyMovement #MoneyTravels Explore the invisible infrastructure that enables money movement after a crisis with Gouranga Dhanagare and Valeriy Danylenko. When a crisis hits, traditional means of getting money become impossible and refugees fleeing dangerous situations often leave everything behind - including documents that are...

Season 1, Episode 10 of Money Travels presented by Visa. #VisaDirect #MoneyMovement #MoneyTravels #Fiserv Join Richard Meszaros and Robert Clayton to examine the growing list of reasons why companies need better cross-border money movement solutions. No matter where a business is located, there is a high chance that business has customers in other places around the world. In addition to those good...

Season 1, Episode 7 of Money Travels presented by Visa. #VisaDirect #MoneyMovement #MoneyTravels Sue Onians, VP of Visa Direct Ecosystem and Risk, speaks about the growth of financial fraud in the digital age and keeping your personal data safe. We are all well aware of the risks of entering sensitive personal information online, but the pull of convenience can often be stronger than our fears of...

Season 1, Episode 8 of Money Travels presented by Visa. #VisaDirect #MoneyMovement #MoneyTravels Join Deepan Dagur and Aswin Phlaphongphanich for a deeper look at global remittances in Asia Pacific. Remittances span beyond overseas workers sending money back home. With more and more of our financial transactions going digital, people are remitting money to pay for overseas education, property, hea...

Season 1, Episode 12 of Money Travels presented by Visa. #VisaDirect #MoneyMovement #MoneyTravels Pankaj Sharma and Ani Sane examine the rise of mobile wallets and what it means for behavioral economics as our finances go digital. Whether your wallet is tucked into your pocket, thrown in your purse, or a swipe away on your smartphone, the way you handle your money has an effect on your actions - w...

Season 1, Episode 11 of Money Travels presented by Visa. #VisaDirect #MoneyMovement #MoneyTravels Anastasia Serikova and Stergios Tsalis explore some of the enablers of the FinTech revolution and the resulting disruption of traditional financial services. FinTechs innovate how we pay and get paid. And their meteoric rise would not have been possible without networks like Visa Direct that help mode...

Season 1, Episode 4 of Money Travels presented by Visa. #VisaDirect #MoneyMovement #MoneyTravels Mike West, Paul Simpson, and Nick Newman discuss the latest developments in wage access that help employers pay their employees fast. From gig workers to full-timers, it seems people need to get paid faster than ever these days. That's why Visa Direct is helping businesses across the globe strengthen t...

Season 1, Episode 5 of Money Travels presented by Visa. #VisaDirect #MoneyMovement #MoneyTravels Norman Butler and Parikshit Bhattacharya reveal the infrastructure needed to move money across borders at the scale and speed we’ve come to expect. We put our money in banks to keep it safe, and maybe watch it grow. But now that the digital revolution is here, and we’ve gotten a taste for real-time mon...

Season 1, Episode 3 of Money Travels presented by Visa. #VisaDirect #MoneyMovement #MoneyTravels Breno Andrade and Enrique Perezalonso discuss the unique needs of those who rely on remittances and the innovations being developed to address them. Migration has been a feature of human history for as long as we’ve been able to track it, but payment methods have not kept up with the need for safe and...

Season 1, Episode 2 of Money Travels presented by Visa. #VisaDirect #MoneyMovement #MoneyTravels Visa Direct’s Nicole Stiller and Step’s Horacio Diaz Adda talk about making account-to-account transfers simple and fast for a tech-savvy generation. Technology has enabled us to send money to friends or buy something in-store with the tap of a button. So why is it still so difficult to move money betw...

Season 1, Episode 1 of Money Travels presented by Visa. #VisaDirect #MoneyMovement #MoneyTravels Global Head of Visa Direct, Ruben Salazar Genovez, is here to chat about the challenges associated with building a worldwide money movement network. Through the digitization of money movement around the world, a time-consuming process that lacked transparency has slowly improved. But how do we build an...

Welcome to Money Travels, presented by Visa, a podcast that is trekking across the globe and exploring the nuances of real-time¹ payments. Thanks to technology, we live in a world that becomes more interconnected every day, and as we grow closer, we not only see our similarities, but we also see the unique needs of people in every corner of the globe. So, the question begs to be asked, how can we...