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Money Travels podcast

On Money Travels, we explore the stories and people behind the extraordinary innovations that are transforming digital finance and examine the impact they’re having on our lives and on economies across the world.

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Money Travels presented by Visa

Welcome to Money Travels, presented by Visa, a podcast that is trekking across the globe and exploring the nuances of payments.

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Embark on a global odyssey of payments and human connection with the Money Travels podcast, presented by Visa.

Podcast guest JP Nicols, co-founder Alloy Labs

How JP Nicols Broke the Bank with Fintech Innovation

In 2007, JP Nicols helped pull his established bank from the center to the edge of money, to meet customers where they were. He pioneered innovations to give customers what they wanted, redefining the bank-customer relationship and transforming the banking industry in the process. 18 years on, he’s still at it, helping established banks and fintechs work together to meet the ever-growing expectations of the consumer.

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The Future of Money Movement: Collaboration and Connections

Maria “Luli” Peyrelongue, VP, Visa Direct, discusses their collaborative approach to simplifying money movement and the role their infrastructure plays in helping make money movement more affordable and accessible.

See the future of money movement

Staying Ahead of Fraudsters: Protecting Your Digital Identity

Visa Direct VP Matthieu Charpentier explains the delicate balance between stopping fraud and causing friction for users.

Learn how we fight fraudsters

Unleashing AI Superpowers in the Fight Against Fraud

Michael Jabbara, VP, Global Head of Fraud Services at Visa, discuss how AI is the not-so-secret weapon helping Visa Direct identify fraud within a sea of legitimate transactions.

See how we fight fraud with AI

One-Stop Shop: The Reach of Tencent with Money Movement Integration

Wenhui Yang, regional general manager of Tenpay Global Asia Pacific discusses the ways that Weixin has integrated financial features into the consumer app experience.

Learn about finance in super apps

Banking the Underbanked: Making Money Movement More Inclusive

Jairo Riveros, managing director for The Americas and global head of strategy at Paysend, a global fintech company, discusses financial inclusion in money movement.

See our work in financial inclusion

Seas of Change: Digital Money Movement and the Cruise Industry

Brightwell CEO, Larry Hipp shares how their fintech is accomplishing a sea of change with cross-border payments in the cruise industry.

Explore money movement at sea

Portrait of podcast guest Warren Tristram from Nuvei

How Online Gaming Money Movement Is Leveling Up

Warren Tristram from Nuvei, Mickael Marceau of Kindred Group, and Christian Reinheimer from LeoVegas explore the explosion of the online platforms for gaming, and the challenges and opportunities that they present for money movement.

Explore the gaming boom

Podcast guests Louise Hill, Kennedy Reynolds

Beyond the Piggy Bank: Financial Literacy for Kids and Adults

Louise Hill of GoHenry, and Kennedy Reynolds from Acorns, explore some ways to bridge the gap in financial literacy for kids and adults alike.

Bridge the gap in financial literacy

Podcast guests Eric Wei and Will Kim of Karat Financial, and Brian McMullin from SamCart

Rise of the Creator Economy and Creator Led Businesses

Eric Wei and Will Kim of Karat Financial, and Brian McMullin at SamCart, explore the creator economy which continues to grow rapidly.

Discover the Creator Economy

Keeping Up with Foreign Exchange in Real Time

Piers Marais from Visa explores the challenge of making cross-border payments as fast and seamless as customer expectations are for fast money movement.

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When Gaming Becomes Income: Money Movement’s Next Play

We explore the state of the gaming industry and where it's headed with Matt Story, VP Visa‬ Global Brand Partnerships & Advocacy.

See the future of gaming commerce

How Small Businesses Are Making Big Money Moves

Jaspreet Singh, head of Consumer Funded Flows at Visa Direct, discusses the unique needs for Small Businesses in the money movement space and how Visa Direct is meeting those needs.

Learn more about Small Businesses

En Route to Real-Time: Moving Money from Me to Me

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.

Hit play for real-time payments

Sending Money Home: Remittances in an Instant World

Breno Andrade and Enrique Perezalonso discuss the unique needs of those who rely on remittances and the innovations being developed to address them.

Explore remittance innovation

Expressway to Payday: Earned Wage Access

Mike West, Paul Simpson, and Nick Newman discuss the latest developments in wage access that help employers pay their employees fast.

Unlock faster employee payments

From Local to Global: Building a Borderless Network for Banks

Norman Butler and Parikshit Bhattacharya reveal the infrastructure needed to move money across borders at the scale and speed we’ve come to expect.

Listen to building a borderless network

A Changing Landscape: Transforming P2P with the Visa Alias Directory

Serge Elkiner and Lucho Torres discuss the security concerns of mobile payment services and the innovations that are helping increase security in money movement.

Tune in to secure P2P payments

When Money Travels without Permission: Fraud Protection and Security

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.

Safeguard personal data with Visa

Frequent Flyers: The Microtisation of Remittances

Join Deepan Dagur and Aswin Phlaphongphanich for a deeper look at global remittances in Asia Pacific.

Dive deeper into global remittances

Unexpected Departures: P2P Money Movement in Ukraine

Explore the invisible infrastructure that enables money movement after a crisis with Gouranga Dhanagare and Valeriy Danylenko.

Discover P2P’s impact in a crisis

A Borderless World: Cross-Border Money Movement

Join Richard Meszaros and Robert Clayton to examine the growing list of reasons why companies need better cross-border money movement solutions.

Turn a local business into a global success

Fintechs: Money’s Superhighway

Anastasia Serikova and Stergios Tsalis explore some of the enablers of the FinTech revolution and the resulting disruption of traditional financial services.

Uncover what's behind the FinTech revolution