How Visa Will Dominate Crypto Payments

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For this week’s Tuesday episode, Rubail Birwadker, Visa’s SVP and Global Head of Growth Products and Partnerships.

Visa has made strides across the crypto sector in recent years; in the past few months it has also launched stablecoin-backed payments in Latin America and a tokenization platform for banks.

We discuss Visa’s crypto journey, how the technology can improve payments and settlements, as well as the role stablecoins is playing today within its massive financial services conglomerate.

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Intro
1:05 - Rubail’s Journey into web3 and Visa’s crypto strategy
7:22 - Disputes, chargebacks, and embracing stablecoins for settlements
17:08 - Why credit card processing fees could shrink with crypto
20:35 - Visa’s stablecoin card launch in Latin America
25:10 - What emerging markets are next?
26:25 - Visa x Worldcoin: expanding digital assets in payments
27:50 - Visa’s partnerships and vision for crypto, tokenization, and AI

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