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Jun 2023
35m 56s

Fintechs: Money’s Superhighway

Visa Direct
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FinTechs innovate how we pay and get paid. And their meteoric rise would not have been possible without networks like Visa Direct that help modernize payments by enabling transparent, real-time* money movement through eligible debit cards. Today, hear about the infrastructure behind the rise of FinTechs from Anastasia Serikova, Head of Visa Direct, Europe, and Stergios Tsalis, Vice President of Payments Experience at Nuvei, a payment technology platform that provides processing infrastructure and support for businesses to send and receive money. Press play and enjoy this in-depth new episode of Money Travels, brought to you by Visa.

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The conversion of cryptocurrency (non-fiat currency) to fiat currency (e.g., EUR, USD) occurs outside of Visa’s system. Visa’s involvement in any of these potential use cases is solely to send fiat currency funds using an OCT or AFT.

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Availability varies by market. Please refer to your Visa representative for more information on availability.

Visa Direct Wallet capability is under development and not yet commercially

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