Money Travels Podcast Season 3, Episode 7 Back in 2011, Colin and Samir's decision to build a YouTube business creating Lacrosse videos seemed risky, baffling friends and family alike. But by building a loyal community and learning to monetize their content, they soon turned their passion into a thriving business, selling their Lacrosse Network in 2014. Their journey wasn’t without hurdles. Financial uncertainty gave way to creative doubts. All the while, Colin and Samir struggled to access supp...
Aug 04, 2025•1 hr 30 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Money Travels Podcast Season 3, Episode 6 Since WWII, America’s two-week pay cycle has seen ordinary workers having to wait for their paycheque to pay their bills, put food on the table, and cover any expenses. With anywhere from 30-77% of Americans living paycheque to paycheque, this antiquated model has seen many go into debt, with others struggling to maintain healthy finances. Earned wage access has changed all that. Now, workers can access the money they have already earned whenever they wa...
Jul 21, 2025•44 min•Season 3Ep. 6
Money Travels Podcast Season 3, Episode 5 In Asia’s fragmented payments landscape, cross-border trade can be challenging for small businesses. As CEO of the Emerging Payments Association Asia, Camilla Bullock is on a mission to change that. Using what she calls “the network effect”, Camilla brings together regulators, thought leaders, and innovators to find solutions to enable seamless cross-border payments and empower small businesses to trade more freely. In today’s episode, Camilla explains w...
Jul 07, 2025•36 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Money Travels Podcast Season 3, Episode 4 In March 2020, as the world braced for a global pandemic, Jaco Veldsman gave up his comfortable career in finance to go it alone with the launch of Paytron, the cross-border payments platform. Three years later, Paytron’s mission to transform global payments for its customers was turbo-charged with the company’s acquisition by global payments powerhouse OFX. Now Global Head of Non-FX Revenue at OFX, today’s guest Jaco shares his motivations for striking ...
Jun 23, 2025•29 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Money Travels Podcast Season 3, Episode 3With its unique approach to public-private partnership and obsessive focus on innovation, Singapore has established itself as a global fintech hub. Helping to drive that innovation is Varun Mittal, whose work as founder of Fintech Nation, has given him extraordinary insight into the country’s fintech sector and how it is shaping the future of global finance. In this episode, Varun shares his experiences as an innovator, along with his views on the consume...
Jun 09, 2025•32 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Money Travels Podcast Season 3, Episode 2 In the highly diverse economies of South East Asia, Singapore stands out as an economic powerhouse. This success has paved the way for the explosive growth of the country’s fintech sector, with a combination of Singapore’s unique history and central government initiatives helping to make it the world’s fourth most innovative economy. Instrumental in driving that growth is today’s guest Reuben Lim, whose work as CEO of the Singapore Fintech Association is...
May 26, 2025•29 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Money Travels Podcast Season 3, Episode 1 In 2007, the release of the first iPhone helped trigger a major shift in what customers expect from the finance industry. Established banks quickly found their traditional model was no longer working – and that other companies were better placed to give customers what they wanted. At the vanguard of these changes, today’s guest JP Nicols helped pull his established bank from the centre to the edge of money, to meet customers where they were. He pioneered...
May 12, 2025•30 min•Season 3Ep. 1
We're back with Season 3 of the Money Travels podcast. Follow along as 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.New Hosts: Maxime Guirauton and Richard ArundelSubscribe so you don't miss a single episode of the Money Travels podcast!
May 05, 2025•1 min•Season 3Ep. 1
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 ...
Oct 07, 2024•33 min•Season 2Ep. 12
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 on...
Sep 30, 2024•30 min•Season 2Ep. 11
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 P...
Sep 09, 2024•32 min•Season 2Ep. 10
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, creator...
Sep 02, 2024•38 min•Season 2Ep. 9
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, who...
Aug 26, 2024•41 min•Season 2Ep. 8
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 Christia...
Aug 19, 2024•27 min•Season 2Ep. 7
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 co...
Jun 17, 2024•29 min•Season 2Ep. 6
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 ...
Jun 14, 2024•33 min•Season 2Ep. 5
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 consu...
Jun 12, 2024•33 min•Season 2Ep. 4
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 coupl...
Apr 25, 2024•37 min•Season 2Ep. 3
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, w...
Apr 02, 2024•34 min•Season 2Ep. 2
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 write...
Mar 19, 2024•31 min•Season 2Ep. 1
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 - whether intentional or not. Today, Pankaj Sharma, Global Lead, Wallets, Product & Commercialization, Visa Direct at Visa and Ani Sane, Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer of TerraPay, sort through what digital wallets are, what digital wallet usage means for our spending habits, and if cash will even be around in 20 years....
Jun 27, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 12
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 an...
Jun 20, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 11
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 goods and services crossing boundaries, so can the payment and the payout. Today, Richard Meszaros, Vice President and Head of Cross Border Money Movement for North America at Visa Direct, and Robert Clayton, Vice President of Digital Payouts at Fiserv, examine the innovations that support and enable budding entrepreneurs, artists and craftspeople who c...
Jun 06, 2023•38 min
When a crisis hits, traditional means of getting money become impossible and refugees fleeing dangerous situations often leave everything behind - including documents that are needed to access their money in a different country. Join Gouranga Dhanagare, the new VP, Head of Visa Direct for the CEMEA region, and Valeriy Danylenko, the former Deputy CEO of Tascombank, as they discuss the digital money movement innovations that helped Ukrainians move money after Russia invaded last year, and the inv...
May 23, 2023•31 min
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, healthcare, or tourism. Dive deeper into global remittances, particularly in Asia Pacific, with Deepan Dagur, Vice President, Head of Visa Direct, Asia Pacific at Visa, and Aswin Phlaphongphanich, the Co-Founder and CEO of DeeMoney, Thailand's leading FinTech specializing in international money transf...
May 09, 2023•40 min
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 being defrauded. Sue Onians, Vice President of Visa Direct Ecosystem and Risk, joins Indre Viskontas to discuss the evolution of financial fraud and what Visa is doing to help keep digital transactions safe. We hope you enjoy this insightful episode of Money Travels, brought to you by Visa. Follow Us Website https://www.visa.com/visadirect Link...
Apr 25, 2023•34 min
The digitization of money movement has made cash and checks virtually obsolete, but moving money from point A to point B still often means that sensitive banking information has to change hands. Indre Viskontas is joined by Serge Elkiner, CEO of YellowPepper and Head of Product at Visa Direct, and Lucho Torres, CDO for Scotiabank Peru, to talk about concerns with security and fraud, as well as walk through the latest innovations from Visa and how they can help empower consumers and help make mon...
Apr 11, 2023•36 min
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 money movement, we want that same ease to be in place when we bank. To show us how it’s done, Indre Viskontas is speaking with Norman Butler, the Managing Director of Visa Payments Limited, and Parikshit Bhattacharya, who is the VP and Head of Cash Management of the Middle East at Barclays, about the the infrastructure necessary to support moving...
Mar 28, 2023•29 min
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 their workforce and increase retention by giving employees fast access to the money they've earned. On this episode of Money Travels, presented by Visa, host Indre Viskontas is joined by three very exciting guests: the Head of Global Commercialization for Visa Direct, Mike West, Senior Director of Payroll and Benefits at Ralph Lau...
Mar 14, 2023•37 min
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 efficient ways to send funds home to loved ones. On this episode of Money Travels, presented by Visa, host Indre Viskontas is joined by Breno Andrade, VP, Visa Direct Latin America and Caribbean, and Enrique Perezalonso, CEO and Co-Founder at Palla, a FinTech company that enables faster peer-to-peer payments. The trio discuss the unique needs o...
Feb 28, 2023•32 min
