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PERSPECTIVES ON DIGITAL CURRENCY

Feb 28, 2013

Peru

Postcards from #MWC13: Visa’s Rodrigo Meireles on Latin America

Visa’s announcements at Mobile World Congress of our partnership with Samsung to accelerate mobile NFC payments,  the Visa Ready Partner Program and our financial inclusion research with the GSMA mWomen Programme have been well-received by those attending and covering the show.

Rodrigo Meireles, Visa’s Head of Mobile Product for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), sees announcements like these having a positive impact on his market, as Visa works to partner with financial institutions, mobile operators and mobile manufacturers in key countries like Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Colombia:

See the full interview with Migues below:

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Posted by: Lucas Mast, Visa Corporate Relations on February 28, 2013 at 5:48 pm

Oct 5, 2012

Better Than Cash Perspectives: Government Commitments

The recent Better Than Cash Alliance launch event in New York City brought together governments, the development community, and the private sector–all aligned around a common goal to shift the world from cash to electronic payments.

We took this opportunity to gather unique perspectives from global leaders tackling this important issue.  Following our set of interviews with leaders from the development community, our next set of international perspectives come from government officials who represent countries that have made commitments to transition to electronic payments, including:

Carolina Trivelli, Development and Social Inclusion, Peru

Florencio Abad, Philippine Secretary of Budget and Management

Dr. Geoffrey Mwau, Economic Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Kenya

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Posted by: Douglas Sabo, Visa Corporate Responsibility on October 5, 2012 at 2:48 pm