How The World Works: Financial Innovation in Blockchain and AI with Visa’s Vanessa Colella | Gen C

Vanessa Colella, Head of Innovation and Digital Partnerships at Visa, joins the podcast to discuss how Visa is shaping the future of finance and commerce. She explains Visa's work on stablecoins, tokenization, AI and solutions for creators and small businesses. Colella also shares her thoughts on broader fintech trends and Visa's approach to innovation focused on solving real-world problems.

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction to Technology and Innovation
00:34: Weekly News Rundown
07:46 Interview with Vanessa Colella from Visa
09:46 Visa's Approach to Innovation
14:43 Visa's Stablecoin and Supply Chain Initiatives
22:04 Track and Trace Technology in Deforestation
22:55 Visa's Expertise in Tokenization
24:47 MIT Media Lab and Applied Strategy
28:32 The Revolution of AI in Finance and Commerce
34:03 Empowering the Creator Economy
41:18 Future Technologies and Embedded Finance
44:01 Recap and Final Thoughts

Links mentioned from the podcast:
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Being Digital book by Nicholas Negroponte:   / 57020.being_digital  

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