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Armstrong: Frictionless crypto payments will exceed Visa volume by 10x
“I actually think if payments become as low friction as I think they will in the future, you know, you could be doing dozens of payments as you walk down the street, or your phone as you're browsing websites, or like, we'll actually see an order of magnitude in…”
Orloff: LendUp built the only direct Visa and MasterCard mobile integration
“We rebuilt the entire experience for credit card, and we're the only direct connection to Visa and MasterCard directly to your mobile phone.”
Glyman: Ramp launched with Visa in 55 days using Marqeta
“Within 45 days, we were able to be live with our partner bank, within 55 with Visa, within 65 internally, we were able to go and start Doing internal transactions.”
Perret: Plaid maximized employee secondary sales after the Visa deal collapsed
“When we did the sale to Visa that ultimately didn't go through, we raised a funding round afterwards. One of the most complex things to do in that funding round was I wanted to try to max the number of people that could participate in the secondary. We couldn'…”
Hulme: Currencycloud sold to Visa for $1 billion
“We invested in CurrencyCloud. Mike Lavin, the founder, I think had 30 years experience in fintech. He was so well placed to understand actually what those buyers wanted and ultimately sold the business to Visa for a billion dollars.”
NewView Capital's $1.35B debut fund yielded three major exits within two years
“Launched in 2018 with their 1.35 billion dollar debut fund, They've already set themselves as leaders in the world of growth funding, with three massive exits in less than two years, in the form of, check this out, Plaid sold to Visa for 5.3 billion dollars, A…”