Mastercard

4 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Apr 3, 2023 by Aprameya Radhakrishna · said 15 times in 8 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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brought up most by Sharad Sharma (4), Siddhartha Ahluwalia (3), Vamshi Ambati (2), Aneesh Reddy (2), Ritesh Banglani (1), Karthik Venkateswaran (1), Aprameya Radhakrishna (1), Amit Somani (1)

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Apr 3, 2023 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Radhakrishna: UPI will disrupt Visa and Mastercard internationally
“So fintech, like UPI and, you know, everything else that India has developed, I think is amazing. We're already integrating with the Singapore and Middle East, and so I think that is a welcome change. It will disrupt Visa, MasterCard, you know, all of these.”
Aprameya Radhakrishna Apr 3, 2023 ▶ 45:04 From TaxiForSure to Koo: The Entrepreneurial Journey of Aprameya Radhakrishna
Feb 14, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Banglani: Credit will become a substantial part of India's UPI
“If you look at the largest payment systems globally, whether it is Visa or MasterCard or American Express in the US, or whether it is Alipay in China, they have a substantial, if not majority credit component. In India, UPI is massive, but it's debit only. So …”
Ritesh Banglani Feb 14, 2025 ▶ 36:46 $600M AUM, 44 Bets, and a 30x Return Unicorn: Stellaris Venture Partners on Picking Winners Early
Mar 15, 2025 bearish
Opinion
Sharma: Relying on Visa and Mastercard gives US government potential kill-switch control
“If you use a Visa MasterCard, the US government will potentially have strings that they can use to control one day, perhaps even shut the system down if needed.”
Sharad Sharma Mar 15, 2025 ▶ 19:39 $200B in UPI,1.3B Aadhaar Users, 943M on ID Platform: Why More Indians Must Know about DPI
Mar 15, 2025 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Sharma: Relying On Visa And Mastercard Means A 1% Foreign Tax
“The fact is that when your economy is reliant on Visa MasterCard, you're paying a one person tax to a third country, right?”
Sharad Sharma Mar 15, 2025 ▶ 53:42 $200B in UPI,1.3B Aadhaar Users, 943M on ID Platform: Why More Indians Must Know about DPI
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