Travel Payments Hit the Accelerator

38 Minutes
08 Sep, 2022
Episode 4
Host Siobhan O’Neill-Schwenk

Episode description

COVID will long be remembered as the reason digital transformation finally arrived in the travel sector as it reckoned with a mountain of havoc-wreaking headaches. In this episode, we inspect the forces changing red trend lines green, why paper is out and virtual cards are very much in, and the ways

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Episode Description

COVID will long be remembered as the reason digital transformation finally arrived in the travel sector as it reckoned with a mountain of havoc-wreaking headaches. In this episode, we inspect the forces changing red trend lines green, why paper is out and virtual cards are very much in, and the ways in which sipping a margarita on a tropical beach just got a whole lot easier.

Episode Transcript

World Bank data shows there are almost 1.7 billion unbanked people globally, mostly in developing nations, and a lot of it is still conducted in cash. We dig into how FinTech solutions like agency banking, mobile money, and even gaming, plus high mobile phone penetration in affected regions around Asia and Latin America are playing a critical role in improving financial inclusion in these regions – and what the developing world can learn from it.

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Participants

Spencer Hanlon
Global Head of Travel Payments/Head of Europe, Nium
Peny Rizou
Director of Global Payments at Etraveli Group

Hosts

Siobhan O’Neill-Schwenk
Brand Marketing and Communications Strategist

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