Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Every second, tens of thousands of transactions cross Visa’s global network. Last year alone, the company processed more than $13 trillion in purchases – nearly triple the size of Japan’s economy. Now, one of the largest payment networks in the world wants to become even bigger. On this episode of Bold Names, Rajat Taneja, Visa’s president of technology, joins WSJ’s Christopher Mims and Tim Higgins to discuss how the company is embracing digital currency and agentic AI to power the future of payments. Taneja says this is a natural evolution for a company built on innovation. But what does the future hold? Will Visa be the next everything platform?
Chapters:
00:00 Introducing Rajat Taneja
3:50 Visa and stablecoins
6:30 What is Visa's crypto strategy?
8:30 Is crypto a threat to Visa?
11:20 Visa's AI strategy
15:48 How does Visa maintain trust in AI era?
18:20 How does Visa monetize agentic AI?
WSJ’s Bold Names brings you conversations with the leaders of the bold-named companies featured in the pages of The Wall Street Journal. Hosts Tim Higgins and Christopher Mims speak to CEOs and business leaders in interviews that challenge conventional wisdom and take you inside the decisions being made in the C-suite and beyond.
Let us know what you think of the show. Email us at BoldNames@wsj.com
#Visa #AI #WSJ
Every second, tens of thousands of transactions cross Visa’s global network. Last year alone, the company processed more than $13 trillion in purchases – nearly triple the size of Japan’s economy. Now, one of the largest payment networks in the world wants to become even bigger. On this episode of Bold Names, Rajat Taneja, Visa’s president of technology, joins WSJ’s Christopher Mims and Tim Higgins to discuss how the company is embracing digital currency and agentic AI to power the future of payments. Taneja says this is a natural evolution for a company built on innovation. But what does the future hold? Will Visa be the next everything platform?
Chapters:
00:00 Introducing Rajat Taneja
3:50 Visa and stablecoins
6:30 What is Visa's crypto strategy?
8:30 Is crypto a threat to Visa?
11:20 Visa's AI strategy
15:48 How does Visa maintain trust in AI era?
18:20 How does Visa monetize agentic AI?
WSJ’s Bold Names brings you conversations with the leaders of the bold-named companies featured in the pages of The Wall Street Journal. Hosts Tim Higgins and Christopher Mims speak to CEOs and business leaders in interviews that challenge conventional wisdom and take you inside the decisions being made in the C-suite and beyond.
Let us know what you think of the show. Email us at BoldNames@wsj.com
#Visa #AI #WSJ
