Visa: The Original Protocol Business

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[00:03:20] - [First question] - Key players and functionality of a credit transaction

[00:05:50] - How $3 would be split up amongst the network after a $100 purchase is made

[00:10:55] - How Visa came to be a central player and why banks don’t talk to each other

[00:16:26] - Other businesses that have dominating protocol effects in fragmented sectors

[00:19:47] - What the internals of a business like Visa looks like

[00:24:48] - Visa’s topline revenue is almost entirely made of transaction fees

[00:26:11] - Thinking of Visa as a tax and simultaneous enabler of commerce writ large

[00:30:48] - Why concentration poses a risk to their business model

[00:34:56] - How international standards may play a role in Visa’s future

[00:41:52] - Would it be worth it for merchants to build something competitive

[00:44:33] - Thoughts on new value transfer tech companies and their relevance to Visa

[00:48:59] - Plaid’s role in the payment ecosystem and as a potential competitor

[00:50:40] - Parallels between the crypto space, their protocols, and open-source payments

[00:52:54] - Business lessons for entrepreneurs when studying Visa’s history

[00:54:44] - Lessons learned that can be applied to investing when studying Visa’s history

[00:55:37] - Books to learn more; A Piece of the Action, One for Many