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Cynthia Fuller Quinonez's avatar

FYI Open Letter to Visa and Bank of America CEOs plus leaders of other Visa financial institutions sent as part of today's action: A Day Without Visa. Not holding my breath but hoping it gets more folks pressing for end of the Visa/X deal, causing Musk some pain.

https://bsky.app/profile/libertybiddy.bsky.social/post/3limyfb7i422e

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Cynthia Fuller Quinonez's avatar

Everyone with a Visa card has a lever to change the course of Musk plans - this event just the start

https://events.pol-rev.com/events/1592e1dc-d235-4380-881f-05121af91384

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Stessa Cohen's avatar

Thanks for sharing. However, financial institutions have relationships with Visa that are financially consequential. They might have more leverage to change things.

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Cynthia Fuller Quinonez's avatar

Yes, as both ex-Visa and ex-banker I know this. I also know extremely well that getting banks on-board with showing some spine will require demand from both retail and commercial customers.

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Jim Perry's avatar

Thank you for this vital conversation. It does beg the question, where was ABA, ICBA, CBA, etc. when all this was going down?!

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Stessa Cohen's avatar

Exactly the right question! Thanks for reading!

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Lydia A Nelson's avatar

Terrific conversation! Scary for sure

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Stessa Cohen's avatar

Thanks for listening! Yes, it is scary. So many points of failure, big failure.

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