Cara Hayward
Pioneer · DISC type DSICara Hayward is the Senior Director of Strategic Sales Initiatives for Visa Direct, where she leads a team focused on scaling Visas global money movement business in North America. Her expertise lies in cross-border solutions and embedded finance, honed since her time at Currencycloud. Colleagues describe her as diligent, self-motivated, and a fast learner.
As the daughter of small business owners, Cara is personally motivated to improve access to and efficiency of money movement. During her time at the University of New Hampshire, she was a member of the universitys Figure Skating Team and remains active in the fintech community through the Association for Financial Technology (AFT).
She previously co-hosted the "Payments Innovation Podcast, " which explored trending themes and highlighted innovators in the fintech ecosystem.
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If they are convinced, they can become very strong champions for your product They have the unique ability to win both love and respect from their team (or outsiders) They combine a unique set of diverse traits where they are fast and friendly but can slow down to be thorough when needed
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