Conversations with Visa's Leading Women: Achieving Equality in a Pandemic
Join three of Visa’s leading women as they share their professional stories on disrupting gender bias and how Visa is empowering and supporting the next generation of female leaders. |
Mar 11 |
4:00 pm PT |
Abel Olumide
Cybersecurity Engineer
Ashburn
(Intern Program 2018)
“I perceive myself, not only as a problem analyzer, but a solution provider. Visa’s internship program has been a ground of opportunities to harness this perception in the cybersecurity world.”
Hong Ren Toh
Software Test Engineer
Visa Singapore
(Intern Program 2018)
“Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life. Visa has been a tremendous experience for me in learning about the payments industry. At Visa, I see how we are changing the industry every day.”
Emma Kerr
Head of Market Strategy and Operations
UK and Ireland
(New Grad Rotational Program Associate 2011 - 2013)
“The new graduate development rotation program is best-in-class. There are very few times in your career where you’ll have the opportunity to learn a wide range of subjects over a short amount of time, while also experiencing new teams and learning from different leaders. This is key to understanding the environments where you thrive and the kind of leader you want to become.”
Yusan Lin
Staff Research Scientist, Data Analytics, Research
Palo Alto
(Intern Program)
“At Visa Research, we learn the newest technologies, create practical solutions for Visa, and make impactful contribution to the research community together.”
Michelle Hou
Product Manager, Visa Direct - Product Architecture & Development (PAD)
San Francisco
(Intern Program and New Grad Development Program, 2016)
"People at Visa are eager to mentor and develop talent. Even as an undergraduate intern, I had the opportunity to own a project and present my findings to Visa’s clients – making an impact early in my career. I’ve built a strong network of mentors and connections who have helped me grow as a young professional."
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Black Scholars and Jobs Program
The Visa Black Scholars and Jobs Program, in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), is a new program designed for college-bound Black and African American high school students in the United States. Upon graduation, all scholarship recipients who have met their commitments will be guaranteed a full-time job with Visa. Eligible high school seniors applying or intending to enroll as a full-time undergraduate in any four-year accredited college or university in the U.S. can receive a needs-based scholarship up to $20,000 per year, up to four years. The establishment of this program is an important step in making a long-term investment in Black and African American students, and growing representation at Visa.
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Small and micro businesses
Helping businesses thrive, helps people thrive. The Visa Foundation committed $210 million to support small and micro businesses, and COVID-19 emergency relief programs following the spread of COVID-19.
Through a Visa Foundation grant, Visa employees had the opportunity to allocate a $50 microloan to a small and micro businesses in need through Kiva.org. Visa also co-designed and funded the Inclusive Fintech 50 competition, Visa Everywhere Initiative and Fast Track Program – initiatives that recognize innovative early-stage startups seeking to deliver financial services to 1.7 billion unbanked people.
Environmental and social impact
Visa operates responsibly, employs environmental best practices, and is a leader for sustainability and on environmental matters.
We recently met our goal to use 100% renewable electricity by 2020 and approximately 70% of Visa’s global square footage is green-certified. We’re also inspiring and empowering the sustainable living movement, with efforts including being founding partners to launch Brands for Good as well as Travalyst, a sustainable tourism initiative, the release of a 25-country "Healthy and Sustainable Living Study" and expanding initiatives to help employees live more sustainably at work and at home.
Community
Visa is committed to the well-being of communities in the 200+ countries and territories in which we operate.
Through Visa’s global Donation Matching program, Visa employees raised over $14M for 4,600 charities around the world in fiscal year 2020. This included $1.4M in June for organizations focused on supporting social justice and equality. Despite the shutdown, over 3,000 employees volunteered 28,000 hours in person and virtually for 600 charities around the globe.
Women's Economic Advancement
As a part of our ongoing commitment to women entrepreneurs, Visa launched a global initiative – She's Next, Empowered by Visa – to support women small business owners as they fund, run and grow their businesses. We also expanded our partnership with IFundWomen, a marketplace for women-owned businesses and the people who want to fund them, to provide $10,000 grants, mentorship and digital training to Black women-owned small businesses in the U.S. The Visa Foundation launched its $200 million Equitable Access Initiative, which will support small business owners, with a focus on women’s economic advancement.
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