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🌟 Day Four Highlights: “Designing the Future of Finance” Workshop 🌟 The journey continued with an inspiring firm visit to VISA’s Innovation Center in San Francisco, as part of the ongoing “Designing the Future of Finance” workshop hosted by University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, Center for Growth Markets, and State Bank of India. Our workshop participants had an inspiring visit to Visa's Innovation Office at SF. Thanks to Bharat Melag, Global Head, Token Provisioning and Scan to Pay, for making it happen. It was empowering for the participants to hear from him about prior SBI-VISA design sprints yielding a very successful travel card. A big thank you to Katharine Norwood, Global VP Innovation Research,for sharing how innovation is core to VISA’s strategy, emphasizing its three-pronged approach of partnerships, M&A, and organizational development. Her insights on VISA’s global and local approach through innovation centers made our SBI partners feel truly understood and valued. The emphasis on research integration and the focus on public sector innovation were particularly enlightening. Participants were engaged in discussions about VISA's values—bravery, partnership, and curiosity—and their implications for organizational culture. Thank you to the VISA team for providing such a valuable learning experience. We’re excited to apply these insights in our upcoming 90-day Design Sprint! Stay tuned for more updates from our workshop! #DesignThinking #FutureOfFinance #Innovation #Fintech #UCBerkeley #StateBankOfIndia #HaasSchoolofBusiness #CenterforGrowthMarkets