VISA AND FORMULA-E RACING TOWARD A CASHLESS FUTURE

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The world’s fastest electric cars and Visa’s Cashless event are coming to America!

Formula-E Series World Champion and former Formula One racer Nelson Piquet, Jr., is teaming up with Jack Forestell, the Global Head of Merchant Sales & Solutions for Visa. The FIA Formula-E Championship – the world’s first fully-electric single-seater racing series – will set many new standards for racing and business this July. Electric cars — that look like Formula 1 racers – will speed through the streets of New York, thrilling fans. The race is sponsored by Visa, which is making the event an entirely cashless one!  The unique race will highlight Visa’s continued push for a cashless culture around the world.  Cashless transactions increased globally to $617 Billion in 2016.   

ELECTRIFYING FACTS ABOUT E-PRIX RACING & GOING CASHLESS:
 AMAZING RACE—Technology and the speeds Formula E cars can reach
 GOING CASHLESS—Inside the national campaign to incentivize merchants
 CULTURE SHOCK—The future and how we’re moving to a cashless culture
 
SPOKESPERSON BACKGROUND:
Piquet Jr. is a former Formula One driver who now competes in Formula E, where he was champion in the 2014–15 season. Piquet Jr. is the son of three-time Formula One champion Nelson Piquet. In 2004, Piquet Jr. won the British Formula 3 Championship, becoming the youngest driver to have ever won the championship at 19 years and 2 months. Forestell is the Global Head of Merchant Sale & Solutions for Visadeveloping merchant-focused products and solutions that assist merchants in meeting their business goals in more than 200 countries and territories around the globe.

Related links:  Visa.com/cashless