Government Transformed

How to improve government payments, with knowledge partners Visa Direct and J.P. Morgan

Government Transformed

Show Notes

The development of digital tools has revolutionized many areas of people’s lives – from how they communicate, to how they plan their finances and book trips.

In this special episode of Global Government Forum’s Government Transformed podcast, state and local officials join host Siobhan Benita and knowledge partners Visa Direct and J.P. Morgan Payments to discuss how technology can help transform government services to meet the growing expectations of users in the digital world.

Listen to this exclusive conversation to hear from local government leaders on how they have made transformation happen – and how they can do so in a way that improves digital inclusion and creates government services with communities.

Plus, find out from Visa Direct and J.P. Morgan how government can be transformed to provide more responsive services, and improve productivity, efficiency, and accuracy across government.

This podcast is hosted by Siobhan Benita, moderator, Global Government Forum; and the participants were:

· Scott Erickson, County Clerk & Recorder, Knox County, Illinois · Brian Page, Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Chase · Curtis Webb, Senior Director, Head of Disbursements and Go-to-market Strategy, Money Movement Solutions, North America, Visa · Freda Richardson Taylor, Deputy Director of Finance/Comptroller, City of New Orleans · Kahlida Lloyd, Director, Office of Human Rights & Equity, Mayor’s Office, Mayor LaToya Cantrell, City of New Orleans

For further reading, please see J.P. Morgan's report: How fast bank payments are helping to modernize public sector disbursements. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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