John Partridge, Visa President, declared at Mobile World Congress that the financial and mobile communication industries have successfully come together at “an extraordinary moment” for both sectors. “We have arrived at a moment of convergence when the power of global payments networks can be securely integrated with some of the world’s most advanced mobile communications networks,” he stated. “The work we will do will make it possible for people born within the last 5 years to never have a physical wallet.”