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However, there was friction within the organization, as Hawk’s vision of a cooperative network began to clash with the traditional banking culture. Although he achieved phenomenal growth for Visa, his unyielding principles about encouraging competition and resistances to standard practices made waves. By the early 80s, differing perspectives led Hawk to depart from Visa, yet his transformation of the company into a pioneering model for global finance was already firmly in place.