Visa Everywhere Initiative Global Innovation Program for Innovative Startups Worldwide

Visa Everywhere Initiative Global Innovation Program for Innovative Startups Worldwide

Visa Everywhere Initiative is a global, open innovation program that tasks startups to solve payments and commerce challenges for Visa, clients, and customers everywhere. It provides a premier global platform to demonstrate your ground-breaking solutions to the world.

Requirements:

Visa is looking for products that deliver innovative payment and commerce solutions to consumers and businesses. These include but are not limited to:

Enablers of digital services and digital issuers

Blockchain and cryptocurrency

Crowdfunding

Banking as a service

BIN sponsors

Issuer/ Processors

Program managers

Digital issuance

Blockchain and cryptocurrency

Alternative lending

Personal financial management

Money transfer and remittance

Digital banking (aka neobanks)

Digital wallets, P2P, and transfers

Employee benefits

Payables

Corporate cards (aka expense management)

Value-add for merchants and/or consumers in regard to finance

Data and analytics

ID, authentication, and security

InsurTech

Loyalty

Merchant services and tools

Process and pay infrastructure


Retail technology

Small/medium-sized business

Money movement (disbursements, intra-account, P2P vendor, payments)

Acceptance (e-commerce, mobile acceptance)

Risk management (chargebacks, etc.)

Brand management (community building, etc.)

New categories

Sustainable Fintechs

Urban Mobility

Risk

Prizes:

Three monetary prizes will be awarded during the global finals event celebrated on September 19th at the TechCrunch Disrupt event in San Francisco.

Overall Winner: $50,000 USD

Audience Favorite: $10,000 USD (The overall winner and the Visa Direct winner are also eligible to win the Audience Favorite prize)

Visa Direct: $10,000 USD

Global finalists will also be hosted by Visa at the TechCrunch Disrupt Pavilion to exhibit together their companies in the Expo Hall

with the following benefits:

(1) standing demo table or kiosk in the Expo Hall all 3 days

(1) 11” x 14” tabletop sign with sponsor logo
Founder pass

Access to complimentary partner wifi network and power

Access to Startup Exhibitor Lounge

Access to TechCrunch Disrupt press list

Inclusion in the Disrupt mobile app

Prior to the global finals, the following local and regional prizes will also be awarded:

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Finals will be held in person on Wednesday, June 14th, 2023.

1st Place – $40K

2nd Place – $27K

3rd Place – $13K

Oman Winner, 1st Place: $40K

Bahrain Winner, 1st Place: $40K

Impact Award Winner: $13k

South Africa

1st Place – $20K

2nd Place – $10K

Audience Favorite – $10K

Impact Award – $10K

Kenya

1st Place – $20K

Audience Favorite – $10K

Impact Award – $10K

CEMEA (Central Europe, Middle East, and Africa)
Virtual finals livestreamed on TechCrunch

1st Place – $20K

Audience Favorite – $10K

RISK Winner – $25K

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Visa Everywhere Initiative Global Innovation Program for Innovative Startups Worldwide

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