Visa Everywhere Initiative 2023

Published May 10, 2023 · Updated May 10, 2023

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: