Visa Everywhere Initiative 2023

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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

For more information: https://usa.visa.com/visa-everywhere/everywhere-initiative/initiative.html#Prizes-716966751

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