Visa Everywhere Initiative Global Innovation Program 2024 for Innovative Startups Worldwide |$100,000 USD in Prizes

Applications are now open for the 2024 Visa Everywhere Initiative Global Innovation Program.

The Visa Everywhere Initiative is an open innovation program that assists startups like yours in unlocking new opportunities — and can provide you with a global platform to demonstrate your groundbreaking solutions.

The program began in the United States in 2015 and quickly grew into a global initiative. To date, nearly 15,000 startups have applied for the program, with many of them now working with Visa or its clients.

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

Emerging Spaces

Artificial Intelligence
Big Data/Open Banking
Cloud Computing
Digital Identity and Biometrics
Cybersecurity and Privacy
Fraud and Risk
Alternative Finance
Loyalty of the Future

Money Movers

Remittance
P2P and Transfers
Cross Border Payments
B2C (Disbursements)
B2B Payments Orchestration

Enablers (Commerce and Banking)

Online Marketplaces and Ecommerce
Embedded Finance
Core Banking and Bank Enablers
FinTech Aggregators
Digital Acceptance
BaaS

Neobanks and Brokerages

Neobanks/Digital Banks
MNOs
Digital Brokerages
Digital Wallets

Lending

Commercial Lending
BNPL
Consumer Lending
Capital Providers
Alternative Lending

Social, Creator, and Gaming

Creator Platforms and Services
NFT Marketplaces
Collectables
Gaming Wallets and Tokenization

In Game Payments and Transactions
Gig Economy Enabler

Crypto

Crypto Exchanges
Crypto Enablers
Decentralized Finance and Blockchain
Web3

Other Categories

Urban Mobiity
Risk

Prizes:

Two monetary prizes will be awarded during the global finals event celebrated on October 28^th at the TechCrunch Disrupt event in San Francisco.

Overall Winner: $100,000 USD
Audience Favorite: $20,000 USD (The overall winner is also eligible to win the Audience Favorite prize)

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: