Visa Everywhere Initiative 2023 Global Application
Visa Everywhere Initiative 2023 Global Application Program, 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.
Visa Everywhere Initiative is an open innovation program that helps startups like yours unlock new opportunities — and can give you a global platform to demonstrate your ground-breaking solutions. The program first launched in the U.S. in 2015, and quickly expanded into a global program. To date, nearly 12,000 startups have applied to the program — many of which now work with Visa or its clients. Applying is the first step towards getting Visa’s attention.
Get your startup on the world stage:
If you are looking for an opportunity to showcase innovative solutions to the world and a platform to gain recognition and build credibility, the Visa Everywhere Initiative is for you. This September, 2023, we are hosting a special edition in Ethiopia. Ready to change the game? Apply now or scroll down to learn more.
Prizes:
- Winner – $25000
- 2nd Runner Up – $15000
- 3rd Runner Up – $10000
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Key competition details:
The 2023 Ethiopia competition is going to be more exciting than ever before — with an amazing opportunity for selected finalists to get in front of Visa’s executives, potential clients, and investors. Apply now for Visa Everywhere Initiative 2023 Global Application if you’re a startup with great products already in market and gaining traction — and are looking for an extra push from a global, trusted brand like Visa to gain scale.
• Visa will select 5 finalists who are located in Ethiopia and/or have a significant operations in the country. These 5 finalists will be invited to present their solutions in front of a panel of expert judges.
We are 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
Schedule:
VEI Announcement by Al: mid-June
Application Window: 1–20 August
Selection of Finalists: 21–25 August
5 finalists presentation prep.: 28 August – 8 September
Finals: 15 September