We are looking for traditional startups — early stage (seed, series a, series b) with funding traction and a product positioned to hit the ground running with Visa. We are also open to larger companies that are interested in pivoting into issuance. 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
- Crowdfunding
- Banking as a service
- BIN sponsors
- Issuer processors
- Program managers
Digital issuance
- Alternative lending
- Personal financial management
- Money transfer & remittance
- Digital banking (aka neobanks)
- Digital wallets, P2P, and transfers
- Employee benefits
- Payables
- SMB and/or corporate cards (aka expense management)
Value-add for merchants and/or consumers within finance
- Data & analytics
- ID, authentication, and security
- InsurTech
- Loyalty
- Merchant services & 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.)
Prizes:
The following monetary prizes will be awarded during the final events:
Black edition
- Overall winner: $20,000
- Audience favorite: $5,000
Women’s edition
- Overall winner: $20,000
- Audience favorite: $5,000
LGBTQ+ edition
- Overall winner: $20,000 USD
- Audience favorite: $5,000
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