The growth platform for Fintech companies
The Visa Innovation Program is a fintech pilot-centered collaboration platform designed to help your company scale and engage with Visa, its clients and partners.
Visa Innovation Program Europe is in search of the fintech companies that have the highest potential to partner and conduct pilot or proof of concepts with Visa clients and partners, therefore your capabilities should be go-to-market ready for the country you are applying to. We can support market expansion needs on a per case basis and other opportunities beyond. Additionally, you will benefit from curated training, mentorship and introductions to selected investors
Core Value Proposition
PoC/Partnership opportunities
Introduction to Visa and Visa’s clients to fast-track, test, validate and implement your solutions within Visa’s vast network of financial institutions and corporate partners.
Market Access
Access to new client base and business opportunities across Southern Europe (Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Turkey)
Powerful Community
Mentorships, masterclasses, workshops and peer to peer gatherings for practical knowledge exchange with a diverse entrepreneurial network of global fintech industry experts and investors.
Funding
Connect with some of the leading VC funds in Europe backing fintech startups.
Showcasing
Large exposure and access to top fintech and payment conferences as part of the Program.
Tech Stack
Startup perks, essential tools, industry data, tech infrastructure.
Who Should Apply
Stage
Startups and scale ups having a market-tested solution
Team
An experienced team with entrepreneurial spirit
Solution
A solution addressing one of our Challenges
Commitment
Dedication for pilot collaboration with banks and enterprises
The Program in Numbers
*Funding raised by the participating Fintech companies after joining the program either independently or through connections of Program Managers (Eleven and Hackquarters by Tenity)
Program Managers
Main program managers
Hackquarters is the leading startup accelerator and corporate innovation partner, based in London and Istanbul, combining superb global reach with deep local knowledge.
Local ecosystem partners
Finnovating is the first Matching platform that connects 70K Tech startups, corporations and investors globally. The platform has created the largest community where its members from 125 active countries can easily connect and collaborate with potential partners to lead innovation, as well as find clients and connect with the best service providers and solutions of the ecosystem.
Fintech Solutions is the innovation agency dedicated to build the future of financial services by connecting financial institutions to the fintech ecosystem. Being part of Portugal Fintech, Fintech Solutions has extensive understanding of the European fintech and incumbent ecosystem and how both sides can collaborate.
Endeavor is the leading global community of, by, and for High-Impact Entrepreneurs — those who dream bigger, scale faster, and pay it forward. Driven by our belief that High-Impact Entrepreneurs transform economies, Endeavor is on a mission to build thriving entrepreneurial ecosystems in emerging and underserved markets around the world.
The Timeline
• Design Thinking sprints
• One-on-One meetings with PoC partners
• Mentoring sessions
Themes
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Next-gen payment experiences
Are you exploring how AI tools can level up financial products and services? Can you unleash the potential of new technologies and infrastructures to introduce innovative commerce and payment journeys, increase operational efficiencies, enable digital onboarding of consumers and businesses, improve fraud and risk management capabilities; including?
- AI powered risk and fraud solutions
- Digital wallets
- Super app components
- Data enrichment
- Personal finance (PFM) and wealth management
- Payments in Metaverse
- Crypto / Non-fungible tokens (NFTs), DeFi applications
Embedded Finance and Commerce Empowerment
- Open banking
- Instalments, credit scoring, POS financing, BNPL
- Payment infrastructure enablers
- Customer acquisition, loyalty, and engagement
- Authentication, digital onboarding, and KYC
- Expense / ERP management solutions
- Merchant/retail and SME targeted solutions
Money Movement Flows
- Funds disbursements (e.g. Social commerce, earned wage, refunds, remittances, government payments)
- Finance management platforms for businesses (e.g. payments, accounts, procurement)
- Supply chain payments
- Treasury/Payment-as-a-Service
Sustainable and Inclusive Future
- Urban mobility (e.g. EV charging)
- Government payments (e.g. Financial aid, social benefits, bill and tax payments)
- Interconnected services for citizens and tourists
- Financial education
- Carbon footprint / carbon neutral
- Sustainable finance / commerce / payment card
- Impact management and measurement
- Impact Investing