Visa Everywhere Initiative empowers women, encourages payments innovation and social impact

VEI finalists are Paris-bound for a chance to win one of two $100,000 prizes, mentorship and more.

The Visa Everywhere Initiative: Women’s Global Edition* celebrates women from around the world whose businesses are transforming commerce and supporting economic and social change in local communities.

This includes women like Isabelle Mashola, who co-founded Isahit as a social platform to help women in Africa earn money to run businesses or finance their educations.

Or DinDin founder Stéphanie Fleury, who created a financial services company to provide basic financial services to the unbanked and underbanked individuals and businesses in Brazil, through their app, web-based internet banking and API platforms.

Or Annicelle Kungne, who co-founded WeCashUp, a France-based startup that enables online businesses to accept cash, cards and other payments in a single API interface.

 

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