Earlier this year, Visa announced the start of its second annual Everywhere Initiative, where startups go head-to-head to imagine the future of commerce.
Three real-life business challenges gave 15 competing companies the chance to flex their commerce chops. Participants could use Visa’s APIs to create a payment solution, leverage social media channels to engage people at Visa-sponsored events or persuade Visa cardholders to go cardless.
Three winners emerged: Giuliano Iacobelli, co-founder and CEO of Stamplay (API Challenge Winner), Puneet Mehta, founder and CEO of msg.ai (Cardless Challenge Winner), and Carlos Garcia, co-founder and CEO of Hyp3r (Global Events Challenge Winner).
Karen Webster sat down with the winners of the competition to learn more about the inspiration behind their innovations and why they walked away with the prize.
Here’s what she learned.http://www.pymnts.com/news/payments-innovation/2016/visa-everywhere-challenge-future-of-commerce/
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