{"id":7307,"date":"2026-05-21T22:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opportunityforworld.org\/?p=7307"},"modified":"2026-06-09T15:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T13:00:15","slug":"trust-by-design-fintech-challenge-2026-50000-grand-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opportunityforworld.org\/?p=7307","title":{"rendered":"Trust by Design Fintech Challenge 2026 ($50,000 grand prize)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div id=\"tdi_1\" class=\"tdc-row\"><div class=\"vc_row tdi_2  wpb_row td-pb-row\" >\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.tdi_2,\r\n                .tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n                    min-height: 0;\r\n                }\n<\/style><div class=\"vc_column tdi_4  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.tdi_4{\r\n                    vertical-align: baseline;\r\n                }\n<\/style><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" >[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"post-174970\">\n<div>\n<p><strong>Deadline: May 22, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Applications are open for the Trust by Design Fintech Challenge 2026. The Trust by Design Fintech Challenge recognizes organizations designing fintech solutions that improve safety, transparency, and trust, especially for women who have traditionally been excluded from financial systems. The Challenge seeks market-tested solutions that demonstrate how data, customer-centric product design, and responsible safeguards can strengthen trust, reduce harm, and improve adoption among women.<\/p>\n<p>Winners will receive financial awards, be recognized as industry innovators in trust-centered fintech, and gain visibility with investors and the broader financial services industry through curated events, publications, and showcases.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One\u00a0$50,000 Grand Prize\u00a0will be awarded to support continued innovation in trust-centered fintech.<\/li>\n<li>Three finalists will each receive\u00a0$10,000 awards.<\/li>\n<li>Each challenge winner will also receive a complimentary ticket to attend the Fintech for Inclusion Global Summit, 2026 in London U.K., plus airfare and hotel accommodation for their attendee. Winners will also be featured in an industry toolkit highlighting innovations in trust-building in fintech, serving as a lasting resource for the sector. There will also be opportunities for sector recognition and visibility among a global network of impact and commercial investors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Eligibility<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Trust by Design Fintech Challenge is open to organizations providing digital financial services or enabling technologies with solutions already live in-market. Applicants should have demonstrated traction and early evidence that their solution improves safety, transparency, or utilization in financial services. They are not looking for pilots or prototypes.<\/p>\n<p>Eligible applicants may include (but are not limited to):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fintech companies (including lenders and neobanks)<\/li>\n<li>Financial institutions and microfinance institutions (MFIs)<\/li>\n<li>Technology providers supporting financial services<\/li>\n<li>Platforms embedding financial products such as payments, credit, insurance, or savings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Eligible applicants typically:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Offer digitally enabled financial services or embed financial functionality into part of their product or platform<\/li>\n<li>Have solutions already in use by customers<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrate measurable improvements in safety, transparency, or customer trust<\/li>\n<li>Use gender-disaggregated data to inform product design, risk management, or customer protection<\/li>\n<li>Serve women customers with evidence of active usage<\/li>\n<li>Operate in at least one emerging market, or have credible plans to expand into one<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Application<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Application Deadline \u2014\u00a0May 22, 2026, at 23:59 EDT (UTC-4); Applications must be submitted by this deadline. Late submissions will not be accepted.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=dYC7MDl-NUCfCAeE2OWLfks5jZn3HotAqHHb7TW_v01UNEpIMTE4VUM1SFVNTUxVTzhWNlROMk1OTC4u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to apply<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.accion.org\/trust-by-design-fintech-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trust by Design Fintech Challenge<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_column_text css=\"\"] Deadline: May 22, 2026 Applications are open for the Trust by Design Fintech Challenge 2026. The Trust by Design Fintech Challenge recognizes organizations designing fintech solutions that improve safety, transparency, and trust, especially for women who have traditionally been excluded from financial systems. 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