Visa Partners with Black Girl Ventures to Digitally Enable Black and Women-Owned Small Businesses across the United States - Seite 2

In addition to the work with Black Girl Ventures, Visa will host the first of a series of events on March 25 to celebrate the Black community and women entrepreneurs. Hosted in partnership with The Female Quotient, a female-owned business committed to advancing equality, the virtual event, She’s Next 2021, will feature inspiring women and men who will discuss their personal experiences and the necessary work ahead to help champion, educate and inspire the Black community and women business owners. All interested small business owners can register here.

“Working to support and build up Miami’s minority entrepreneurial communities is top of my agenda for 2021,” said Francis Xavier Suarez, Mayor of Miami. “Visa and Black Girl Ventures are the perfect partners to help uplift these women and their businesses to bring back the best of what ‘main street’ has to offer.”

In 2020, Visa committed to digitally-enabling 50 million small businesses through partner offers, street team visits, virtual education seminars and mentorship opportunities. To further support the Black community and women entrepreneurs, Visa launched targeted programs ranging from the Visa Black Scholars and Jobs Program, in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, to new partnerships with CapWay, First Boulevard, OneUnited Bank and Urban One to provide financial and business services that cater to the needs of the Black community. In addition, the Visa Foundation committed $200 million over five years to support small and micro businesses around the world, with a focus on fostering women’s economic advancement.

“Visa has elevated its longstanding commitment of underrepresented communities through an increased focus on financial and social capital and will provide updates on these local programs throughout the year,” continued Kimberly Lawrence, head of U.S., Visa.

For more information on Visa’s She’s Next initiative, visit Visa.com/ShesNext.

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