My fund, Core Innovation Capital, is excited to announce a prize for the best, most innovative financial services product serving the unbanked and underbanked in the US.  At stake: national notoriety, main stage exposure and $10,000. Check it out: http://challenge.corevc.com

So many people and companies are putting their very best into creating ways to help underserved people, here in America, access lower cost and higher quality financial services.  Better ways to pay bills; new ways to access accounts; innovative methods for dealing with checks or accessing credit.  Solutions that help change consumer behavior.  Savings and investment products that work for lower income Americans.  Mobile apps. Web apps. Kiosk or POS apps.  Wearable apps.  Mental apps.  Financial apps.  Customer facing or B2B solutions – it’s all game, as long as it’s awesome and serves the underbanked.

We’re giving a cash prize of $10,000.  More importantly, we’ll make a big splash for the winner and make some valuable introductions to industry leaders and investors.  The finalists will have the main stage at CFSI’s Underbanked Financial Services Forum, on June 9th in New Orleans, in front of all the top industry executives from banks, retail, technology, AFS, regulators, nonprofits and investors present.  The audience will select the final winner in real time, based on product demonstrations.

All the details and official rules are available at http://challenge.corevc.com.