The Olympian Program.
Built for the next generation. Your first bank account should do more than hold your money.
Study. Build. Travel. Grow.
The Olympian Program is Olympus Pay’s financial and entrepreneurship program built for students and young people building their future at home and around the world.
Whether you are studying in Botswana, moving abroad, receiving a scholarship, starting your first business or preparing for your career, Olympus gives you the financial tools to move with you.
Olympian Student.
Your everyday financial life, built around student life.
Open an Olympus Student account, manage your money from your phone, receive allowances and payments, pay for everyday expenses, save towards your goals and access digital payment tools.
Your student life, in one place.
Features can include
- Digital student account
- Olympus card
- Instant transfers
- QR payments
- Bills and airtime
- Savings goals
- Payment links
- Digital receipts
- Cash-in and cash-out through participating Olympus Go agents
- Student offers and partner benefits
- Financial management tools
Olympian Global.
Take Olympus with you.
Studying abroad should not mean starting your financial life from scratch.
Olympian Global is designed for students studying outside their home country, giving eligible students access to international financial services alongside their Olympus relationship.
Manage money between home and your country of study, receive funding from parents or sponsors, make international payments and spend while abroad.
Your money should move with you.
Where supported, you may be able to access
- Multi-currency balances
- International payments
- Competitive foreign exchange
- International card payments
- Tuition and education payments
- Sponsor-funded allowances
- Emergency funding
- Cross-border transfers
- Global payment capabilities
Olympian Sponsor.
Funding students should be simple.
Parents, governments, universities, NGOs, scholarship providers and corporate sponsors can use Olympus to support students financially.
Olympian Sponsor is designed to make student funding easier to distribute, track and reconcile. Instead of managing thousands of individual payments, sponsors can manage their student funding through one platform.
Sponsors can potentially
- Fund individual students
- Distribute allowances in bulk
- Schedule recurring payments
- Track disbursements
- View payment status
- Reconcile funding
- Maintain sponsor records
- Support students across multiple institutions or countries
Olympian Business Booster.
Your degree is only the beginning.
Students are not only preparing for jobs. They are building businesses, launching products, freelancing, creating content, developing technology and solving problems.
Olympian Business Booster is Olympus’ entrepreneurship and mentorship program, designed to help students turn ideas into real businesses.
Learn. Build. Launch.
Students can also gain access to Olympus business tools such as payment links, QR payments, invoicing, collections and other financial infrastructure as they become available.
Find the opportunity
Identify a real problem worth solving.
Build the offer
Turn the idea into a product or service people can actually buy.
Get your first customer
Learn how to sell, market and acquire customers.
Understand your money
Learn pricing, cash flow, payments and basic financial management.
Build your brand
Create a credible business presence and learn how to communicate your value.
Pitch and grow
Learn how to present your business and prepare for the next stage.
From student to founder.
Your financial relationship with Olympus does not have to end when you graduate. The Olympian Program is designed to grow with you.
- StudentManage your everyday finances.
- Global StudentTake your finances with you when you study abroad.
- EntrepreneurStart accepting payments and building your business.
- GraduateTransition into your next stage of personal banking.
- ProfessionalAccess the broader Olympus banking ecosystem.
- Business OwnerMove your company onto Olympus Business and financial infrastructure.
One relationship. Multiple stages of life.
Who can become an Olympian?
The Olympian Program is designed for eligible students enrolled at recognised educational institutions.
To maintain the integrity of the program, Olympus verifies student status rather than relying solely on an applicant’s declaration.
Student eligibility
Eligible applicants may be required to
- Be within the applicable Olympian age range
- Be currently enrolled at a recognised university, college, technical institution or other approved educational institution
- Provide a valid student number or equivalent enrolment identifier
- Complete Olympus’ standard identity and regulatory verification
- Provide an active institution-issued student email address where available
- Verify their student email through Olympus
- Provide their institution, programme and expected graduation date
- Provide additional documentation where required
Your student email matters.
Where an educational institution provides official student email addresses, Olympians will be expected to use their institution-issued email address for student-status verification.
Personal email addresses such as Gmail, Yahoo or Outlook do not independently establish student status. Where an institution does not provide student email addresses, Olympus may provide an alternative verification process.
Student verification may be repeated periodically to ensure that the program remains available to genuinely eligible students.
Studying abroad?
Olympian Global is designed for eligible students studying outside their home country.
Additional information may be required, including
- Passport or government-issued identification
- Institution-issued student email
- Student number
- Institution and country of study
- Programme of study
- Expected graduation date
- Residency or immigration information where applicable
- Sponsorship information where relevant
- Source-of-funds information where required
Built around you.
The Olympian Program brings together the things students need as they move through university and into the real world.
Money
Manage your everyday finances, payments and savings.
Global
Move between countries without leaving your financial relationship behind.
Business
Turn a side hustle, skill or idea into a real business.
Opportunity
Access mentorship, programs, partnerships and opportunities designed to help you move forward.
Community
Become part of a growing network of students, founders and future professionals.
More than a student account.
The Olympian Program is designed around a simple idea: your financial life should grow with you.
Start as a student. Build something while you are there. Graduate with a financial relationship already in place. Then keep building with Olympus.
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Olympian Program questions
Who can become an Olympian?
Eligible students enrolled at recognised educational institutions. Olympus verifies student status rather than relying only on a declaration.
Is a personal email address enough to prove I am a student?
No. Where your institution provides student email addresses, you will be expected to use it for verification. Personal addresses such as Gmail, Yahoo or Outlook do not independently establish student status. Where there is no student email, Olympus may provide another way to verify.
What if I study abroad?
Olympian Global is designed for eligible students studying outside their home country. Additional information may be required, and international services depend on availability, regulatory requirements and the jurisdictions involved.
What happens when I graduate?
Your financial relationship with Olympus does not have to end. The program is designed to move with you from student to graduate, professional and business owner.
Can a parent, university or scholarship provider fund students?
That is what Olympian Sponsor is designed for: funding individual students or groups, scheduling payments, and tracking and reconciling disbursements.
Welcome to the Olympian Program.
Reach higher. Go further.