Building on the success of our previous Hackathons – to redefine finance for good and build an unbiased fintech future, we continue to use our position in the market to inspire the fintech space to be open by default for everyone, as we strive for financial sustainability, inclusion and empowerment.
This year we aim to drive engagement beyond our global fintech ecosystem with three key themes that are inclusive and open to all:
Learn more about the Hackathon themes with Finastra and partners problem statements, live meetups and design thinking sessions.
Requirements
A strong team is a diverse team. We call on entrepreneurs, innovators, business-professionals, developers, designers and students from across the world to join our global open hackathon community. Create a project focused on one of the 3 themes above and submit to one of the 4 following categories:
Judging Categories
Category #1 - IDEA
- Participants: open to all
- Submission format: a pitch (slides, video, etc.) focused on business model innovation
Category #2 - BUILD
- Participants: open to all
- Submission format: a working prototype with demo video (code could be submitted on github)
Category #3 - SHOWCASE
- Participants: fintechs (start-ups and scale-ups)
- Submission format: app pitch/demo video
Category #4 - YOUTH HACK
- Participants: youth (10-18 years old)
- Submission format: an idea pitch (slides, video, etc.)
Prizes
$344,340 in prizes
Prizes paid in cryptocurrency
Category 1 'IDEA' eMBA
40% scholarship to LEADTECH Global Executive MBA worth €16800 (€25200 instead of €42000) from Ecole des Ponts Business School.
Available scholarships: 5 seats
Category 1 'IDEA' eDBA
40% scholarship to the Executive DBA program worth €19960 (€29940 instead of €49900) from Ecole des Ponts Business School.
Available scholarships: 5 seats
Category 2 'BUILD' Finastra's DE mentorship
(2)
Guidance and mentorship from Finastra's Distinguished Engineers as you bring your solution to life, in the form of bi-weekly design and implementation consulting sessions for 3 months.
Category 2 'BUILD' media interview
A media interview with Finextra TV
Category 2 'BUILD' - Sustainable & Inclusive Finance cash prize
$5,000 cash prize from Finastra
Category 2 'BUILD' - Sustainable & Inclusive Finance Trees
$1,000 worth of trees from Finastra/Ecotree
Category 2 'BUILD' - Sustainable & Inclusive Finance internship
3-month paid internship from Etiq.AI
Category 2 'BUILD' - Sustainable & Inclusive Finance Etiq.AI consulting
2-week consultancy work from Etiq.AI to evaluate their AI data/models and test for ML issues & risks
Category 2 'BUILD' - Sustainable & Inclusive Finance CEA certificate
(23)
Full Scholarship (100%) for the 'Circular Economy Expert' Certificate, from the Circular Economy Alliance
Category 2 'BUILD' - Embedded Finance cash prize
$5,000 cash prize from Finastra
Category 2 'BUILD' - Embedded Finance earbuds
Surface Earbuds from Microsoft
Category 2 'BUILD' - Embedded Finance ipads
iPads from aixigo
Category 2 'BUILD' - Decentralized Finance cash prize
$10,000 cash prize from Chainlink
Category 2 'BUILD' - Decentralized Finance crypto prize
$2,500 worth of crypto, split in USDc and Factr tokens from Defactor
Category 2 'BUILD' - Decentralized Finance incubation
Incubation opportunity with Capgemini
Category 3 'SHOWCASE'
Waiving the FusionFabric.cloud certification fees
Category 3 'SHOWCASE'
Special support on Go-to-Market from Finastra experts
Category 3 'SHOWCASE'
Special promotion of your app on FusionFabric.cloud
Category 3 'SHOWCASE' - Best Women-led Fintech
A media interview with Finextra TV for the best Women-led Fintech
Best Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) submission cash prize
$5,000 cash prize from Finastra
Best Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) submission Finastra's DE mentorship
(2)
Guidance and mentorship from Finastra's Distinguished Engineers as you bring your solution to life, in the form of bi-weekly design and implementation consulting sessions for 3 months.
Best Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) submission media interview
A media interview with Finextra TV
Category 4 'YOUTH HACK' $1,000 cash prize
(2)
$1,000 cash prizes from Finastra
Category 4 'YOUTH HACK' $500 cash prize
$500 cash prize from Finastra
All winners prize
(4)
40% scholarship to LEADTECH Global Executive MBA worth €16800 (€25200 instead of €42000) from Ecole des Ponts Business School.
Available scholarships: 5 seats
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Hervé Alexandre
Paris Dauphine University
Victor Yim
Head of Fintech, Cyberport HK
Gabrielle Inzirillo
ADGM
Laurence Bourgeois
Financial Inclusion Stream Leader, BNP Paribas Personal Finance
Renee Sattiewhite
President & CEO, African-American Credit Union Coalition
Sylvain Prigent
Founder & CPO, Société Générale Forge
Vid Hribar
Raiffeisen Bank International
Mike Sigal
Upside Partners
Samantha Emery
Lloyds Bank
JJ Figueredo
Digital Engineering Director, Scotia Bank
Isabel Fischer
Warwick Business School (WBS)
Sandra Odendahl
Vice President & Global Head of Sustainability at Scotiabank
Mohamed Moullouze
Chief Innovation Officer, Attijariwafa Bank
Alan Flower
CTO & Global Head, Cloud Native Labs at HCL Technologies
Jaguar-Adva Gal
JAGuar Lawyers
Etienne Royole
Advisor and former CEO, DeFi Pulse
Cédric Ardouin
Innovation Project Director, BNP Paribas
Rohit Garg
Emirates NBD
Fred Schwertfeger
Chief Strategy Officer, Horicon Bank
Saman Sabazvatan
Ecole des Ponts business school
Sarah Tahlaiti
WILLA
Solenne Niedercorn-Desouches
Independent Advisor, and host of Finscale podcast
Daragh Morrissey
Director at Microsoft Worldwide Financial Services
Jens Eriksson
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Amel Saidane
BetaCube
Genevieve Douhet
Head Of Innovation at Société Générale
Nadia Edwards-Dashti
Harrington Starr
Daragh Morrissey
Director at Microsoft Worldwide Financial Services
Admire Mudangwe
ImpiCapital Ventures
Sarah Gebretsadik
Manager, Social Impact & Innovation, Scotia Bank
Viraj Nair
UEL, London
Arunnima B S
VP, Strategy, Digital and Innovation (SDI) at Wells Fargo
Anastasiya Kizima
Fintech Platform Lead Barclays
Kevin Mullally
University of Central Florida
Kokila Ramaswamy
MD Accenture
Manuel Mello
Managing Consultant, Be Shaping the Future
Laurent Marochini
Head of Innovation Société Générale Securities Services
David Post
Managing Director, Chainlink
Christina Doyle
Director, Design Strategy and Community, Scotia Bank
Marissa Ellis
Founder & CEO Diversily
Cecile Gauffriau
Circular Economy Stream Leader, BNP Paribas Personal Finance
Nim Haas
Founder & Managing Director, TechFuse
Abhinav Bhatia
ISV Partner Engineer, Google Cloud
Rachel Shin
Corporate Sustainability, Scotiabank
Tom Du
Climate Change, Scotiabank
Arathi Rajeswari
General Manager and Head of Industry Products in SunTec Business Solutions
Pradeep Vancheeswaran
Sales & Solutions, HCL Technologies
Tyler Pichach
Executive Director, Worldwide Financial Services, Microsoft
Sahil Lakdawala
Director, Product Lead - Authentication, Scotia Bank
Udo Braendle
Dean, Dubai Business School
Rob Wilson
Senior Product Manager, Scotia Bank
Uma Meyyapan
SVP, Head of Digital Innovation, LPL Financial
Anita Ko
Product Design Director, Scotia Bank
Pramod Bijani
Innovation Strategy Director, Accenture
Bhalchandra Namjoshi
Managing Director and Head of India Operations, MINDBODY
Diego Ventura
CEO, noHold
Livia De Batista
Global Account Manager, Mastercard
Marc Samama
CDO, Société Générale Securities Services
Richard Peers
Founder, Responsible Risk
Stephen Wood
VP Product Innovation, Mastercard
Aasif Sarigat
Director, Financial Services, EY
Christian Ruppe
VP of Innovation and Strategy at Horicon Bank
Jigyasa Grover
Machine Learning Engineer, Twitter
Edlyn Khoo
Deputy Vice President, Digital Transformation Office of NTUC Income
Stephanie Berger
Director ESG, Scotiabank
Dan Amiram
Vice Dean and Joseph Safra Capital Markets and Financial Institutions Chaired Professor, Tel Aviv University Coller School of Management
Raluca Crisa
CTO, Etiq AI
Andy Hirst
VP Financial Services EMEA North, SAP
Kurt Schaldenbrand
VP Product, Larky
Alejandro Gutierrez
Cofounder & Operations Lead, Defactor
Greg Palmer
VP, Finovate
Yiftah Rottem
VP product at Clear Blockchain technologies
Clayton Ferrara
Executive Director, IDEAS For Us
Jonathan Middleton
NayaOne
Olivier Jamault
Innovation & fintech leader, Capgemini
Kevin Mullally
University of Central Florida
Sharon Sebastian
Regional Lead, NASSCOM 10000 Startups, NASSCOM
Dmitry Smirnov
Software Engineering Manager, Meta
Tessy Mathew
Professor, Mar Baselios College Of Engineering and Technology
Rittin Abraham Kurien
Assistant Professor, Saintgits College of Engineering, Kottayam, Kerala
Sunena Rose M V
Assistant Professor, Royal College of Engineering and Technology, Akkikavu, Thrissur
Reni K. Cherian
Associate Professor, SAINTGITS College of Engineering, Kottayam
Rajesh K S
Professor and HOD, Computer Applications - Saintgits College of Engineering, Kottayam
S.N Kumar
Assistant Professor, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering
Neethu PR
Assistant Professor, Royal College of Engineering and Technology
Moncef El Kharroubi
Responsable Stratégie & Innovation - Wafacash, Attijariwafa bank
M V Rajesh Maliyeckal
Associate Professor, College of Engineering Chengannur
Asha Joseph
Associate Professor, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering
Meya Zeghari
Head of the Attijariwafa bank Foundation
Abubeker K M
Assistant Professor, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering
Sebin Sunny P
Assistant Professor, Sreepathy Institute of Management And Technology
Manoj Mohan
Assistant Professor, Jawaharlal College of Engineering & Technology
Sreelal C V
Assistant Professor, St Thomas College of Engineering and Technology Kannur
Reji R
Associate Professor, Carmel college of Engineering and Technology Punnapra, alappuzha
Manoj Kumar B
Associate Professor, Scms School of Engineering and Technology, Karukutty
Reena Sebastian
HoD EEE, KMEA Engineering College , Aluva
Sanaa Drissi Alami
Director Trade Finance, Fi & Correspondent Banking – CIB
Mohamed Belahcen
Director of Payment Services at Wafacash, Attijariwafa bank
Noureddine Khattab
CDP, Attijariwafa bank
Jamal El Mazouni
CDP, Attijariwafa bank
Hayat El Adnani
Education Project Manager, Attijariwafa bank
Lamia Bakkali
Head of the Education, Entrepreneurship & Support for Associations Division - Attijariwafa bank Foundation
Judging Criteria
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Technology
Feasibility - innovative technologies use, execution quality, app design -
Human
App desirability, any user research or validation -
Business
Viability - includes business potential; innovative business models use; time to market -
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