
Are you ready to join the world’s largest fintech hackathon?
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It’s free to participate.
Organizations and innovators can connect and collaborate on game-changing ideas. Finalists will present their projects to the Future of Fintech audience in November, competing for cash and valuable business development opportunities.
TIMELINE
Oct. 1 - 15
Organizations submit challenges
Oct. 16 - Nov. 10
Teams work on challenges and upload their final projects on Nov. 10
Nov. 11 - Nov. 14
Judges review and score projects, selecting finalists from each category.
Nov. 15
Finalists announced, and invited to present at Future of Fintech.
Nov. 17
Finalists showcase their projects at Future of Fintech, with the audience choosing the winner and runners up.
Challenges
Here are three of the challenges already submitted...
Financial Education 2.0
How can banks and credit unions increase the financial literacy of all customers and members in an engaging, mobile-first way?
Who will this challenge benefit?
Bank and credit union customers/members of all ages, education levels and backgrounds.
Privacy Preserving Fintech Marketplace
How can consumers discover new fintech products while preserving privacy and limiting unnecessary data sharing?
Who will this challenge benefit?
Consumers seeking new fintech products.
Financial Services with a Conscience
How could financial services help you become more engaged in causes you care about?
Who will this challenge benefit?
Anyone who could use some help to be a better person.
Prizes
Global Innovation Challenge Award
Projects will be scored by our panel of judges, with finalists selected representing Banking + Payments, Insurance, Wealth Management/PFM.
All finalists receive a free Future of Fintech 2020 pass and will present their projects to the entire audience
The winning team will receive $5,000; the winning team and runners up will also have the opportunity for a post-event meeting with senior executives from the company that created the challenge. All finalists will have the opportunity to meet with one of the judges from the judges panel.
Galileo Innovation Award
The Galileo Innovation Award will be given to the team that demonstrates the most innovative use of the Galileo Instant API to build digital banking functionality into their project. Projects may address any challenge as long as Galileo Instant is incorporated.
Additional details about the Galileo Innovation Award and access to the API are available on the hackathon platform.
The winner of the Galileo Innovation Award will receive $2,000 and a meeting with Galileo CTO Jeff Currier and CEO Clay Wilkes.
Judges
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