BoC Fintech Hackathon 5.0 calls for participants
The Bank of Cyprus (BoC) is organising the fifth BoC Fintech Hackathon 5.0, focusing on innovative technologies in the financial sector (Fintech), over October 18-20, 2024. It will be held in person at the IDEA Innovation Center.
Developers, startups, professionals, students, and anyone interested in participating and actively contributing to the development of applications that promote innovative youth entrepreneurship and the development of services and applications in the fintech sector can participate in the BoC Fintech Hackathon 5.0.
The goal of the BoC Fintech Hackathon 5.0 is to create innovative Fintech solutions up to the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) stage, with the prospect of future development into fully functional applications.
Through the upgraded open banking APIs (sandbox) and the SDK (Software Development Kit), the Bank of Cyprus will provide technological support for the teams’ applications, in order to incorporate innovative features such as payment processing, and the development of services utilising transaction data in a secure manner.
For the teams that excel, there will be significant monetary and other prizes, as seen below:
- First place, €5,000
- Second place, €3,000
- Third place, €2,000
An additional €2,000 will reward the best use of Jinius APIs.
Register now for the BOC Fintech Hackathon: https://bochackathon.com/register/
Applications developed by participating teams can address, with appropriate business and technological solutions, the following challenges – though these are not mandatory:
- Generative AI & Language Models
- Digital Euro
- Digital Twins
- Building Information Models
- Conversational Banking
- Real Estate
Participants will also have the chance to discuss and develop their ideas with professionals in the field.
The BoC Fintech Hackathon 5.0 has additional support from the following sponsors:
Learn more: https://bochackathon.com/