Over 40 fintechs from Central, Eastern, and Western Europe have expressed an interest in participating in the Open Banking Hackathon – CEE Edition 2022. Due to the great interest in the competition, the deadline for applications has been extended. Registration are now open until 16th of September >> https://openbankinghackathon.com/#register.
“There has been a lot of interest in the open banking system from developers and fintechs, which is great news. Until now, teams from all over Europe and even other continents have submitted their applications. It is great to see so many people interested in revolutionising the banking industry. Open Banking Hackathon has once again established itself as the Eurovision of open banking.”, Alexandra Pollack, Open Banking Hackathon Organiser.
At its 4th CEE edition, the 5 days event will challenge team to find solution for open banking addressed to individuals, businesses, and IoT, but also, teams can definitely add other innovative fintech ideas to build value creation applications on top of the battle tested Open Banking data aggregation platform provided by Finqware.
Having the fact that the event is set to be a transformational journey for the participants, all selected teams will experience a five-day networking event, with more than 20 mentors and business experts in depth discussions and 1to1 feedback sessions representing best fintech associations, innovation communities and startup accelerators.
Following the networking benefits, the winners will get a chance at PoC partnerships, special prizes and up to 💸10 000 € in cash and partner benefits.
“The event is well organised and the mentors and judges are experienced individuals with high quality input. Aside from encouraging rapid solution development, the event also gives you access to techcelerator programs and potential partnerships with influential people in the banking and fintech environment”. Dennis Phieros – ElucidateAI, Cyprus 2021 Participant Team
Having technology partner Google Cloud and National Bank of Romania as institutional partners, the event is also supported by important regional financial players like Banca Comerciala Romana, OTP Bank, Capex.com and the international law firm CMS have partnered in the event, eager to see Open Banking gain traction in the financial sector.
Over the 4 years of the event, the innovators of Open Banking Hackathon have managed to find the best solution for the open banking and now is the time to new #OBHrs to show their creativity. With the PSD3 on the table of the European Commission as a next step for open banking, more than ever the input of the ones passionate and engaged to facilitate the evolution are awaited to join OBH and be the contributor in a world where the financial landscape is ever-changing.
The value seen by the winners in Open Banking Hackathon is in the possibility of innovation, while learning new info from the key stakeholders that have joined the event to guide the teams.
“We joined OBH with an open mind towards learning and exploring the benefits that open banking can bring to our product and understand what are the necessary steps to be made in this direction. ”, Chima Cristian, Loany.io, Romania, 2021 Participant Team.
Hackathon registration and other event details can be found on >> www.openbankinghackathon.com and on social media.
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