Women in Tech@Adyen - Checkathon 2019

Checkathon Are you a techie with a frontend/backend development or Product design background? Do themes such as global expansion, scaling, and growth through payments interest you? Adyen is hosting a Hackathon in Amsterdam, on Saturday 9th of February 2019.  Join us for day full of fun, meeting new people and building creative solutions! The challenge In a team with diverse skills and backgrounds, you are going to build a functional website for a company of your choosing, using our Checkout API. Your team should address the problems this company faces when having shoppers pay through their website, including issues such as handling risky/fraudulent transactions, redirecting to local payment methods, saving sensitive shopper information, and so on. The exact issues you focus on and what you build is up to you and your team, but you need to consider a range of criteria including: Visual appeal and ease of use The payment experience of the shopper Security and risk/fraud mitigation To what extent you leverage the capabilities of the API Register now to secure your spot! A frictionless payment experience requires a whole lot of thought, and constant innovation behind the scenes. On offer are prizes (wireless headsets) for the winners, tasty eats, and swag for everyone who joins. It promises to be a lot of fun! AGENDA 9:00 Doors open and breakfast 10:00 Introduction by Carmen Pas, UX Researcher, Adyen 10:40 Create groups 11:30 Designing/coding kick off 13:00 Lunch 14:00 Coding 19:00 Dinner 19:30 Pitch presentations 21:00 Drinks and bites                                                               What we do:  https://medium.com/adyen