List of hackathons about fintech in 2016

Attend the Interledger Workshop. You'll receive an introduction to the Interledger project, followed by in-depth sessions on Addressing, ILP Packet Header and Routing; Enabling ILP: The ILP Ledger Plug-In and ILP Ledger Virtual; Application layer protocols and the W3C Web Payments activity; Weaving the ILP fabric into BigchainDB; Demonstrating Real-Money Payments using ILP. To round off the workshop, there'll be an Interledger Hackathon.

Sign up to attend the HackerNest Tech Social in Phoenix. Enjoy a fun, relaxed way to connect with your local tech peers. The atmosphere is -- chill, friendly, unpretentious, agenda-free (no sales pitch, yo), and brimming with UltraSmart(TM) people. Introvert or extrovert, you’ll feel right at home at a HackerNest Tech Social -- you can actually have real conversations and make new friends.

National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore invites you to take part in a one-of-a-kind Hackathon where participants can take advantage of one of the most powerful supercomputers in Southeast Asia. As part of the build up, NSCC will be hosting a networking session open to anyone interested in joining the hackathon. This session will provide information about the hackathon and will be an opportunity for you to form your ideal team.

Techies in the Toronto area, come join the fun at a HackerNest Tech Social. They're a fun, relaxed way to connect with your local tech brethren. Atmosphere: chill, friendly, unpretentious, agenda-free -- that means no sales pitches -- and brimming with UltraSmart(TM) people. HackerNest is an international nonprofit uniting local tech communities through unpretentious Tech Socials and hackathons.

#HackBofrost is a hackathon organized by Bofrost. Teams will consist of 4-6 people with different profiles: Designers, Developers and Business Developers. The developers will be asked to take care of the code writing, the designers of the product presentations, and the business developers of the business plan.

This is a huge event inviting over 300 inventors, investors, researchers, and entrepreneurs to innovate our way to a cleaner, healthier, more efficient future. Together you will aim to reimagining waste as a resource, advance science, develop new technologies, and create novel market opportunities. Waste and resource topics will be covered by looking at biotech, medicine, materials, AI, fin-tech, and consumer goods. This conference is not to be missed! A series of innovative programs culminating the brightest minds in the world, all in one day. The event will include the UK’s first Bio-Hackathon, the 2nd annual Sustainable Futures Challenge finale, and a sustainable technology start-up exhibition. There will be local and international media coverage from Bloomberg, WIRED, BBC and more!

Are you a cybersecurity fanatic? Want to shake up the Insurance industry? Coders, developers, designers, observers...you'e invited to join Startupbootcamp InsurTech's Hackathon. This event is focused on disruptive insurance innovation and connecting with startups focused on the insurance market. You will work on one of the challenges: Cyber Risk Scoring, Safety and Security Beyond Traditional Passwords, Cyber Bullying Prevention and Support, Unified Reconciliation, Personal Data Sharing as a Service, Fighting Fraud with Social Proof, Crime in Motor Car Insurance, and Detecting Fraud in Cyber Insurance.

This is the best data festival for all data enthusiasts in London, powered by The DataFoundry movement. Business people, data analysts, data hackers and data scientists all come together for a full weekend of exploring the data world. The DataFestival.London is primary for three groups. For business users there is the Friday event which will be filled with real people stories and learnings about how they've transformed their business thanks to data and it's democratization. For the data geeks there is afternoon hacking from Friday night to Sunday for anyone interested in working on data sets with fellow minded people and great tech to try for free. Note: this is not a competition event. This event is just for learning, bonding, and having fun!

Women in Security and Privacy (WISP) is partnering up with Security Innovation, to bring you the "find the vulnerabilities" game which teaches the importance of secure coding. This CMD+CTRL Web Application Hackathon is a great opportunity for you to learn the importance of secure coding best practices. It features three authentic and intentionally vulnerable websites. Challenges will be ranging from common vulnerabilities like SQL injection to more difficult challenges like cipher cracking puzzles. You will be encouraged to break into someone else's account, transfer or steal money, add items to your shopping cart and buy them at zero cost, and uncover secret information like your boss's salary!

Italian Fintech professionals! You're invited to participate in the Rome edition of BNP Paribas Fortis International Hackathon 2016. This is international hackathon takes place simultaneously across 8 cities—from San Francisco to London, Warsaw, and Istanbul. Over 48 hours, you will collaborate and compete to create game-changing solutions to real-life customer banking challenges. Collaborate to unlock creativity and apply breakthrough solutions to real-life situations in order to make life easier for BNP Paribas customers. If you need advice on participation, go to the hackathon expert tips page!