List of hackathons about fintech in 2016

Calling all Fintech techies! Participate in the "Rise Hackathon - Episode 2 - The Bank Awakens" sponsored by Barclays Bank. Choose between three world missions for a chance to win a single prize awarded for that mission. You may choose to enter one of: →World I: The Consumer Cosmos: Customer payment solutions →World II: Rebellion of the Corporate Treasurer: Innovative solutions to manage risk →World III: The Payments Parallax: ZeroUI solutions

Interested in the power of Blockchain? Whether you're a developer, designer, entrepreneur, student or just passionate about new technology, come and participate in Capital Factory's Blockchain Hackathon. Blockchain technology is enabling mobility and financial services for new, disruptive possibilities. These new technologies will run the future businesses and change the landscape of exchange. Blockchain is going to change the way people write contracts, manage documents, create files, and secure payment. Choose your topic from those below or bring your own! »Usage of smart contracts to run rental and mobility services »Optimization of ID & user management using blockchain »Secure authentication of customers or documents (e.g. driving licenses, vehicles, signatures) »Secure payment transactions for mobility services »Bundling of services and creation of one customer file

AI and Big Data techies in Malaysia! Come and participate in the AI Robot & Data Hackathon. Collaborate to show how you can apply artificial intelligence and data science to tackle real business problems. Choose one of the following tracks: »Ideation: Using Artificial Intelligence, Pepper, advance one of the five industries in Malaysia—Fin-tech, Edu-tech, HealthCare, Auto, or Real Estate. »Development: Develop an app for Pepper using Pepper development software, Chronograph or Python, C++ and Java. »Data solution: Solve a real business issue using actual datasets from two of Malaysia's startups.

Participate in a hackathon to bring payments into the Internet of Things! Are you ready to help bring digital payments to the next level? Accept Worldpay's challenge to develop the next generation of payments within the IoT. The Worldpay Within SDK will be made open-source, so this is your chance to contribute to the future of payments and make your mark on the Internet of Things!

Fintech and blockchain hackers! Come and help build something brand new, disruptive and radical that might change the insurance landscape forever…and win some prizes! Come and participate in the SANTAM Blockchain Hackathon and create Technology for the Insurance of Tomorrow! Mentors and specialists will be in attendance, so you don’t necessarily need any experience in Blockchain or crypto-currencies to participate.

Payments are heading into a brave new world of commerce, retail and transactions. If you think you have the vision to truly transform payments in the 21st Century join Startupbootcamp FinTech at the PayTastic Payments Hackathon. You'll have access to Intel Grove Starter Kits and Intel Edison Kits—plus access to other cool APIs—to aid you with your payments inspiration.

The theme of this hackathon is "Re-enchant the collaboration between large companies and startups". During this hackathon you will have the opportunity to create solutions that improve collaboration between startups and traditional businesses of all sizes! The goal is to think of ways to make them more flexible and agile business and more efficient and resilient startups. Finding new ways to think, create, work, interact with customers or employees. Whether you are a member of a large group of SME / SOHO / ETI or a startup, you have your place among the participants! The idea is to mix participants from different ecosystems to consider the possibilities, desires and needs of each of them. You can already meet with participants and organizers during the ideation workshop on September 8, two weeks before the hackathon.

Join the Royal Bank of Scotland in their 3rd Annual Hackathon, where you can use the banks API to create new apps and services that work with RBS's banking capabilities. Developers, designers, and members of the banking community are welcome to come provide input and create new software.

Creative and tech-savvy IT professionals! Come and participate in the Cyberport FinTech Hackathon. This 24-hour event is a financial technology-themed hackathon for the top developers, designers, and entrepreneurs in Hong Kong, who are ready to be challenged by teaming up with peers to compete in a fun and fast-paced event for a weekend at Cyberport.

Participate in the IG Hack the Markets—Fintech hackathon. Millennials as a group are about to move into their prime earning and spending years. However, 80% of millennials according to a recent Harris Poll are not invested in the Stock Market. Design a compelling and innovative proposition to get millennials trading, investing and setting money aside for their future. Think about how you can make this ultra low-cost and transparent and how you can integrate social features. Also, how would you acquire and retain your users and promote your solution?