List of hackathons about fintech in 2017

Fintech hackers in the UK! Starling Bank invites you to sign up to participate in the Starling Hackathon. You'll be challenged to leverage Starling's recently announced PSD2-ready public API to build innovative customer-friendly services on top of the Starling Platform. You'll be among the first coders to be given access to Starling's portal and to use the new API.

Symphony Foundation members, Symphony developers, open source enthusiasts! You're invited to bring your best ideas to the Symphony Software Foundation Hackathon -- the open innovation challenge in Silicon Valley. You'll get to collaborate with other Symphony enthusiasts to build open source, innovative and high value financial services collaboration solutions using the Symphony platform.

Interested in the use of technologhy in the insurance sector? InsurTech Hartford invites you to participate in the InsurTech Business Plan Hackathon. Although this is not a coding event, both coding and non-coding professionals in Insurance Technology will get to collaborate with InsurTech startups and entrepreneurs. You goal will be to help them refine their business plans and identify steps that will help them take their ideas to the next level.

Founders, engineers, scientists, business hackers, or students! OneTraction invites you to sign up to participate in the Artificial Intelligence - Global Hackathon. The focus of this innovation event is artificial intelligence. Sign up as a team, or join one at the event.

Fintech developers, designers, product managers, marketing/busdev types! Intel, The Floor & the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange invite you to sign up to participate in the Intel & The Floor Blockchain Hackathon. You'll be expected to create a blockchain solution for one of the challenges presented by participating banks. You can come as a team or join a team at the event. Your solution must be developed using one of the common blockchain platforms, such as ethereum, R3 Corda, Hyperledger Sawtooth lake, Hyperledger Fabric, Bitcoin or others. Showcase your blockchain skills to some of the world's leading banks, while competing for prizes and startup workspace.

Blockchain developers, engineers, hackers! Do you have a passion for building blockchain solutions? Unbank.Ventures invites you to participate in BlockHack SF. You'll collaborate with the best-of-the-best blockchain techies to conceive and develop blockchain-based apps. Showcase your skills and compete for the Bitcoin cash prize.

Nigerian Fintech hackers! Here's your chance to showcase your skills and compete for big prizes! Sign up for the ReCode Nigeria Hackathon. Submit an amazing Fintech solution project -- or come up with one at the event. You'll be challenged to build innovative solutions to the thorniest problems in financial services today -- ones of improving customer experience and/or creating value.

Nigerian Fintech hackers! Here's your chance to showcase your skills and compete for big prizes! Sign up for the ReCode Nigeria Hackathon. Submit an amazing Fintech solution project -- or come up with one at the event. You'll be challenged to build innovative solutions to the thorniest problems in financial services today -- ones of improving customer experience and/or creating value.

Fintech and IoT hackers in Ethiopia! You're invited to sign up for the Gebeya Ethiopia Hackathon series (Internet of Things and Crypto-currency). IT professionals, practitioners, enthusiasts, and professionals from all disciplines are welcome to participate inEthioHacks to help solve Ethiopia's pressing challenges in agriculture, health and education sectors by leveraging leading-edge Internet of Things (IoT) and Cryptocurrency technologies. Network with like-minded professionals and industry leaders and compete for prizes!

Students and young professionals in New Brunswick, Canada! Interested in open data or blockchain technologies? The University of New Brunswick EIS and IEEE societies invite you to sign up to participate in the Slingshot Hackathon. This event is focused on the themes of Open Data and Blockchain technology. You'll be challenged to collaborate in a cross-disciplinary team to tackle challenges surrounding one or both of these themes.