List of hackathons about fintech in 2019

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) is pleased to announce the commencement of the inaugural edition of X-Kathon, its hackathon and idea innovation contest designed to improve the Nigerian capital market. This edition themed, “Millennial Participation in The Capital Market,” is aimed at enhancing retail investors’ participation in the capital market. X-kathon is open to talented individuals, teams, and ventures in the tech ecosystem, who have the “magic wand” to explode the growth potentials of the Nigerian capital market. Interested participants should submit creative ideas, software/tech solutions and hacks to address “low participation of millennials in the capital market” on or before October 8, 2019, viahttp://www.nse.com.ng/x-kathon.

YOUR PROJECT DESERVES ATTENTION! Not all projects were born equal. If your project is GRRREAT, Submit it on AGORA. Share it, ask for feedback and votes and MAYBE only MAYBE... GET FUNDED BY CODEMOTION WITH €5000!* RULES STEP 1: Click the button below to create an account on AGORA STEP 2: Hit “SUBMIT” at the top right corner of the page. STEP 3: Just like in JIRA, describe your idea in 1 sentence. STEP 4: Give us your elevator pitch in 200 characters. STEP 5: Attach a direct link to the project from GitHub or another service provider etc. STEP 6: Pick a category you wish to place your project in. STEP 7: Let us know if this idea is Yours or someone else’s. STEP 8: Click SUBMIT and wait until our spam detectors clear your submission safe for view for all audiences. STEP 9: Your project will be live on the homepage on the day it gets approved.

Join some of the world’s most exciting Web 3 protocols in blockchain, AI, IoT and Big Data from across The Convergence Stack, for a 2-day dev con made up of hacks, exclusive product launches, and live demos. You can apply for a free place to be part of the exclusive event that brings together leading decentralised projects and their tribes, developers, economists, system engineers, enterprise and technical academia connecting to define the next major web cycle. The first protocols to be publicly announced include Fetch.AI, Cosmos, IOTA, Chainlink, Sovrin, Evernym, Haja Networks, Agoric Systems, Ocean Protocol, Enigma, FOAM, Rightmesh, Alkemi and SEED.

Algothon, the largest quant finance hackathon in Europe, is returning this year with BlackRock on the 19th and 20th of October inside their London Office! You can expect: - Exclusive alternative data and core data. - Machine Learning & Deep RL workshops. - Talks from leading academics and BlackRock Researchers. - Free Snacks, Restaurant meals, Swag and T-Shirts. - Prizes (To Be Announced, last year's included: iPads, $8000 AWS credits, super car driving experiences) Everyone is welcome to apply.

hackCBS is Delhi University’s largest student hackathon-cum-conference organised annually by Kronos- The Tech Society of Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, Rohini. After debuting as the first ever hackathon across Delhi University, hackCBS is back bigger and better with it’s version 2.0, now gaining support of Major League Hacking as it enters APAC[Asia Pacific] region for the first time. hackCBS invites designers, programmers, and inventors across India to code, build and design innovative hacks to tackle real-world problems. Major League Hacking or MLH, the US based company that operates a league to support student hackathons across North America and Europe continents, is now ready to enter the Asia Pacific, choosing hackCBS 2.0 as one of their continental debuts! Visit https://mlh.io to know more about MLH. hackCBS 2.0 will comprise of keynotes, workshops and a 24-hour long hackathon with themes entailing Cyber Security, EdTech, FinTech, Social Issues, Mobility and Health Care offering prizes worth 40,000 USD. Head out to our website - https://hackcbs.tech/ to register and know more. For any queries, please contact connect@hackcbs.tech

During the Bermuda Innovation Sprint, Hub Culture is teaming up with ConnecTech to host a 2-day hackathon focused on the SDG’s. Earn Ven and other prizes while learning new coding and development techniques.

The International Space Apps Challenge is a two-days hackathon, and this year we are thrilled to announce our newest addition - Conference which includes keynote speech, hands on workshop and Fireside Chat lead by experts in the Tech field. It is open for everyone, technologists, scientists, designers, artists, educators, entrepreneurs, developers and students across the globe collaborate and engage with publicly available data to design innovative solutions for global challenges. ​ We welcome ALL passionate problem solvers to join our community of innovators. Participants from across the globe have already created thousands of open-source solutions together through code, data visualizations, hardware and design. Join us on October, 18-20 2019 to be a part of creating the next generation of space technology. If you are interested, kindly register via the registration form link provided below: NASA Space Apps Challenge: www.spaceappsmy.com Hackathon/IdeathonRegistration: https://forms.gle/mAr2GAS4AAEdD8hu8 ConferenceRegistration: https://forms.gle/Lg8FBvDa5ruR2WJw9 NASAOfficialRegistration: https://2019.spaceappschallenge.org/auth/signup See you there! #spaceapps #spaceappsmy

Take our micro-courses and gain new skills using Db2 data management tools for Machine Learning, Web Apps, and Blockchain. All Masterclass students will be invited to compete in our online hackathon October 11th-13th, for $15k in prizes! Here's how it works: Visit:ibm.biz/db2masterclassand get caught up to speed by watching our micro-course Master class for Sign up for our Hackathon Start thinking about your use case and what you want to build! Machine learning use case, or Web Applications? (Node.JS) Create a profile and reach out to an IBM mentor for help Hackathon takes place October 11th - 13th Take a use case that you've started*orcreate a use case and project from scratch (get creative!) and create aProject Pageon the platform We'll judge the projects and select the winners by October 16th...check your inboxes! Prizes! The first 50 qualified submissions receive $100 as a submission bonus!** Grand prizes of $3,000 for the top Web Application project and Machine Learning projects! Two (2) Runner-up projects for each category will receive $1,000

Hackafest es el primer paso dentro de una estrategia de fomento a la innovación, dirigida, en primer lugar, a las cajas y cooperativas (bancos rurales), con el fin de impulsar la digitalización de los servicios financieros rurales. Creemos en la cooperación como motor de desarrollo, razón por la cual estamos impulsando este evento abierto e incluyente de innovación, que permita a las mentes brillantes y motivadas contribuir al desarrollo del campo, a través de ideas disruptivas y relevantes para generar un cambio y mejorar los servicios financieros. Cómo premio tendrán lo siguiente: 1er lugar: participación en la Symbioticon de noviembre de 2019, en Hamburgo, Alemania (todos los gastos serán cubiertos para el equipo ganador) 2do lugar: incubación de ideas de negocio en el IDIT Ibero Puebla (Transformar una idea o proyecto en un modelo de negocio) 3er lugar: Taller SPEED DESIGN (Desarrollar habilidades para resolver problemas complejos a través de design thinking)

American Express and Analytics Vidhya presents “AmExpert 2019 – Machine Learning Hackathon”. An amazing opportunity to showcase your analytical abilities and talent.