Banco Sabadell, together with Mobile World Capital Barcelona, is organising the
Instant Banking Hack Day, a hackathon focussed in the banking and financial
environment, to be held next 11 and 12 October at the Mobile World Centre (Fontanella, 2), in Barcelona.
The
hackathon concept (derived from “marathon” and “hacker”) defines an increasingly
popular event which brings together in the same venue and for a short period of
time a large number of programmers in order to generate new ideas and
applications.
At this
first event of its kind, the participants in the Instant Banking Hack Day (as
this hackathon is called) will work on creating new web and mobile applications
to enhance the direct experience of users in four aspects: means of payment,
transformation of customer service, the Internet of things and contextual and
predictive services.
The
Instant Banking Hack Day will see the exclusive debut for all the participants
of the open access to the bank service API, so they can develop their projects
in the most real environment possible, with direct access to a test area that is
an exact replica of the Internet banking services of the
bank.
A hackathon open to talent
Participation in the hackathon is free of charge. As from today and
until 12.00 on 26
September, those
interested can register at instantbankinghackday.org. A specialised jury will
select those taking part from among all the candidatures received. The projects
will be developed in teams of between 2 and 5
persons.
The
winning team of the Instant Banking Hack Day will be awarded with the
development of their project, will benefit from a fast track for the BStartup 10 program of the Banco
Sabadell and tickets for the second 4YFN, the international entrepreneurship
meeting organised by the Mobile World Capital Barcelona. In addition, they will
win a 5,000 euro grant to develop the project in the Incubio incubator (which
offers an API to
access geolocalised information on companies and locations, such as nearby
restaurants with the best ratings) and an advanced training course in secure
development taught by Deloitte
CyberSOC Academy, and valued at 2,500 euros.
There
will also be a recognition for the project with the strongest technical
development and the most innovative and creative team, an award to be presented
by the creativity school Complot, with a special prize for the youngest team.
All will receive a fast track for the Banco Sabadell BStartup 10 program and
other prizes related to Incubio, Imagine Express, 4YFN, Deloitte CyberSOC Academy, Everis and the Inlea
Foundation.
The event
will be attended by the leading world companies in their sector such as Everis,
Deloitte, MasterCard and Telefónica and a full panel of renowned mentors who
will accompany the development of the projects.
Entrepreneurship, the foundation of growth and
innovation
Historically, one of Banco Sabadell’s identifying features has been
its special sensibility towards the corporate world together with its pioneering
role in everything surrounding the implementation of new technologies in banking
activities.
Chief
amongst its most recent initiatives is the creation of BStartup, a business
division specialised in providing service and financing to startups (and
especially those of a technological nature) and the development of the Sabadell
Open Apps platform, which opens its doors to the talent of new companies and via
which several innovative solutions have already been presented, such as the
first worldwide banking application for Google
Glass.
More information and registration details at:
instantbankinghackday.org
