Press Release
The Bank of Cyprus is organizing the 5th BoC Fintech Hackathon 5.0, focused on innovative technologies in the financial sector (Fintech), on October 18-20, 2024. It will be held in person at the IDEA Innovation Center.
Developers, startups, professionals, students, and anyone interested in participating and actively contributing to the development of applications that promote innovative youth entrepreneurship and the development of services and applications in the fintech sector can participate in the BoC Fintech Hackathon 5.0.
The goal of the BoC Fintech Hackathon 5.0 is to create innovative solutions around Fintech, up to the stage of a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), with the prospect of future development into fully functional applications.
Through the upgraded open banking APIs (sandbox) and the SDK (Software Development Kit), the Bank of Cyprus will provide technological support for the teams' applications to incorporate innovative features such as payment processing and the development of services securely utilizing transaction data.
For the teams that excel, there will be significant monetary and other prizes, which you can see below:
● 1st place €5,000
● 2nd place €3,000
● 3rd place €2,000
An additional €2000 for the best utilization of Jinius APIs.
Register now at BOC Fintech Hackathon: https://bochackathon.com/register/
The applications developed by the teams can address the following challenges with appropriate business and technological solutions, though these are not mandatory:
● Generative AI & Language Models
● Digital Euro
● Digital Twins
● Building Information Models
● Conversational Banking
● Real Estate
Participants will also have the opportunity to discuss and develop their ideas with professionals in the field.
The BoC Fintech Hackathon 5.0 receives additional support from sponsors:
Learn more: https://bochackathon.com/