Hong Kong's
1st Virtual Banking Hackathon
2-3 Nov 2019
@ HKUST Business School
Thank You For Your Support!
Bizkathon 2019 was a great success with the support from
our great sponsors, partners and participants!
Check out the photo albums of the two-day event
Day 1: http://alumni.bm.ust.hk/news-happenings/album/bizkathonhkust-2019-day-1
Day 2: http://alumni.bm.ust.hk/news-happenings/album/bizkathonhkust-2019-day-2
Click here to check-out the video of the two-day event
Champion: Phoenix Innovation
Product: Customizable Banking Service via Chatbot and Speech-to-Text
1st Runner-up: SG Business
Product: Encrypted Machine Learning with Simple Homomorphic Encryption Master
2nd Runner-up: Impetus
Product: Fishing Gaming with Shopping Experience
Virtual Banking has arrived!
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The new era of banking has arrived! With the majority of traditional banks today spending expensive overheads on manpower and manual operations, virtual banks' lean and autonomous approach on serving customers utilizes modern technological tools to evolve along with the customers.
Join us at Bizkathon@HKUST to build and showcase your business ideas to Hong Kong’s leading fintech professionals and network with like-minded innovators over a fruitful weekend at our brand new Incubator in HKUST Business Building.
• Develop your innovative business ideas with advice and guidance from the industry’s top practitioners
• Showcase your skills with a chance of working with renowned corporations and being incubated
• Network and connect with FinTech executives
• Enjoy unlimited free flow of food & beverages while hacking
TOPICS
Disrupting the banking industry with virtual banking requires winning the trust of clients. How could virtual banks build customer confidence with their new and unfamiliar brands among the public?
Virtual banks come with a greater focus on technology risk management, data privacy and compliance checks such as AML and CFT. What could be their best way of dealing with the compliance issues?
Streamlined processes must be devised by virtual banks to better develop and manage their products and services. What manual procedures can be automated or opted out with the help of fintech?
Compete to WIN!
Champion: HK $20,000
1st Runner-up: HK $10,000
2nd Runner-up: HK $8,000
In addition, each winner will receive:
Fast Pass to the Final Interview of Cyberport Creative Micro Fund (CCMF) or Cyberport Incubation Programme*
Complimentary ticket to the Cyberport Venture Capital Forum (CVCF)*
*Subject to the terms & conditions of Cyberport
Judges
Listed by alphabetical order of surnames
Mentors
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