ABOUT NUS FINTECH SOCIETY

NUS Fintech Society was founded in 2018 in collaboration with NUS Fintech Lab under the NUS School of Computing. We identify ourselves as Fintech enthusiasts looking for opportunities to learn and grow our knowledge, skills and network in the Fintech space.

ABOUT THE HACKATHON

NUS Fintech Summit hackathon is a 3-week innovation and development competition consisting of three main rounds, open to mainly university and tertiary students. Participants will not only need to come up with the most relevant and creative solutions in the finance industry but also produce elegant applications that are in line with current business challenges. 

Requirements

1. PROPOSAL SLIDE DECK 6 SLIDES (SUMMARY OF PROJECT IN POWERPOINT)

  1. Executive Summary of Fintech Service/API 
  2. Problem Statement/Ideation/Motivation
  3. Proposed Solution
  4. General Tech Stack
  5. Competitor Analysis

2. IDEATION REPORT (COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF PROJECT IN WORD)

  1. Problem Statement/Ideation/Motivation
  2. Proposed Solution
  3. Technical Implementation
  4. Explanation of use of Blockchain/ ML in the API (e.g. Algorithms/ Models)
  5. Projected Roadmap of Development
  6. Any additional relevant key information (e.g. TAM/SAM/SOM Analysis, etc)

 

3. PROTOTYPe

 

  1. Video Pitch with API demo (max 3 minutes): Video pitch should run through features of the API
  2. GitHub Source Code: All changes must be documented in the GitHub Source Code

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

1 non-cash prize
Proceed to Round 2
10 winners

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

NUS Fintech Society

Judging Criteria

  • Judging Criteria
    Business Potential 20% Creativeness of Solution 20% Track Specific Sophistication 20% Feasibility of Solution 20% Relevancy to Problem Statement 20%

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