More than 100 university students reveal the keys to innovation in the financial sector

Participating teams consisting of 4 to 6 people, They had to design and develop any innovative application or idea. Monetary transactions in any environment (payments, purchases, information about your accounts, improvements on platforms such as bizum, availability of vending machines, etc.). For this purpose, the organization of the event made two technical resources available to young people: Sabadell Digital’s Open Banking and Microsoft’s Power Plantform testing environment.

The CCTA Advisory Council includes the main actors in the province in the fields of academic, research and technological consultancy. information

director of CCTA, Susana SolerHe described this intense hackathon weekend as “a particularly satisfying project for the Sabadell Digital project.” We have more than achieved our goalAiming to come together in the same place Young students determined to innovate in the financial sector. Sabadell Digital was born a few months ago to support the transformation process of our existence. We offer global solutions for this. the latest technology, in our ability to innovate and in the experience of a team that helps us build the future. And to overcome this difficultywe need people’s participation Future professionals with a transformative vision, like those attending this weekend.

General Manager and Director of Operations and Technology of Banco Sabadell, Marc Armengol“This event is a great opportunity for Sabadell Digital,” he stressed. brings together high-level technological partners at the same eventTo showcase the activity we carry out at our Technological Competence Center in Alicante and also to invite promising young talents They will be the pioneers of change in the very near future».

Participants were required to develop any innovative application that involved a monetary transaction. information

With this first edition of the Innovation Banking Hack Fest, the aim is to promote the Sabadell Digital brand from its CCTA location in Alicante, to communicate with the community. Developers and students to attract talentstimulate creativity and get innovation ideas, also create notoriety in the digital ecosystem.

“This is another example our organization’s commitment to the region; For us, Alicante and the Valencian Community are very important and the bank’s connection is also very important. Beyond meeting the financial demands of companies and families», explains Fernando Canós, deputy general manager and Eastern regional manager of Banco Sabadell.

The project also had the following features: public administration supportSupported by the regional secretary for innovation Jerome Mora: «We believe this from the Valencian government: Supporting innovation should be accompanied by measures to facilitate entrepreneurial activity in all sectors. We need to channel all these young talents, train them and give them opportunities like this, because they will be the actors that will drive the innovation and economic transformation of the Valencian Community. Thanks to our entrepreneurial capacity, we will be able to protect and renew our production base and We will be more competitive and resilient with innovation and we are capable of securing the challenges that the future will bring for us.

In short, Sabadell Digital is the company that Sabadell Digital works with. Attracting and retaining technological talent. In this hackathon, the needs of the financial institution are shared with new capabilities and new ideas that allow the discovery of new challenges.

Considered worthy

Best business idea award:

EXECUTION

Best artificial intelligence based project award:

Game Free Home

Most innovative project award:

visionaries

Best technical development award:

MultitecUAs

IBHF23 winning team prize:

NLP Wizards

Award for the best GNA team:

InnoUMH

Award for the second best UA team:

MultitecUA

Award for the best UA team:

NLP Wizards

advisory Board

The CCTA Advisory Council, which was established in March this year and includes the main actors in the region, was present at the Innovation Banking Hack Festival. academic, research and technology consultancy.

The teams included tools such as Open Banking from Sabadell Digital and the Power Plantform testing environment from Microsoft. information

The Presidency is the general manager of the institution and the head of Operations and Technology, Marc Armengol, It also consists of the rector of the University of Alicante. Amparo Navarro; Rector of Elche Miguel Hernández University (UMH), Juan José Ruiz; Director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence (Cenid), Manuel Palomar; Manager of Ellis Alicante Unit, Nuria Oliver; and director of UA Higher Polytechnic School (EPS), Virgilio Gilart.

Banco Sabadell’s main business partners are also part of the forum and are represented by Diego López, managing director of Accenture; NTT Data Europe Financial Services Director Sergio Lahoz; and Juan Parra, CEO of DXC Technology. Together with them Rüdiger Schmidt, technology director of Banco Sabadell; Fernando Canós, deputy general manager of the organization’s Eastern region; and CCTA director Susana Soler.