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BoC Fintech Hackathon 7.0

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The Bank of Cyprus runs its 7th innovation marathon for application development on 27-29 November 2026, in person at the IDEA Innovation Center in Nicosia. Teams build fintech solutions up to MVP stage, with AI running through most of the challenge areas. Announced tracks include AI for Good, Fintech for Smart Cities, Open Banking & Embedded Finance, Fintech for SMEs & Entrepreneurship, Cybersecurity & Trust in Fintech, Sustainable Finance & Green Banking, RegTech & Compliance Automation, Inclusive Fintech & Financial Wellbeing, Energy Fintech & Smart Grid Finance, Fintech for Insurance, Fintech for Health, Fintech for Social Innovation, and AI & Fintech for Real Estate. Open to developers, startups, professionals and students. The open call started in August 2026. The organisers have now confirmed an Open Day on 22 October 2026, with the technical specifications published the same month. Partners include Jinius by Bank of Cyprus, Nicosia Municipality, Smart Nicosia, IDEA Innovation Center, University of Cyprus, UNIC, Frederick University, European University Cyprus Future Skills Hub, C4E, IBM, JCC, Kyndryl, Microsoft and Cyta Business. Organised with technological and organisational support from Crowdpolicy.

Prizes

1st place EUR 7,000 / 2nd EUR 4,000 / 3rd EUR 2,000, plus EUR 2,000 for best use of the Jinius APIs (Bank of Cyprus) and EUR 1,000 for the best Smart City solution (Nicosia Municipality). More awards to be announced.

Rules

Teams of mixed disciplines are encouraged. Existing and newly formed teams may both compete. Solutions are developed to Minimum Viable Product stage during the event at the IDEA Innovation Center, Likourgou 36, Nicosia. Intellectual property stays with the team and its members under the Crowdhackathon terms.
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Start Date:
27.11.2026 11:00

End Date:
29.11.2026 21:00

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Registration Opened:
till 27.11.2026 02:59

Organized by Bank Of Cyprus

Language: en

Cost: free

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Other editions of this series:

BoC Fintech Hackathon 1.0 BoC Fintech Hackathon 2.0 Boc Hackathon Fintech 3.0 BOC Fintech Hackathon 4.0 BoC Fintech Hackathon 5.0 BoC Fintech Hackathon 6.0
BoC Fintech Hackathon 7.0