The purpose of this meeting, held today at the BCRA and organized with the Ministry of Production and the Ministry of Modernization, is to continue with the work done at the #HackatonFinanciero held last November, seeking to build a bridge between the different players of the sector and work together to promote the development of innovative ideas with concrete solutions to issues of financial concern.
The opening speech was given by Jimena Zuñiga, Advisor to the Governor, BCRA; Esteban Campero, Undersecretary of Entrepreneurs, Ministry of Production; and Rudi Borrmann; Undersecretary of Public Innovation and Open Government, Ministry of Modernization. They highlighted the importance of having held a hackathon on financial innovation, a unique space for approaching such a specific topic.
During the day, the 10 finalist teams of the #HackatonFinanciero had the opportunity to present their projects and hold brief meetings with different companies interested in collaborating with the development of these projects, thus increasing the chances of development and broadening the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Finalist Teams
1. Conocer | web/mobile application that calculates inflation in a customized manner. Team members: Federico Albanese, Leandro Lombardi and Pedro Rodríguez. First Prize.
2. Pasaporte Financiero | “financial passport”, document that allows a fast, simple, and safe access to bank products. Team members: Franco Amati, Federico Bond, Gonzalo Blousson, Santiago Lezica and Claudio Moreyra. Second Prize
3. Message Bank | home banking focused on the unbanked that enables online opening of savings accounts/cryptocurrency. Team members: David Jaramillo, Federico Kucher, Felipe Kusserow and Hernán Gomez Marredo. Third Prize
4. AccelerAR | platform that brings together all the financial information needed to speed up a project. Team members: Pedro Ciancaglini, Karina Safar and Viviana Lerchundi.
5. BOFI | online/offline identity validation to place financial products. Team members: Gabriela Roberto Baró, Diego Di Noia and Agustín Vázquez.
6. Coffr | mobile credit facility that makes financial inclusion easier. Team members: Fernando Delgado, Agustín Daguzan, Gabriel González, Leandro Mantovani and Carolina Roggero.
7. Cheque posdatado electrónico | electronic implementation of postdated checks (deferred checks). Team members: Gloria Canseco, Ariel Setton, Federico Lowenstein, Adrián Mazza, Juan Manuel Truffa, Ezequiel Baum and Germán San Lorenzo.
8. Go-Va | integrated digital platform developed to make bank transactions. Team members: Rodrigo Ibañez, Eugenia Francia, Pablo López and José Pérez.
9. Peso digital (Digital peso) | vehicle to convert Argentine pesos to tokens. Team members: Bruno Nubis, Emanuel Dobao, Candela Krup, María Eugenia Vázquez, Manuel Beaudroit and Eduardo del Pino.
10. Zuma | open and collaborative ecosystem for financial inclusion. Team members: Matias Gualino, Pablo Sánchez, Nahuel Rubio, Ignacio Ricci and Bruno Acselrad.
