The Bankathon History

In 2015 we were looking for a place where FinTech developers meet in Europe – but we couldn’t find one. That’s why we started Bankathon: the biggest bank-independent FinTech hackathon in Europe.

The experience of the last few years has shown that the ‘Bankathon’ platform has a strong network. It brings established players and new market participants together – and at eye level! This is not least due to the unique developer ecosystem that has grown around the Bankathon. 

The outstanding thing about the Bankathon is its independence. It symbolizes a new way of thinking in banking, which is becoming more and more emancipated from the institutional bank. At the same time, it’s a catalyst for the opening-up of banks, which, of course, is also driving the Payment Services Directive 2.

Each of our seven Bankathons has attracted at least 75 participants, 10 sponsors, 5 API partners and 200 guests. This platform has the starting ground for several startups, projects and cooperations.

Seventh Bankathon – September 2019 – Prague (Czech Republic)

Winners

Track Team Details
Travel Expense Management IBM Bears Team from IBM Slovakia
Financial Education for Kids and overall winner etnetera Team from Etnetera
Open Banking for SMEs Banklifting Team from Applifting and DX Heroes
Wealth Management Money Kitten Team from Upvest
New Business Models bankagram Team from Main Incubator
Multibanking KaBe Team from Komercni banka

Find out more about this Bankathon in our recap.

Sixth Bankathon – August 2018 – Frankfurt (Germany)

Winners

Track Team Details
Identity ContractGuru Team from CreditLinks.
Investments HouseMatch Team from Interhyp.
Online Banking and overall winner swopp Team from RatePAY.
Payments MisterPiota Mixed team.
Award of Association of German Banks DatingScientists Team from PPI and dependency.ai.

Fifth Bankathon – November 2017 – Berlin (Germany)

Winners

Track Team Details
Insurance and overall winner ChatSurance Team from Cashlink and Jovo.
Health HealthCoin Team from BlockInfinity.
Identity and Award of Association of German Banks PIP: Prove It’s Paid Team from Cashcape and Netguru.
Travel Triplee Team from N26.
SME AIRouting Mixed Team, but founding now.

Find out more about this Bankathon in our recap.

Fourth Bankathon – May 2017 – Vienna (Austria)

Winners

# Team Hack Details
1st ChillBill Slack based travel reimbursement tool for companies. Team from ChillBill.
2nd Team B Cost splitter with visual elements. Team from Raiffeisen Bank International.
3rd Fait Easy adjustment of existing portfolios based on users preferences. Team from Fait.

Find out more about this Bankaton in our recap.

Third Bankathon – October 2016 – Hamburg (Germany)

Winners

# Team Hack Details
1st IntraBase Pay in any ecommerce store with a loan. Team started IntraBase afterwards.
2nd Fintracer Voice based contract termination service. Team from Fintracer / Aboalarm.
3rd Stockbattle  Players of this game collect stocks and can fight other players. Mixed team.

Find out more about this Bankaton in our recap.

Second Bankathon – November 2015 – Frankfurt (Germany)

Winners

# Team Hack Details
1st Cocktail trade Invest in stocks that match your believes. Team founded Neon Trading afterwards.
2nd Best Invest Discover easily trading products that match your market expectation. Team from Lucht Probst Associates.
3rd Social ATM Mobile banking app that enables to withdraw cash via a social network. Team from FinTech Group.

Find out more about this Bankaton in our recap.

First Bankathon – April 2015 – Frankfurt (Germany)

Winners

# Team Hack Details
1st Candis Voice based accounting solution. Team founded Candis afterwards.
2nd Fairr Identify pension gap through a mobile app. Team from Fairr.
3rd Move.me Convenient bank account switch. Team founded DWINS afterwards.

Find out more about this Bankaton in our recap.