Team formation
Any student or recent graduate, under two years, from any school or university can register for the competition. Teams are made up of 1 to 3 people. They can be made up of students from different schools or universities, diversity in teams is greatly encouraged. Information about team members will be provided on the registration form.
Organization
Phase 1: Conceptualize, then sell your project!
The goal of this step is to review your project through multiple prisms.
This is the first opportunity for you to demonstrate your ability to disrupt a financial services profession in order to innovate for the bank of tomorrow.
Business case : It consists of a much more detailed presentation of your project.
To create your Business Case, you will find on this site a template with the different aspects expected by the jury. The latter aims to guide and help you in the creation of your Business Case. Some parts are blank for you to fill in and develop your ideas. Don't forget any aspect of your project: operation, comparative advantages, examples, technical aspects and regulatory, etc. The jury will evaluate the outcome and coherence of the project. Remember that you will not have an oral presentation to make at the end of the first stage. The jury will therefore only have your written support to judge you!
Phase 2: Proof Of Concept – Develop your project
During this second phase of the competition, each team will be accompanied by godmother(s) / godfather(s) from partner companies. Several deliverables constituting the PoC (Proof Of Concept) are expected and must be sent before March 12, 2024. The final evaluation of the projects and the selection of the 3 winning teams will be made on the basis of the oral defenses, which will take place at the end of March 2024.
The PoC aims to put your idea and the associated Business Case into practice in order to prove the feasibility and viability of your concept. It’s about showing that it can work!
For the development of your prototype, you have no technical development constraints. You can choose to develop autonomously or use an API (Application Programming Interface). You are also free regarding the choice of language or tool depending on the technology you have chosen. In the same way, rest assured that you will be supported throughout the project.
In addition to the commented script or code of the prototype that you have developed, you will need to prepare a user guide and provide a demonstration of the application during your oral defense. On this occasion, you will also be invited to present your development project approach using a presentation support.
The oral defense of your project will take place in 2 parts: 20 minutes of demonstration of your PoC then 20 minutes of questions and answers.
The documents and services expected for April are therefore as follows:
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Prototype commented script/code
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User guide
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Business Case possibly improved
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Presentation of your development project approach
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Presentation support (which can be the Business Case)
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Application demonstration
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