Swift Hackathon 2025
Streamlining global digital currency flows
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Swift Hackathon 2025
Calling all developers, innovators, and fintech pioneers: Can your team bridge the gap between digital money and today’s global payment systems?
As digital currencies gain momentum—CBDCs, stablecoins, and beyond—the need for interoperability, compliance, and efficient cross-currency flow is more urgent than ever.
Join the Swift Hackathon 2025 to tackle this challenge and help shape the future of finance.
Why join?
- Present your solution on the Innotribe Stage at Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt
- Gain visibility with global financial leaders
- Collaborate with Swift experts
- Build skills, networks, and real impact
- Compete with top tech talent worldwide
PROBLEM STATEMENTS FOR SWIFT HACKATHON 2025
Teams are asked to design and develop solutions to one or both of the following challenges: Download our Hackathon Briefing Pack for all the details
Business Challenge
Unlocking Speed, cost, transparency with digital payments
How can we improve speed, cost and transparency of mutli network, cross currency payments using digital money, without compromising on regulatory standards?
Key Objectives & considerations
- Data privacy and integrity
- Interoperability
- Regulatory compliance
Technical Challenge
Overcoming the digital payments divide with ISO 20022
Leverage ISO 20022 to design solutions that supercharge complex transactions that involve digital and fiat currencies flowing across DLT and traditional networks
Key Objectives & considerations
- Process automation
- Real-time accuracy
- Operational efficiency
AWARDS
Showcase your solutions at Sibos
The Hackathon is a great opportunity for industry players across the globe to showcase their best-in-class innovations & coalesce around technical implementation best practices.
Winners to Present at Sibos
The winners & runners up will get the unique opportunity to present their solutions to industry leaders at Sibos in Frankfurt
Eligibility
- Each team should consist of a maximum of 10 participants from a single company.
- Companies can register a team to complete in one or both challenges, however only one solution per team can be submitted for each challenge.
- Team registration will be split based on company size – please ensure you select the correct registration that is relevant to the size of the company you are applying from.
- As part of the registration, you will be asked to submit your proposal. Only 5 teams from each challenge will move onto the hackathon phase.
- The proposal should give a short summary as to the solution you plan to build. This includes a problem statement, solution overview, and details of why your team should be selected.
- Teams will then be selected to take part in the two-week hackathon,
during which time they will build a prototype. - Participants should look to submit: a demo of the prototype (no longer than 5 minutes), a presentation, and any supporting material.
- For both challenges, participants can leverage publicly available data within their solutions.
FAQ
What is the deadline for registrations?
All participants should register their team by 23:59 CET on 20 June.
How many people can make up a team?
The maximum number for a team is 10.
Is it time zone specific (if so which one) or global?
It is a global hackathon that will bring together the wider community of major banks and fintech developers.
The event will be remote, with introduction and briefing sessions happening to cover all time zones.
What is date/timeframe for the hackathon development phase?
Teams will have access to the Hackathon sandbox from 11-25 July to develop their solutions.
Is there a cost associated to participate?
The hackathon is free of charge for teams/participants.
Is there a prize?
Hackathon winners and runners up for both challenges will receive complementary passes to Sibos in Frankfurt. Each team can choose to receive either 2x1-day passes, or 1x2-day pass.
The winners and runners-up will also have the opportunity to present their solutions on the Innotribe stage at Sibos on Oct 2. Each team is asked to nominate 1 senior member to represent them in person at the session.
The winners of both challenges will also get the chance to discuss potential opportunities for collaboration with Swift senior leaders in a virtual or in-person meeting.
What does each team need to submit on the 25 July?
Teams will need to submit a pitch deck, a demo of their prototype if applicable, and any supporting materials.
What tools/data/APIs can I use?
Developers will have access to the hackathon sandbox environment, with a variety of APIs available to use.
Teams are free to use any open source, publicly available tooling/data/APIs to support their value propositions.
How to Register for Hackathon
How to Register for Hackathon
Teams can submit a single solution for one or both challenges.
Registration Guide
Registration Guide
Please click on the link below to know How to Register & Submit Proposal.