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QFTH Hackathon Simplifying Payments in Qatar | Pitch Day
When
Date
July 23 , 2020 Thursday
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Event type
Knowledge
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Where
Location
Doha, Qatar
Doha, Qatar
Details
As the FinTech ecosystem in Qatar has witnessed growth over the last few years, Qatar FinTech Hub has partnered up with Qatar Central Bank (QCB), Qatar Development Bank (QDB), and Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) to bring valuable information on reshaping the future of FinTech, and discuss their approach in supporting the FinTech ecosystem in Qatar.
Solve the FinTech challenges related to the Driving digital payments, merchant acceptance, and credit & digitally transforming B2B payments value chain and earn your spot in the QFTH Incubator Program.
Click here to register and pitch your idea before it's too late.
The Challenges:
Challenge 1:
Driving digital payments, merchant acceptance, and credit
FinTech can innovate on leveraging emerging technologies to enable effective and efficient digital onboarding, issuance, acceptance, and lending to drive financial inclusion.
Challenge 2:
Digitally transforming B2B payments value chain
FinTechs can innovate on digitizing account payables, receivables, point-of-sales lending, working capital loans and supply chain financing for various sectors.
Challenge 3:
Enabling intuitive and frictionless cross-border payments
FinTech can innovate on cost-effective and friction-less solutions for cross-border remittances and payments.
Key challenges the Hackathon aims to solve
- Driving digital payments, merchant acceptance and credit.
- Digitally transforming B2B payments value chain.
- Enabling intuitive and friction-less cross-border payments.
Eligibility Criteria
- Participants should not be undergoing incubation / acceleration with another program at the time of QFTH programs (September 20 - December 20).
Why should you apply?
The perks of the QFTH incubation program include:
- Funding and support of up to $250,000.
- Bespoke mentoring and training provided by the QFTH mentors from over 12 countries.
- Opportunity to present and collaborate with over 16 local financial institutions and regulators who are a part of the Qatar FinTech Task Force.
- Access to a wide number of partners.
- Commercial registration and other support to grow business in the region.
- Opportunity to represent the Qatar FinTech Hub in marquee global events to provide global business development. Amongst QFTH networks.
Winners will be announcement on 27th July, 2020.
Location
Doha, Qatar
Doha, Qatar