21 Luxembourg Tech School (LTS) students joined forces to build safe and secure financial applications in a competitive hackathon event.
In the digital age, financial security is more important than ever. With an increasing number of people relying on financial technology (FinTech) for everyday transactions, ensuring the safety and security of these applications is a top priority. To address this challenge, a group of Luxembourg Tech School’s Level Up, Level One, and Alumni students came together at the Luxembourg House of Cybersecurity on 21st to 23rd April with the goal of creating innovative and secure financial applications.
After one day of hacking the students got the opportunity to meet with experienced mentors from the finance, technology, and cybersecurity industries who help them to crystallise and finalise their ideas.
On the final day, the students presented their ideas to an esteemed panel of jury, composed of Petra Krizan, Managing Director at The Blockhouse Technology, Pascal Steichen, CEO of the LHC, Charalampia Lagou, Co-Managing Director of Girls In Tech Luxembourg, and Nasir Zubairi
CEO of the LHoFT, who evaluated the projects based on their innovation, implementation, and presentation.
After much deliberation, the jury announced the top three winners:
- Pescathorian
- SafeSignify
- PassPouch
The Cyber + FinTech Hackathon has demonstrated the immense potential of the young students in addressing real-world challenges. By prioritising safety and security in FinTech applications, these students have shown that they are not only talented problem solvers, but also responsible digital citizens.
This special hackathon was sponsored by Fondation ABBL pour l’éducation Financière and supported by the LHoFT and the Luxembourg House of Cybersecurity.
About the Luxembourg Tech School
The Luxembourg Tech School A.s.b.l (LTS for short) is an extracurricular educational program to support the development of future Digital Leaders. It is aimed at 12-19 years old students who are passionate about the digital realm and eager to learn and apply technology in a real creative and business context. The first pilot started September 2016 and LTS is now in more than 10 schools in Luxembourg and is coaching more than 200 students. Students follow a business, technology and creativity program divided into three blocks. They get personalized coaching and work on their own projects, which they showcase at the end of each block.
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