For the sixth edition of BBVA’s open talent contest, the bank split its focus into three distinct geographic regions, comprising Central/South America, Europe, North America and other countries.
Reflecting global interest in the prospects for digital disruption in the financial sector, the contest’s ‘New Banking’ category showed an 80% uplift over the previous year, with 166 project presentations focused on the innovation within the financial services sector.
Shortlisted projects will be selected to present their ideas before a panel of judges in the three regional areas in September and October. In addition to the winners in each geographic edition, BBVA will award a special prize to the start-up project that wins the most votes online.
Winners will be rewarded with a EUR30,000 cash prize and the opportunity to participate at the Crash Acceleration Week in New York, entailing training, mentoring and investor meetings
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