The objective of Banco Davivienda's Hackathon 2024 is to make a call to action so that university students, making use of their creativity and experience, contribute to their development and that of their university by imagining and developing solutions that can improve aspects related to the institution.

The challenge of this project is for participants to design a value and experience offer for young university students that strengthens the digital payment ecosystem in universities. This ecosystem can include payments for university tuition and fees, cafeteria, surrounding businesses, bookstores, photocopies, parking, payment between university students, payment at events, among others.

"At Davivienda we are characterized by living innovation in all our areas and projects, revolutionizing banking and bringing it closer so that Salvadorans have access not only to a source of financing and savings, but so that it can also contribute to improving the conditions of their environment; therefore, with this project we hope that young students can believe in their potential and participate so that this talent can be part of the construction of simple digital solutions for this ecosystem", said Jaime González, Director of Personal Banking at Davivienda El Salvador.

The winners of this first Davivienda Hackathon participate to win USD$5,000 for first place, USD$3,000 for second place and USD$1,000 for third place, in addition to business skills development and real experience in the working world.

Among the requirements to participate, teams must be multifunctional and include between 2 to 5 students between 18 to 29 years old, at least one must have programming knowledge and synergies can be created between students from other universities.

Among the profiles can participate in innovation and digital transformation, engineering in Software and Digital Business, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Systems, Business, Strategic Design, Communication and Digital Strategy, Business Administration, Economics and marketing, Data Science (developers / programmers) and have skills and abilities in the design of Mockup, prototyping, development / programming skills knowledge of one or more languages: Android: kotlin, iOS: swift, Middleware: java, Backend (core of the bank): RPG; and others.

"With this project Davivienda will use its own methodology of Grupo Bolivar, and will also provide post-registration training to teams, accompaniment of innovation coaches and three days of final development of the prototype.

We invite university students to participate and create a solution that provides value to both students and the university”, said Ricardo Velásquez, Innovation and Strategic Planning Manager of Davivienda El Salvador.

The rector of José Matías Delgado University, Dr. José Enrique Sorto Campbell said "For UJMD, working with strategic allies as important as Davivienda Bank is key to our innovation strategy VISION 2030: towards an ecosystemic university.

We are sure that by being the official host of this important meeting, we are contributing to the construction of an important ecosystem where innovation and digital transformation is key.

Undoubtedly, experiences such as the first Hackathon for university students being promoted by Banco Davivienda strengthen digital and co-creation skills in students, which are very important for the labor market.

Davivienda develops an innovation model based on diversification and investment, strategic alliances, StartUps development, work with universities, academies and above all the integration of an organization willing to learn.

For more information about this project, registration dates, requirements and other related topics, visit the website: hackathon-davivivienda.kodigo.org

Translated by: A.M