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Join Akbank’s Innovative Project Call: PoChallenge

Start Registration

Fintechs, startups, and tech companies can register for Akbank PoChallenge from October 1-31, joining Akbank LAB to drive innovation in banking.
Submit Proposals

Submit your project proposals to showcase innovative solutions for Akbank’s customers or employees. Akbank LAB will evaluate a wide range of ideas.
Shortlist Finalists

Akbank will announce the shortlisted participants who will move forward in the PoChallenge and present their solutions on Demo Day.
Submit Solutions

Shortlisted participants will submit their final presentation & plan their participation for Demo Day.
Announce Winners

At Demo Day on November 26, winners will be announced. Finalists will have opportunity to work on paid PoC project with Akbank .

Start Registration

Fintechs, startups, and tech companies can register for Akbank PoChallenge from October 1-31, joining Akbank LAB to drive innovation in banking.

Submit Proposals

Submit your project proposals to showcase innovative solutions for Akbank’s customers or employees. Akbank LAB will evaluate a wide range of ideas.

Shortlist Finalists

Akbank will announce the shortlisted participants who will move forward in the PoChallenge and present their solutions on Demo Day.

Submit Solutions

Shortlisted participants will submit their final presentation & plan their participation for Demo Day.

Announce Winners

At Demo Day on November 26, winners will be announced. Finalists will have opportunity to work on paid PoC project with Akbank .

All timings are as per (GMT +8:00) Singapore, Beijing, Perth, Hong Kong

Challenge #1

Mobile Banking Touchpoints

Akbank would like to seek enhancements and solutions to increase

Engagements/interaction per user on the app, especially for younger and elder age groups
Higher adoption of suitable products through the app
Up-to-dateness of customer information upon approval

Enhancements can include but are not limited to:

Education and learning modules/journeys
- Open to licensing education content such as investment introduction
Gamification of financial products and functions to achieve:
- Increase in engagement with the app
- Increase in brand loyalty to the bank
- Increase in products adoption
- Increase in data points to understand the bank's clients
Any other functions not available on the app or restructuring existing user journey on certain functions.

Challenge #2

Beyond-Banking Ecosystem Generation

Akbank would like to support its digital solutions further into ancillary business, in the form of ecosystem banking.
Akbank is seeking solutions that can
1. embed more lifestyle-related offerings into the digital banking application
2. act as complimentary with banking and payment systems by providing any or all of the following:
  - shortening the integration process of different services
  - decreasing the dependence on in-house technical infrastructure or
  - offering a wide network of potential merchants/partners.
Solutions referenced by global banks, leveraging new technologies and loT solutions will be prioritized

Challenge #3

Corporate/SME Based Finance Solutions

Akbank is exploring providing Supply Chain Finance (SCF) for importers and exporters
SCF should be able to cater to both domestic invoices (transacting in Turkish L ra) and international contracts (transacting in USD and other currencies).
- Onboarding of non-Turkish customers, assignment of receivables
  on a legal basis, authenticity of signatures/approvals, supply and verification of documents should be governed by applicants
- Regulatory functions have to be enabled within such as KYB, AML and Travel Rules
- There is a special interest in on-premise pre-shipment financing solutions.