2025-05-30 - Structured Finance Hackathon

From the Organizers:

The Structured Finance Hackathon returns online and in Barcelona this June with a fresh set of fintech challenges.

Hosted at the former Barcelona Stock Exchange – now home to the Barcelona Finance Hub – this hybrid competition brings together developers, data scientists, and finance professionals to prototype new tools for systems that remain underserved by modern tech.

Many sectors of financial services, including structured finance, still rely on manual processes, siloed systems, and legacy infrastructure. With the rise of AI and composable tools, now is the right moment to apply new thinking to old bottlenecks.

Participants will team up to tackle real-world challenges set by domain experts – from agent workflows and disaster risk modeling to smart transaction routing and linking fragmented systems. It’s about showing what you can do with your creativity and skills.

Challenges

• Agent Automation: Agentic AI is finding purpose within several industries, taking automation to unprecedented levels. Meanwhile, the structured finance sector still heavily relies on manual work. How do we use agentic AI to automate one or more phases of the structured finance lifecycle?
  
  
• Enhancing Banking Resilience: Banks have billions in loan exposure and don’t have the tools to anticipate the financial ripple effects of extreme risks. What kind of AI-powered tools can help banks anticipate financial risks associated with natural disasters?
  
  
• Future-Proofing Retirement: Europe’s aging population is straining pension systems as financial regulations and initiatives like the Capital Markets and Savings and investments Unions (SIU) evolve. How can AI help create investment products that support sustainable retirement?