Global IME Bank is back with the second edition of its hackathon aimed at promoting innovation and advancing digital banking solutions. Following the success of Nepal’s first banking sector AI/ML hackathon held last year, this event provides a platform for budding talent and professionals to showcase their skills. The competition aims to discover innovative technologies to tackle industry challenges and contribute to the development of technology-driven services in Nepal.
📅 Event Dates: May 29 to May 31, 2026 (Onsite Hackathon)
⏳ Application Deadline: May 4, 2026 (5:00 PM)
👥 Team Size: Individual submission or teams of up to 5 members
💰 Cost: Free
• Autonomous Lending: Multi-agent systems for document verification and NRB-compliant credit scoring
• Fraud Detection: ML systems for specialized transaction monitoring and context-aware verification
• Voice Assistant: Generative AI supporting English, Nepali and NepGlish for autonomous banking
• Security Systems: AI-based intrusion detection for identifying zero-day attacks and network anomalies
• Compete: Showcase your AI and ML skills in a real-world setting
• Collaborate: Work on impactful banking solutions
• Innovate: Solve challenges in digital banking systems
• Opportunity: Potential collaboration with the bank
• Expert Review: Papers evaluated by the Bank’s Technical Paper Reviewing Committee
• Classification: Entries ranked as Extremely Useful, Intuitive, or Not Useful Enough
• Selection: “Extremely Useful” and “Intuitive” categories will auto-qualify for the Hackathon
Global IME Bank
📧 hackathon@gibl.com.np
🌐 facebook.com/globalimebank
🔗 https://hackathon.gibl.com.np/
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