Name: NextGenHack
Start: 2026-03-21T08:30:00Z
End: 2026-03-21T20:00:00Z
Location: Business School, The University of Edinburgh

NextGenHack

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Business School, The University of Edinburgh

Get ready for NextGenHack, NatWest Group’s high energy hackathon where students come together to tackle real world technology challenges in a bank using fresh ideas and responsible tech.Inspired by NatWest’s purpose of turning possibilities into progress, the event is a welcoming, inclusive space where every voice matters, and diverse perspectives strengthen solutions.Over one fast‑paced, creativity‑fuelled day, you'll be placed into an interdisciplinary team and choose a challenge theme: fraud prevention, ethical and inclusive banking, or AI‑powered customer experiences. From early brainstorming to building a prototype, NatWest industry experts will support you, challenge your thinking, and cheer you on.You’ll be encouraged to stay curious, put customers first, work as one team, and learn quickly through experimentation. With responsible innovation at the heart of the day, you’ll design solutions that are fair, secure, trustworthy and accessible.NextGenHack mirrors the way NatWest builds better banking every day, collaborating across disciplines, using data ethically, and turning ideas into real improvements for customers.Your final pitch to a mixed judging panel consisting of industry experts from NatWest and Google along with your University Professor is your chance to showcase your story, impact and creativity.Open to 3rd and 4th Year Undergraduate Students and Masters students from the Schools of Business, Economics, Informatics, Maths and Engineering and Edinburgh Futures Institute. Participants will be placed into small interdisciplinary teams, focusing on one of three challenge areas: fruad detection, ethical banking &amp; financial inclusion and AI powered banking experience. As the final challenges will be shared on the morning of hackathon, those teams who want to change their problem statement will have flexibility to do so.The winning and a runner-up team will receive exciting goodies and a special invite to meet NatWest Group's leadership team during an Insight Event at their Edinburgh office.This hackathon is hosted by the University of Edinburgh Business School's Centre for Financial Innovations (ECFI) in partnership with NatWest Group, Google Cloud and Edinburgh Venture Point.Important date: Wednesday 11 March 2026, 15:30-17:00 -<a href="" title="" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> </a>join an online pre-hackathon exclusive Google Cloud enablement session. This session will help you accelerate your journey and maximize your use of Google Cloud Platform.

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