{"id":13161,"date":"2019-06-26T06:57:33","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T06:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=13161"},"modified":"2019-06-26T06:57:33","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T06:57:33","slug":"bfc-takes-part-in-e-commerce-and-fintech-hackathon-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/bfc-takes-part-in-e-commerce-and-fintech-hackathon-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"BFC takes part in E-commerce and FinTech Hackathon 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bfconsulting.com\/\">BFC<\/a> experts took part in <em>E-Commerce and FinTech Hackathon 2019<\/em>, which was held June 14-16, 2019 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. During the event, participants were given 54 hours to turn their ideas about e-commerce development and cross-border trade into working projects. Evaluation of the projects as well as technical assistance was provided to participating teams by representatives of the Kyrgyz IT community as well as a number of invited foreign experts.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 10 participating teams, 7 were able to develop and present their projects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ArgoSale \u2013 a marketplace for farmers and agricultural processors to interact and make payment transactions<\/li>\n<li>ToastPay \u2013 a Chrome extension-like service designed to simplify the process for obtaining consumer loans for electronics store purchases<\/li>\n<li>Alternative Microcredit Service \u2013 a solution that uses questionnaires and social network analyses in borrower scoring<\/li>\n<li>Online Store Delivery Service \u2013 a platform that facilitates more efficient interactions between online stores and delivery services<\/li>\n<li>Farmer Booking \u2013 a marketplace for pre-ordering agricultural products and services<\/li>\n<li>Eco Dyikan \u2013 a marketplace and delivery service for agricultural products<\/li>\n<li>PayJet Cashback Service \u2013 a telegram bot that allows for products to be easily purchased from partner online stores with a cashback reward system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Speaking about the event, BFC expert Artem Bubkin (credit process automation expert and representative of BFC\u2019s MasterAPS development team) stated, \u201cthe hackathon was organized at a high level, and I hope that there will be many more similar opportunities in the future to promote the development of e-commerce and FinTech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13163\" src=\"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/64728227_2847892798769189_8380471193047662592_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/64728227_2847892798769189_8380471193047662592_n.jpg 960w, 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sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13167\" src=\"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/65211919_2847880745437061_2798484124661186560_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/65211919_2847880745437061_2798484124661186560_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/65211919_2847880745437061_2798484124661186560_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/65211919_2847880745437061_2798484124661186560_n-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>E-Commerce and FinTech Hackathon 2019<\/em> was organized by <a href=\"https:\/\/kglabs.org\/\">KG Labs<\/a> and financially-supported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.giz.de\/en\/worldwide\/62251.html\">GIZ\u2019s <em>Trade Facilitation in Central Asia<\/em> project<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/ipc.kg\/\">Interbank Processing Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-13161 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Why the FinTech revolution has not turned the financial industry on its head'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/why-the-fintech-revolution-has-not-turned-the-financial-industry-on-its-head\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/why-the-fintech-revolution-has-not-turned-the-financial-industry-on-its-head-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-14412\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text 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During the event, participants were given 54 hours to turn their ideas about e-commerce development and cross-border trade into working projects. 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