The Money Hack Hackathon

Money Hack

Minneapolis College, April 7-8, 2022

The Minneapolis College Hackathon gives you real-life experience using our APIs. At this event, you’ll solve business problems with new mobile app solutions through hands-on learning activities intended to support the understanding and use of APIs in app development.

Challenges and prizes

Challenges

How can U.S. Bank help you and college students feel more secure about your finances, be better prepared to weather unexpected expenses, and be a helpful partner through life’s moments – big or small.

With that in mind, how might you create a solution to help students be successful in managing their money?

For example, how might you:

Create a budgeting tool? What would you like it to do?
Develop a tool that rewards for good financial behavior?
Provide tools and resources around debt management?

Judging criteria

Simplicity (5 points): Is the application simple to use and can the team explain it clearly in three sentences or less?
Creativity (5 points): How creative was the team in developing an innovative solution for the challenge?
Impact (5 points): Did the team create an application that can have a real and valuable impact?
Design (5 points): Was the UX/UI intuitive and appealing?

Prizes

Each student of the winning teams (maximum 5 students per team) will receive:

First Place: $500 VISA gift card
Second place: $250 VISA gift card
Third Place: $100 VISA gift card
Audience Choice award: Attend the event to find out the prize.

Plus, get some cool SWAG including our collector’s edition Hackathon t-shirt, notebooks and door prizes.