National Hackathon Challenge  

Building Intelligent  Financial Infrastructure: AI-Driven eKYC, Digital Identity, SSO & Card-Based Trust Systems  

Domain: Financial Infrastructure | AI | Digital Identity | Secure Payments | Authentication  
Industry Focus: Financial Service Providers, FinTech Infrastructure, Payment Networks  

Vision  

The next generation of financial infrastructure requires:  

Trusted digital identity  

Secure biometric authentication  

Federated Single Sign-On (SSO)  

Portable eKYC  

Card-linked identity capable of performing transactions  

This hackathon challenges participants to build:  

A unified Intelligent Identity & Transaction Infrastructure Layer powering onboarding, authentication, and secure financial transactions.  

Solutions should be deployable across emerging and global markets and relevant for infrastructure innovators such as Kifiya, as well as global networks like Visa and Mastercard.  

Intended Impact 

The goal of this hackathon is to accelerate: 

• Trusted digital identity adoption 

• Portable eKYC across institutions 

• Secure federated authentication 

• Fraud-resistant transaction systems 

• Card-linked identity innovation 

• Financial inclusion at scale 

Winning solutions may be considered for: 

• Pilot deployment 

• Strategic partnerships or hire 

• Integration into real-world financial ecosystems  

• MVP
  Infrastructure Innovation 20% Identity & SSO Architecture 15% Card Identity & Transaction Design 20% AI & Biometric Robustness 15% Security & Privacy 15% Financial Ecosystem Relevance 10% Scalability & UX 5%