KUALA LUMPUR: RHB Banking Group has launched the Get Your Hack On (GYHO) hackathon with an Asean edition to unearth new innovative solutions that can revolutionise customers' banking experiences across the Southeast Asian region.
Group chief strategy and innovation officer Ryan Teoh said a key success driver in RHB's digital innovation is the bank's willingness to invest in the right people with the right digital skillsets.
Teoh said that since the banking group's first hackathon in 2021, it had seen increasing momentum in digital and technology innovation from participants.
"By extending our reach throughout the region, we look forward to encouraging even more tech innovators to showcase new and exciting ideas and solutions at this edition of RHB Get Your Hack On," he said in a statement.
The banking group is calling on great tech talents from all over the region to showcase their talents in tech, design and business development by competing in this 48-hour coding hackathon.
"Tech innovators are evaluated based on their abilities in developing unique ideation for innovative banking solutions, originality and good design, as well as their technical ability to execute the proposed solutions," it said.
RHB GYHO is a platform that creates great opportunities for tech talents and offers business opportunities to those with the ability to develop unique new solutions and prototypes that can revolutionise the banking experience.
This platform also provides career opportunities to talents who successfully demonstrate their resolve towards new customer-centric ideation, a strong customer-first culture, and a clear focus on resolving frictions and customer pain points.
RHB GYHO Asean Edition 2023 offers attractive cash prizes of more than US$10,000.
The Champions will walk away with US$5,000, while the second and third-placed teams will receive US$2,500 and US$1,000, respectively, with other consolation prizes and special awards.
This year's Get Your Hack On ASEAN Edition 2023 virtual hackathon will be held from January 13 to 15, with the grand finals happening on January 28, 2023.