Hack to the Future event organized by Vakıfbank was held on Friday, April 28, at Vakıfbank’s Headquarters in Istanbul. From social responsibility and sustainability to digital banking user experience and design, from new-generation customer communication to innovative products and services, many teams participated in the competition.
Only 12 teams qualified for the finals. 5 awards were given in the following categories; “Best MVP,” “Best Social Enterprise,” “Most Innovative Technological Solution,” “Best User Experience Design,” and “Most Global Solution” while Bilkent University senior computer engineering students Lara Fenercioğlu, Bedirhan Sakinoğlu, and Sebahattin Utku Sezer, won the “Best Social Enterprise” award.
Their project, “Mutrivia,” is an artificial intelligence-supported competitive mobile quiz about cultural activities developed for banks and encouraging participation in such activities. The project addresses a common problem that mobile banking applications face: not having loyal user base. Moreover, most banks do not sufficiently encourage customers to participate in cultural activities thus; it is aimed to collect aMuse points that users can use in cultural activities, with the quiz integrated into the bank mobile application.