BNKHUB, in partnership with StartupTN, proudly presents Fintech Hackathon 2025 – Unlocking Financial Inclusion through Innovation, Tamil Nadu’s largest and most ambitious Fintech Hackathon at the prestigious Centre of Excellence in Biotechnology, TNAU – Coimbatore, which marks a significant leap towards fostering financial innovation and inclusion across the state.
The event was officially inaugurated on August 1st (Global Fintech Day) in the presence of Jinu Bala Jeyakumar, Additional Director, STPI, Coimbatore; Gayathri, Project Lead, Startup TN, and Rajasekhar, Project Associate, StartupTN along with BNKHUB Founders Abhilash Chandran and Nimmy John, Sasikumar, Chief Compliance Officer, Deepika Nagarajan, Chief Product Officer and Hackathon Leads Pavithra Devi and Vasanth Krishna.
BNKHUB’s Fintech Hackathon 2025 represents a comprehensive launchpad designed to inspire, mentor, and empower aspiring entrepreneurs across multiple segments, including students, early-stage founders, fintech enthusiasts, and young developers.
The initiative provides participants with an outstanding platform to solve real-world financial challenges through industry mentorship, cutting-edge infrastructure, and a substantial ₹25 Lakh worthy startup support package.
Abhilash Chandran, Founder & CEO of BNKHUB, remarked, “This hackathon is a statement to the talent and potential within Tamil Nadu’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. With this initiative, we are not just seeking solutions, but building a sustainable movement for financial inclusion through technology.”
The Fintech Hackathon 2025 offers participants a comprehensive startup journey that transforms ideas into market-ready ventures.
Participants will work on live problem statements, presenting solutions that span the entire development spectrum from initial ideation to functional prototypes, minimum viable products (MVPs), and ultimately, growth-ready products.
Finalists and winners will benefit from extensive end-to-end support that includes personalized mentorship from industry experts, regulatory compliance guidance to navigate the complex fintech regulatory landscape, strategic go-to-market assistance to ensure successful product launches, and ongoing support extending to revenue generation and business scaling.
The hackathon challenges participants to develop groundbreaking solutions across seven critical fintech domains.
These include Financial Inclusion & Neo Banking initiatives aimed at bringing underserved populations into the formal financial ecosystem, and Digital Lending & Credit Scoring platforms that can revolutionize access to credit through innovative assessment mechanisms.
Participants can also explore Payments & UPI Solutions to enhance India’s digital payment infrastructure, develop Finance Management & Budgeting Tools that empower individuals and businesses with better financial control, and create Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) & Embedded Finance solutions that seamlessly integrate financial services into various platforms.
Additionally, innovators can leverage AI for Chatbots, Financial Reconciliation & Audit Automation to streamline financial operations, while an open category welcomes other disruptive fintech innovations that push the boundaries of traditional financial services.
The hackathon welcomes a diverse range of participants, including students from academic institutions, early-stage founders with entrepreneurial aspirations, fintech enthusiasts passionate about financial technology, and young developers with technical expertise, all across India.
Interested participants must complete their registration by August 20, 2025, through the official registration portal at form.startuptn.in/FH to secure their participation in this transformative fintech innovation platform.About BNKHUB
BNKHUB is a pioneering fintech company redefining agent banking and digital payments for merchants across India.
