What to create

At any time, and at its sole discretion, the Poster will have the ability to re-assign a submitted submission from one Category to another or to disqualify a submission for not sufficiently fitting the main requirement.

Functionality

The application must be functioning on the platform for which it is intended and submitted for relevant testing prior to the end of the Submission Period.

Platforms

A submitted Application must run on at least one of the following:

• a smartphone or tablet (iOS, Android, or Windows Mobile)
• a web browser (mobile or desktop)
• a desktop computer (Windows PC, Mac Desktop)
• other hardware (including, but not limited to, wearable technology, open source hardware, or proprietary hardware)

New and Existing Applications

Applications may be either newly created not more than a week prior to the main event of Hackathon. Makers entering applications that existed prior to the start of the Submission Period will be required to explain how their application has been updated during the Submission Period.

Testing

The maker must make the application available free of charge and without any restriction, for testing, evaluation and use by the Poster, Administrator, and Judges during the Hackathon until the winners have been announced.

Multiple Submissions

A Maker may submit more than one Submission, however, each Submission must be unique and substantially different from each of the Maker’s other Submissions, as determined by the Poster and/or the Administrator.

SDKs, APIs, & Data

Applications may integrate SDKs, APIs and data, provided the Maker has the rights to use them.

Intellectual Property

Your Submission must: (a) be your (or your Team, or Organization’s) original work product; (b) be solely owned by you, your Team, or your Organization with no other person or entity having any right or interest in it; (c) not violate the intellectual property rights or other rights including but not limited to copyright, trademark, patent, contract, and/or privacy rights, of any other person or entity; and (d) comply with the Developer Agreement and all terms, rules and policies that Poster or its affiliates make available regarding submission of Applications. A Maker may contract with a third party for technical assistance to create the Submission provided the Submission components are solely the Maker’s work product and the result of the Maker’s ideas and creativity, and the Maker owns all rights to them. A Maker may submit a Submission that includes the use of open source software or hardware, provided the Maker complies with applicable open source licenses and, as part of the Submission, creates software that enhances and builds upon the features and functionality included in the underlying open source product. By entering the Hackathon you represent, warrant, and agree that your Submission meets these requirements.

Financial or Preferential Support

Applications must not have been developed, or derived from an application developed, with financial or preferential support from the Poster or Administrator. Such applications include, but are not limited to, those that received funding or investment for their development, were developed under contract, or received a commercial license, from the Poster or Administrator any time prior to the end of the Submission Period. This includes applications that have been funded or co-developed by Finastra, including applications that earn money through licensing. The Administrator, at their sole discretion, may disqualify a Submission, if awarding a prize to the Submission or Maker would create a real or apparent conflict of interest.

Applications Provided Free of Charge

Applications must be provided free of charge until the winners of the Hackathon have been announced

Text Description, Image, and Video Requirements

The text description should explain the features and functionality of your application.

First Prize

• Rs 25,000 (Rupees Twenty Five Thousands only)
• 75$ AWS credit to each member of the team

Second Prize

• Rs 15,000 (Rupees Fifteen Thousand only)
• 75$ AWS credit to each member of the team

Third Prize

• Rs 5,000 (Rupees Five Thousand only)
• 75$ AWS credit to each member of the team

Verification Requirement

THE AWARD OF A PRIZE TO A POTENTIAL WINNER IS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION OF THE IDENTITY, QUALIFICATIONS AND ROLE OF THE POTENTIAL WINNER IN THE CREATION OF THE SUBMISSION. No submission or submitter shall be deemed a winning submission or winner until their post-Hackathon prize affidavits have been completed and verified, even if prospective winners have been announced verbally or on the Hackathon. The final decision to designate a winner shall be made by the Poster and/or Administrator.

Required Forms

Potential winners will be notified on Hackathon after the Submission (the submitter is the “Representative” in the case of a Team or Organization). In order to receive a Prize, the potential winner (including all participating team members in the case of a Team or Organization) will be required to sign affidavit(s) of eligibility (or a similar verification document) and liability/publicity release(s), and any applicable tax forms (“Required Forms”)

Disqualification

The Administrator or Poster may deem a potential winner (or participating team members) ineligible to win if

• the potential winner’s Representative or any participating member does not respond to call from on stage or fails to sign and return, responds and rejects the Prize
• the Prize or Prize notification is returned as undeliverable; or
• the Submission or the potential winner, or any member of a potential winner’s Team or Organization, is disqualified for any other reason.

In the event of a disqualification, the Administrator or Poster may award the applicable Prize to an alternate potential winner.

Substitutions & Changes

The Poster has the right to make a Prize substitution of equivalent or greater value. The Poster will not award a Prize if there are no eligible Submissions entered in the Hackathon, or if there are no eligible Makers or Submissions for a specific Prize.

Prize Delivery

Prizes will be payable to the Maker, if an individual, to the Maker’s Representative, if a Team, or to the Organization, if the Maker is an Organization. It will be the responsibility of the winning Maker’s Representative to allocate the Prize among their Team or Organization’s participating members, as the Representative deems appropriate.

Prizes are payable via any means of choosing, whether electronic or not, and are payable only after receipt of the Required Forms. A winning Maker may be required to provide a mailing address, bank information, and/or create an account with an electronic payment provider of Poster/Adminstrator choosing in order to receive payment.

Failure to provide correct information on the Required Forms, or other correct information required for the delivery of a Prize, may result in delayed Prize delivery, disqualification or the Maker, or forfeiture of a Prize.

Prize Delivery Timeframe

Within 15 working days of the receipt of the Required Forms. Prizes for any potential winner under the age of the majority in their country of residence will be fulfilled to the potential winner’s parent or legal guardian.

Fees & Taxes

Winners (and in the case of Team or Organization, all participating members) are responsible for any fees associated with receiving or using a prize, including but not limited to, wiring fees. Winners (and in the case of Team or Organization, all participating members) are responsible for reporting and paying all applicable taxes in their jurisdiction of residence (federal, state/provincial/territorial and local). Winners may be required to provide certain information to facilitate receipt of the award, including completing and submitting any tax or other forms necessary for compliance with applicable withholding and reporting requirements. Winners are also responsible for complying with banking regulations in their respective jurisdictions and reporting the receipt of the Prize to relevant government departments/agencies, if necessary. Poster/Administrator reserves the right to withhold a portion of the prize amount to comply with the tax laws of the Government of Nepal and its jurisdiction, or those of a winner’s jurisdiction.