You and your team (or you alone) come up with brilliant concepts and prototypes for a chance to win big:

• US$100,000 in total prize pool for the top teams
• A chance for a job at DBS
• Have your solution implemented at DBS!

Benefits for all participants include:

• Online access to engage with our expert panel
• Webinars with DBS leaders
• Free credits on AWS and Azure for those progressing to Phase 2

DBS Bank. We're a leading financial services group in Asia, and are headquartered in Singapore, with a growing presence in Greater China, Southeast Asia and South Asia. In 2018, we have been fortunate to be named the Best Bank in the World by Global Finance, and the World's Best Digital Bank by Euromoney, and in 2019 we received the award for the Most Innovative Financial Institution in Asia by Global Finance.

We welcome everyone to join! If you don't know how to code, you may want to team up with someone who does. Think of a concept, and based on the programming needs, you can find and enlist eager coders on forums such as the various developer groups on Facebook. You can find them by programming language and geographical location.

You must be 18 years old and above.

Absolutely not! This hackathon is free for participants.

We welcome individual participants, and teams of 2-4 persons. Each team must have a team name.

We welcome individual participants! Just make sure that as an individual, you will be able to deliver the solution as prototype. Also, an individual must still register a team in the pShift Hub in order to submit your concept(s).

You may do so within Phase 1 (ideation). Once your team has moved to Phase 2 (prototyping), the teams are locked in.

You can participate with an idea that you have not worked on before. Any existing idea(s) or projects related to your company that are already made available in the market will be disqualified.

Check out our themes section as idea starters. Those broad themes are some of the areas that DBS is currently exploring. As we're a customer-obsessed organization, we like to think about the customer pain points first before applying the technology as an enabler.

Phase 1 & 2 are online. Phase 3 will take place in Singapore on September 28 - 29

Make sure you read through our General Terms of Participation regarding intellectual property. If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].

For Phase 1 (ideation), submissions close on August 2. That said, the sooner you submit your concept, the better your chances are at US$200 of extra AWS credits, getting started earlier on prototyping and obtaining guidance from DBS mentors. For the other phases’ deadlines, please refer to Hack Phases.

For Phase 1 (ideation), submissions close on August 2. That said, the sooner you submit your concept, the better your chances are at US$200 of extra AWS credits, getting started earlier on prototyping and obtaining guidance from DBS mentors. For the other phases’ deadlines, please refer to Hack Phases.

During Phase 1 (ideation), our judges will progressively be reviewing all the concepts as we receive the submissions. So, the sooner you submit your concept(s), the sooner you get a chance to progress to prototyping. The official deadline for Phase 1 is August 2, so the latest that we’ll announce the teams moving to Phase 2 will be August 5. For the announcement of teams moving to Phase 3, we’ll inform them around mid-September at the latest.

First, you'll need to register as a participant.

1. Click on the Sign Up button
2. Enter your details
3. You'll get an email confirmation with your new login and password
4. Complete your profile

And tada! You are now registered in pShift Hub. You can now confirm your team, collaborate with your team, chat with the experts in an open forum and submit your solution details.

pShift Hub is the enclosed space for registered participants. You will be able to:

1. Register your team (make sure your teammates are registered themselves so that you can add them to your team)
2. Collaborate with your teammates
3. Ask the experts questions on the forum
4. Submit your concept(s)

1. Go into the pShift Hub by clicking on the Log in button
2. Once in your participant space, click on "Submit concept"
3. Fill out the form and attach any materials that will help illustrate your solution
4. Submit your concept(s)

For Phase 1 (ideation), yes absolutely! Each team can submit up to 3 concepts in Phase 1. Just note that to progress to Phase 2, we will only pick one concept per team. So our advice is to submit 3 concepts to maximize your chances of progressing to Phase 2!

In addition to engaging with you on your novel solutions, we're also interested in spotting great talent. If you're interested in exploring opportunities at DBS Bank, simply tick the checkbox "I am interested in recruitment" on your profile page in pShift Hub.

We have an exciting panel of experts from DBS and its partners, and they can't wait for you to ask them questions! Within the pShift Hub, you will find the Expert forums with 6 key topics. Each topic is hosted by experts - you may find the experts by topic here.

Sign up for an account and log into the pShift Hub and find the "General Hackathon Matters" forum. Ask your question there, and if it's relevant to more people, we'll add it in this FAQ section!