FinSpark 2025 ends with an explosive finale

On the evening of May 15, the 7 best teams of FinSpark 2025 from leading universities in Vietnam had an exciting and intense competition. The Sixdigits team won the championship of this year's competition.

After more than 4 months of launching and implementing, the FinSpark competition attracted nearly 300 candidates from many universities across the country, going through rigorous selection rounds, interviews, intensive training and practical experience at businesses to select the 7 best teams to enter the final round.

In the final night, 35 students – the most outstanding “warriors” of FinSpark this year – competed together, bringing presentations full of courage, creativity and fintech style.

The 7 best teams entered the final round of Finspark 2025.

FinSpark - Unlesh your inner maverick is the first fintech talent development program held in Vietnam with the largest scale and awards ever organized by the Banking Academy in collaboration with F88 - the leading affordable finance chain in the alternative finance sector in Vietnam, co-organized with the support and sponsorship of reputable commercial banks, insurance and telecommunications companies in the country.

The goal of the competition is to create a large-scale playground to find and nurture talented young people in the field of fintech. The program not only brings open opportunities for students in the field of technology - finance, but also pioneers in unleashing and nurturing the innovative startup capacity and breakthrough creative thinking of Digital Mavericks for the next generation - thereby contributing to promoting the development of the Vietnamese fintech ecosystem.

The Organizing Committee honors the Program Sponsors.

Speaking at the program, Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Thanh Phuong - Deputy Director of Banking Academy, Head of Advisory Board for Startup Support and Innovation of Banking Academy congratulated the contestants for overcoming the challenging journey to participate in the final night, and highly appreciated the comprehensive maturity of the teams. He also expressed gratitude to the sponsors, partners and experts who have accompanied and supported the students on their journey to become future fintech talents.

Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thanh Phuong, Deputy Director, Head of the Advisory Board for Startup and Innovation Support, Banking Academy, spoke at the Finspark 2025 finale.

Representative of the co-organizer, Mr. Nguyen Cong Niem - Deputy General Director in charge of strategy of F88 Company - said that " FinSpark 2025 is not only a competition but also an opportunity for young people to experience reality.

Candidates not only try their hand at professional challenges but also get to "practice" at businesses, experience a real working environment and understand technology and financial problems in a volatile market context."

At the final night, 07 teams brought creative and highly applicable topics, solving many practical problems of businesses. InFINcible team introduced the project "Phuc Bat AI - Financial Treasure" with the expectation of building a smart financial personalization solution. Sixdigits team presented the Sysdigit system - a solution to help the F88 sales team convert from the traditional sales model to the Digital Salesperson model.

Snow White Team developed a voice-activated insurance purchasing application for OPES businesses. FinNova Team introduced Vbee – a Mobile Money application for financialeducation for children. Lowtechies Team presented a travel insurance business solution on the Mytour platform.

Team 5 Sheep proposed to expand the “Buy Now Pay Later” service on the MBBank banking application. Team Fintastic aims to support freelancers and small businesses to access finance more easily with AI and big data technology, while optimizing investment activities with low risk. Each project is a unique perspective on the market, clearly demonstrating the students' hard work in research, analytical ability and creative entrepreneurial spirit.

The teams compete in the final night.

After a dramatic competition with the topic Sysdigit - a solution to convert traditional sales models to Digital Salesperson for F88, the Sixdigits team, including students from the Banking Academy and Foreign Trade University, won the FinSpark 2025 championship. The FinNova team won the second prize, and the 5 Sheep team won the third prize.

The program also honored teams with breakthrough ideas and impressive presentations. In addition to the exciting competition atmosphere, the final night was also an opportunity for the organizers and the audience to look back on the FinSpark journey - a journey of knowledge, inspiration, maturity and connection. The sparks of passion for the financial technology field have been ignited, spread and will certainly continue to burn brightly in the future.

Team Sixdigits – consisting of students from the Banking Academy and Foreign Trade University – has won the FinSpark 2025 championship.

Closing the first season with many memorable marks, FinSpark 2025 is not only a competition but has truly become a launching pad for young Vietnamese talents to embark on a potential fintech journey.

See you again, “Digital Mavericks” in the next seasons, with new challenges, new playgrounds and greater aspirations for a growing and breakthrough Vietnamese fintech ecosystem.

Ha An

Source: https://vtcnews.vn/finspark-2025-khep-lai-voi-dem-chung-ket-bung-no-ar943578.html