Satbayev University Fintech team presented an AI solution in the financial literacy field and became the winner of Halyk Bank hackathon

Satbayev University students became the winners of Halyk OIY Student Hackathon 2025, winning the honorable second place among the strongest student teams in the country. Hackathon took place at the end of September and brought together talented participants from different universities who were working for 24 hours to create innovative solutions for the real tasks of Halyk Bank.

Satbayev University team called Fintech presented a project based on the use of artificial intelligence to teach financial literacy from an early age. Students’ elaboration is an application that teaches children how to set financial goals, save money, and use the bank's services in the playful way. Children apply Halyk Bank services to learn how to manage finances and gradually grow up with the bank.

Owing to the well-coordinated work, the guys managed not only to implement a technologically complex solution in the limited time, but also to prove that Satbayev University trains specialists capable of creating the projects with real value for business and society.

"We were glad to become a part of the given hackathon and present our project. Thanks a lot to Halyk Bank for the opportunity to prove ourselves and gain invaluable experience," Yeldana Abilmazhinova, a member of Fintech team, shared her impressions.

Halyk OIY Student Hackathon became a platform for students to test their knowledge in the intense challenge, expand professional contacts, and gain inspiration for future research and elaborations. For Satbayev University, this victory was another confirmation of the high level of training the students in IT and financial technologies sphere, as well as University's commitment to forming a new generation of engineers and innovators.