01Move money
Payments
Help people send money, get paid or see where a payment has gone.
Speed · Access · Simplicity↗
An after-work fintech hackathon
Start where
money gets stuck.
A payment that stalls. A small business turned away. A scam that looks real. Choose one problem and build something that helps.
- Date & time
- 13 October 2026 · 6–9 pm
- Location
- London
01 / The challenge
What will you work on?
Three problem areas. Sponsors will share tracks and suggested prompts for the event. Start with a problem you can explain and a person who needs it solved.
01
02Open the door
Access to finance
Help people and small businesses get the finance they need.
Access · Agency · Growth↗
03Earn confidence
Fraud and security
Help people spot scams and protect the money in their accounts.
Safety · Clarity · Resilience↗
02 / Judging criteria
What the judges
will look for.
Each project is scored across four areas.
0130%
Real-world impact
Who needs this, and what would it improve for them?
0225%
Originality
What makes your approach different and better?
0325%
Execution & craft
Can you show the main task working from start to finish?
0420%
Trust & responsibility
What could go wrong, and how would you protect users?
03 / The judges
Who you’re pitching to.
Investors, product builders and people who work with financial data every day.
Investor · Episode 1
Nuan Zhang
Writes the first cheque for fintech founders at Episode 1, then helps them scale. Win her over with users who can’t live without it.
LinkedIn ↗
Private equity · Verdane
Till Tornieporth
Built a company himself, and now backs fast-growing tech at Verdane. Win him over with a path from tonight to thousands of users.
LinkedIn ↗
Product manager · Experian
Anna Zverkova
Builds products at Experian on one of the world’s biggest pools of financial data. Win her over with data used right, and responsibly.
LinkedIn ↗
Insurtech product · Howden HX
Luka Dadiani
Has launched insurance startups from inside HX, Howden’s innovation lab. Win him over with a flow so smooth it needs no pitch.
LinkedIn ↗How judging works.
Scored on the four criteria above01 · Review
Every demo is watched
Projects are shared out between the judges. Each judge watches their share, up to 1:30 per demo, and scores every one.
02 · Top picks
One pick per track
Each judge picks their best project in each track: Payments, Access to finance, and Fraud and security.
03 · Shortlist
Top 6 present live
The whole panel scores every judge’s picks. The top 6 teams present on stage.
04 · Winners
Four winners
One winner per track, plus one overall winner, chosen from the live presentations.
04 / FAQ
Good to know.
Who can take part?
Everyone. You do not need to be a student or study at LSE. Developers, designers, people who know finance and first-time builders are all welcome.
When and where is it?
Tuesday 13 October 2026, 6–9 pm in London.
Do I need a team or an idea?
No. Come on your own if you like. There will be time to meet people and form a team. Bring a problem you care about or start with a sponsor suggestion.
What tools can I use?
Any tools you like. Sponsors will provide tracks and suggestions, but you can choose how you solve the problem.
What do we submit?
Your track, a project name and short description, your team members with their LinkedIn profiles, and a Loom or YouTube demo of 1 minute 30 seconds or less. Submit through the submission portal. You get a private link to edit your entry until submissions close. Building with an AI agent? Tell it: “Read shiptonight.com/submit.md and follow it to submit this project.”
How is judging done?
Each judge watches and scores their share of the demos, then picks one project per track. The whole panel scores those picks and the top 6 teams present live. There is one winner per track and one overall winner.
Who owns what we build?
You and your team own the work you create. Taking part does not transfer ownership to the organisers or sponsors. Terms for any third-party tools or data you choose to use still apply.
05 / Take part
Submissions & judging
Submit a project when your team is ready. Judges can sign in to review entries.
For builders
Submit a project
Tell us what you built, who it helps and who is on your team. Include LinkedIn profiles and a Loom or YouTube demo.
Open submission portal↗
For judges
Review submissions
Sign in with your judge link to watch demos, score each project on the four criteria and choose your top picks.
Judge sign in↗
06 / Sponsors
Brought to you by.
Presented by
Singapore Global Network
A division of the Singapore Economic Development Board, SGN connects more than 250,000 professionals with people and opportunities in Singapore and beyond.
Join the network ↗With
LSE Generate
LSE’s home for entrepreneurship helps students and alumni develop ideas, build businesses and bring them into the world.
Explore LSE Generate ↗Token sponsor
Zaro
A London AI company building one workspace that brings a company’s AI tools, workflows and data together. Zaro is covering tokens tonight: if you come from an enterprise background, build with Zaro. Ask an organiser to get set up.
Visit Zaro ↗Build partner
Foldo
A vibe-coding platform for hackathons. Describe an app in plain words and Foldo builds it and runs it live in your browser, with finance starter templates to get going fast.
Build on Foldo ↗