YES Bank Datathon Showcases the Future of Banking with AI and Machine Learning

FinTech is a hot topic, not just in India, but globally. Not just the big banks and IT companies, several startups are trying to crack the next big thing which will shape the future of banking, including tech like blockchain, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. With Datathon, YES Bank, India's fourth largest private sector bank has taken upon itself to figure out how to leverage the new age technologies and turn them into scalable solutions. Launched in September 2018, YES Bank Datathon had 6000 Data scientists, engineers, and developers work to develop 20 data-driven products in an accelerated 100 day period. The top 200 teams (out of 1600) included not only students from top technology institutes like IIT Bombay, Chennai, Kharagpur, but also 150 professionals from organizations like IBM, Walmart Labs, Siemens, Amazon Development Centre, Capillary Technology, TCS, Accenture, Amdocs and Infosys.