Allied Bank Unveils Top 4 Winners of 4th Fintech Hackathon 2025

Allied Bank Limited (ABL) has officially announced the Top 4 winners of the 4th Allied Bank Fintech Hackathon 2025 under the Early-Stage Category, celebrating the next generation of innovators driving Pakistan’s financial technology landscape.

Following weeks of ideation, innovation, and competition, the hackathon brought together some of the most promising minds from the fintech and startup ecosystem. The event served as a platform for young innovators to tackle real-world banking challenges and develop disruptive digital financial solutions.

The winning teams—BlockLease, Paymo, Cora, and AlliedVoice, stood out for their creativity, technical excellence, and potential to transform the future of finance.

“Your ideas have set new standards for fintech innovation,” Allied Bank stated, congratulating all the winners and participants for their outstanding contributions to the competition.

The hackathon, held in collaboration with LUMS, is part of Allied Bank’s broader commitment to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in Pakistan’s financial sector. Through such initiatives, ABL aims to bridge the gap between traditional banking and emerging fintech solutions by engaging directly with the country’s brightest young developers, technologists, and entrepreneurs.

Each winning project represents a unique approach to modern banking, from digital leasing and payments to customer engagement and voice-based financial services, underscoring the diversity of ideas shaping the fintech ecosystem.

With the success of its fourth edition, Allied Bank continues to position itself as a key enabler of digital transformation in Pakistan’s financial industry, empowering startups to build scalable, impactful fintech solutions that redefine how people and businesses interact with financial services.

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