Competition Introduction
Competition Topic

Students are encouraged to focus on hot topics and specific pain points in financial industry, work as a team to propose practical FinTech solutions with commercial prospects, on either:

1. Any Financial IT related topics, or

2. One of ’Citi Challenges’ listed as below, with the opportunity to win the special prize.

1. Project Area-Data-driven Foreign Exchange Risk Signal Model
Citi Challenges Sponsored by

Challenge Background:

The global foreign exchange (FX) market is the world's largest financial market by trading volume among assets. Due to its high liquidity and wide participation, FX rates change rapidly. The prices that jump quickly on the screen are often related to multiple factors, including changes in fiscal and monetary policies, geopolitical changes, price fluctuations of related assets, and market risk sentiment. Whether in developed countries or emerging markets, FX movements will have a profound impact on the domestic economy and international trade.

For corporates, FX risk is directly related to the company's profitability, cost control and strategic planning. Similarly, financial institutions are constantly facing market risks brought about by FX fluctuations. Managing FX risk has thus become a key part in promoting the stable development of the real economy. However, how to accurately identify risk signals and seize the best opportunity for risk management in the context of complex market information has long been a problem that has plagued market participants. At Citi, the sales and trading team of the Global Markets relies on years of experience in tracking the market to identify the driving force of the current market and use a series of financial products to help corporates manage FX exposure. With the advancement of data analysis, Citi hopes to use more cutting-edge statistical and AI tools to integrate and analyze past trends, accurately capture exchange rate risk signals through multi-dimensional data models, and provide more forward-looking and scientific risk management support for corporates and financial institutions.

Challenge:

Use statistical learning, machine learning and large language model to process traditional financial data and alternative data set, automatically generate FX risk signals, reasonably explain the logic behind the signals, and show the backtest performance of risk signals under different market dynamics.

• Analyze the impact of different factors on FX rates, form risk signals for single currency pair, and show the backtest result.

• Regarding exposure of multiple currencies, need to consider correlation between involved currency pairs to form multiple risk signals.

Fine-tune signal parameters based on customized requirements for maximum drawdown ratio and trading period.

Citi China Markets
https://www.citi.com.cn/html /cn/CGI/Markets.html

2. Project Area-AI-Driven Data Processing and Fine-Tuning for Financial Applications
Citi Challenges Sponsored by

Challenge Background:

In Citi, data scientists are tasked with fine-tuning large language models (LLMs) to improve various financial applications, such as customer service chatbots, fraud detection, compliance monitoring, and personalized financial advice. However, a primary challenge is the transformation of user-provided documents, which contain vast amounts of unstructured information, into well-structured datasets suited for specific model training needs. Leveraging AI to automate the processing, chunking, and extraction of relevant information from these documents can significantly enhance the efficiency and accuracy of model fine-tuning.

Challenge:

Develop an AI-based system that can automatically transform user-provided documents into structured datasets for fine-tuning LLMs, addressing various financial application scenarios. The system should be versatile in handling different document formats and implement advanced data processing techniques such as chunking, retrieval, summarization, question-and-answer generation, and sentiment analysis. The goal is to ensure that the processed datasets are meaningful and contextually accurate, facilitating the fine-tuning of models for:

• Customer Service Chatbots: Generate training data that enables chatbots to understand and respond to a wide range of customer inquiries effectively.

• Fraud Detection: Extract patterns and anomalies from transaction data to train models that identify and prevent fraudulent activities.

• Compliance Monitoring: Summarize regulations and compliance documents to help models ensure adherence to financial regulations.

Additionally, the system should ensure data security, maintain user privacy, and adapt to different document types and financial application scenarios. Consideration of continuous learning and improvement mechanisms for adapting to evolving data and user requirements is also encouraged.

Citi Innovation Lab
https://www.citibank.com/tts/sa/ videos/innovation-lab-digital-banking .html
3. Project Area-DLT-based digital identity verification system for financial services
Citi Challenges Sponsored by

Challenge Background:

Cross-border transactions can take days due to involvement of multiple intermediaries and manual processes for KYC, compliance checks, and AML screening which is time-consuming and high cost. There’s no unified identity verification between institutions which results in redundancy, with multiple institutions having to verify the same identity at different stages.

With the growing importance of online transaction within financial institutions, the need for secure and reliable identity verification has become critical. Traditional identity verification systems are often centralized, leading to potential risks such as data breaches and misuse of personal information. In the contrary, DLT can provide a decentralized approach to storing and verifying identity data, improving security and privacy.

Challenge:

Prove that users can register and manage their digital identity securely, and financial institutions can verify the identities in a decentralized, trustless manner. Key components that you might want to include in your work:

• UI: A simple web or mobile interface for users to register their identity and for financial institutions to verify it.

• DLT Network: The decentralized ledger where identities are recorded immutably and verified.

• Smart Contracts: Used to manage the registration and verification logic on the blockchain.

• Authentication Mechanism: Ensuring that only authorized institutions can access and verify identities.

Citi Innovation Lab
https://www.citibank.com/tts/sa/ videos/innovation-lab-digital-banking .html
Competition Theme
Innovate and Improve. To guide students to focus on technology application in finance, and to resolve current challenges confronted during the development of the financial industry with knowledge acquired through innovative approaches.

Competition Participants
University students.

Major
No restriction, including but not limited to Software Engineering, Computer Science, Economics, Finance, Management, Information Management, or Language professionals etc.

Competition Agenda

Competition Schedule & Rules
1. Now – Jan. 3, 2025(by 12 pm)Registration(online)
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Notes:
1.Each team shall include no less than 3 students who are highly recommended from cross major (Finance, IT, etc.).
2.Each team can invite no more than two teachers/professors as Instructor.
3.Each team can only submit one project.

2. Feb.28, 2025(by 12 pm)Mid-term Project Report Submission (online)
  • By due, each team should submit only one ‘Project Report’ (Lean Canvas, format will be notified separately) which will be reviewed by judging committee as reference.
3. Mar.24, 2025(by 12 pm)Final Project Report Submission (online)
    By due, each team should submit below documents:
  • 1. Project Report (Lean Canvas, format will be notified separately)
  • 2. Business Plan
  • 3. Technology Implementation
  • 4. Declaration of Originality (format will be notified separately)
  • Any team which does not submit the ‘Declaration of Originality’ will be deemed to quit.
  • To promote ‘Citi Challenge’, the judging committee will give priority to reserving up to 10 of the top 20 finalists for the ‘Citi Challenge’ related projects (if any). The remaining places will be determined regardless of the topic selection.
4. Mar.25 – May 8, 2025 1st Round (online)
5. May 9, 2025 1st Round results announcement (online)
6. Jan. 2025 – before Finals(TBD)- Seminar Series (online)
  •   The organizing committee will provide all participating teams with sharing and guidance on a series of topics (technology, business, career development and entrepreneurship, etc.) (will be notified separately).
7. May or June of 2025(TBD)Finals and Awards Ceremony (Onsite)
  •   Each team will have a 10-minute presentation (to be completed by up to two students) and a maximum of 15 minutes of Q&A (to be completed by a maximum of five students) in the final session.
  •   Each team needs to prepare supporting documents related to presentation and Q&A.
  •   The ‘Citi Challenge’ Special Prize award selection is only available to teams (if any) who have accepted the ‘Citi Challenge’ topic.

Evaluation Items, Submit Document Checklist (Bilingual in Chinese and English) and Criteria

Prize
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Awards

Reward (the monetary prize will be issued through school)

Team(s)

Top 20 teams Grand Prize Certificate + $10,000 equivalent RMB / team 1 team
1st Prize Certificate + $3,000 equivalent RMB / team 2 teams
2nd Prize Certificate + $1,500 equivalent RMB / team 7 teams
3rd Prize Certificate 10 teams
‘Citi Challenge’ Special Prize – Citi China Markets Challenge (If any) Certificate + $5,000 equivalent RMB / team 1 team
‘Citi Challenge’ Special Prize – Citi Innovation Lab Challenge (If any) Certificate + $5,000 equivalent RMB / team 1 team
Instructor Prize Grand Prize: Certificate + $2,000 equivalent RMB / team 1 team
1st prize: Certificate + $500 equivalent RMB /team 2 teams
2nd prize: Certificate + $300 equivalent RMB /team 7 teams
3rd prize: Certificate 10 teams
‘Citi Challenge’ Special Prize:Certificate + $1,000 equivalent RMB / team (If any) 2 teams
Best Investment Potential Award Post EFG review, RMB 500,000 interest-free loan or RMB 800,000 in equity + entrepreneurial services provided by EFG (More details on the Foundation’s website www.stefg.org) Several teams
Teams that completed qualified projects Participation Certificate Certificate Only the team with qualified quality of the project by the judging committee
Participating universities Best Collaboration University Plaque (selected according to comprehensive criteria, e.g., number of registered teams, number of teams submitting complete projects, number of teams shortlist for finals etc.) 5 universities

  • • Additionally, Citi China will provide fast-track internship opportunities to the participant students (including current and previous):

Company Eligibility Fast-track Opportunities
 Citibank (China) Co., Ltd.  Students of Grand, 1st and ‘Citi Challenge’ Special Prize winner teams  All relevant majored students will have the second round of
CV rescreening or interview opportunities in late 2025 for:

2026 Summer Intern:Fresh graduates in 2027 (both undergraduate and graduate students)
Competition Introduction

With the continuous reform and opening up of China’s financial sector, Information Technology (IT) has increasingly become the fundamental driving force for the continuous innovation and healthy development of the financial service industry. At the same time, the majority of college students haven’t fully grasped the importance of IT to the financial industry, and lack the channels to acquire relevant practical knowledge and practical experience.

Aiming to support the development of China’s education and financial technology innovation through the cultivation of Financial IT interdisciplinary talents, Citigroup Services and Technology (China) Limited (hereinafter referred to as “CSTC”) formally established Citi Financial IT Education Fund Program in April 2004. Citi Financial Innovation Application Competition (formerly known as “Citi Financial IT Application Competition”, hereinafter referred to as “Citi Cup”) is an important part of the program, which aims to guide students to combine what they have learned with the development of the financial industry as well as social progress. Stimulate students' passion for science & technology as well as the financial industry, encourage teamwork, comprehensively use the knowledge they have learned, burst out financial innovations, and propose solutions with commercial prospects.

Since its establishment in 2005, Citi Cup has been recognized as a benchmark event in China's financial information technology sector, and has been supported by the Chinese government, education and industry for many years. More than 21,000 students and more than 2,100 teachers have participated in the competition. Every year, tens of thousands of teachers and students learn about the event online and in person. At the same time, through the accumulation of knowledge and experience in the competition, participants over the years have enjoyed positive development in their career in related industries such as Finance and IT after graduation.

Competition Influence
  • Winning team’s relevant information will be announced in the national mainstream media.
Advisory Committee

Citi Financial IT Education Program Council Committee

Judging Committee

Citi Financial Innovation Application Competition Judging Committee

About Citi Cup

Feel free to contact the Organizing Committee through website, email or call to understand more about the competition e.g. evaluation rules and progress. CSTC reserves all rights of interpretation.

Sponsor : Citibank (China) Co., Ltd.
Government Co-sponsor : Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization
Host :
Citigroup Services and Technology (China) Limited
Organizer : Nanjing University; Shanghai Technology Entrepreneurship Foundation for Graduates
Co-Organizer: The School of Management and Engineering, Nanjing University; The Software Institute, Nanjing University
Organizing Committee Contacts
Contact Person: Li, Haohua/ Liu, Yang/ Alice Xu/ Brad Chen
Telephone: 17200971884/ 025-89684713 (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday)/ 021-28960965/ 021-28960898
E-mail:hhli@nju.edu.cn; liuyang@nju.edu.cn; citi.cup.alumni@citi.com

Copyright Statement:
Citi Cup complies with the Copyright Law of the People’s Republic of China and related intellectual property law. All submissions must use author’s real name. Copyright of a submission belongs to the project team. Citi Cup Organizing Committee reserves rights to cite, post contents of the projects with project team’s permission. Citi Cup Organizing Committee does NOT take responsibility (and will not be held liable) for any copyright disputes or actions that may result from copyright infringement issues. Copying, reproduction, reprinting of the content of any project in/for any media must consult the project team and Citi Cup Organizing Committee first.

Winning Projects
  • 2023-2024 Award Winners
  • Grand Prize

    Observers From Luojia and Xipu- Equity Insight — Risk Management Pioneer Based on Equity Knowledge Graph
    Wuhan University、Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University、China Foreign Affairs University、Fuzhou University Zhicheng College

    First Prize

    1.NJU_Equity_Analysts- ChatWhale- ChatWhale-LLM-based Equity Intelligence Analytics Interactive Platform
    Nanjing University
    2.Ducks Power- Doraemon for Financial Analysts: Media Monitoring & Analysis Platform with advanced Hallucination management
    Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
    Second Prize

    1.Finance in the News- Enterprise Risk Decision Platform Based on Financial Big Knowledge Graph
    Wuhan University
    2.IntelliFlux- PropriskAI-One-stop risk real estate information service full vision AI
    Wuhan University、Shandong University
    3.Mechanized Heart- BondSenti:BERT-based Sentiment Analysis for Bond Default Risk
    Sichuan University,Nanjing University
    4.NJU_FBARC- Risk Control Platform for Public Customers from the Perspective of Commercial Banks
    Nanjing University
    5.OceanSing- Wisdom Ark - Deep Learning-based Real Estate Default Event Analysis and Evaluation Platform
    Wuhan University,Huazhong University of Science and Technology

    6.Viva La Vida- EquityClick- Platform for Generating Public Limited Company’s Equity Structure Charts Directly
    Peking University, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Renmin University of China, The Chinese University of Hong Kong(Shenzhen), Wuhan University, Sun Yat-sen University
    7.Heroes nowhere-SCCIhub——Credit Rating Framework of Supply Chain Finance based on Multi-module Grading
    Nanjing University

    Third Prize

    1.Nanna University Public Relations Group- Liquidity Risk Analysis System Based on Web Data Mining
    Nanjing University
    2. SUFE AI Team-ShareView: A Platform for Parsing Equity Information and Dynamic Visualization of Equity Structure of Listed Companies Based on Big Language Models
    Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
    3.Authen Intelligent Detection- Authen Intelligent Detection - Anti AI's "One Body Three Wings" Intelligent Audio and Video Joint Counterfeiting Platform for Multi end Customers
    Communication University of China,Southwest University of Political Science and Law,East China University of Political Science and Law
    4.Teams from the USTC and SYSU- Qingshan Dream Language:Solution for Hallucination Deviation of Large Language Models under the ESG Evaluation System
    University of Science and Technology of China, Sun Yat-Sen University

    5.WIS Compass- The RV-GPT financial risk assessment based on the large language model
    Southeast University; Nanjing University; Nanjing Agricultural University; Hohai University

    6.Yahaaai Financial- Robo-advisors focused on LLM hallucinations solving
    Shanghai University of Finance and Economics,University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
    7.Xi'an Jiaotong University, let's go for it- Shareholding structure of listed companies
    Xi'an Jiaotong University
    8. XJTLU Citi Cup Champions Team- Regarding the Implementation of Emergency Public Opinion Evaluation Project for Real Estate Enterprises through Artificial Intelligence
    Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, University of Berkeley, University of Hong Kong
    9.CCHT- Enterprise Equity Structure Generation System Based on Large Language Modeling and Text Mining
    Central South University, Central University of Finance and Economics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Technical University of Munich

    ‘Citi Challenge’ Grand Prize – AI – Risk Control

    Observers From Luojia and Xipu- Equity Insight — Risk Management Pioneer Based on Equity Knowledge Graph
    Wuhan University、Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University、China Foreign Affairs University、Fuzhou University Zhicheng College

    History of Award Winners

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    List of Winning Projects

  • 5th(2009) Award Winners
  • 1st Prize
    Wuhan University - Financial Information Search Engine
    2nd Prize
    Xi’an Jiaotong University - Dynamic credit authorization system---Innovations on credit card application
    Sun Yat-Sen University - Business Based Credit Rating System for SME Financing

    3rd Prize
    Fudan University - Logistics Finance Service System
    Wuhan University - Interest Rate Derivatives Related Economic Capital Management System
    Xi’an Jiao Tong University - VIP Client Churn Early Warning System of Commercial Banks
    Tongji university - MicroFinance Management System
    Southwestern University of Finance and Economics - Credit Card Cash-out Recognition System

    Best Mainframe project

    Northeastern University - Mobile Bank with Anti-Money Laundering Warning

  • 4th(2008) Award Winners
  • 1st Prize
    Xi’an Jiaotong University - Credit Card Risk Management System for Commercial Bank
    2nd Prize
    Wuhan University - Integrated Personal Credit Risk Management System for Commercial Bank
    Dalian University of Technology - I-Core Intelligent Decision Support System for Credit Card Service

    3rd Prize
    Huazhong University of Science and Technology - Autoservice based on the bank‘s portal sites
    Zhongshan University - Stock4Child System
    Dongbei University of Finance & Economics - Network Bank Based On RIA
    Xi’an Jiaotong University - Bank Marketing Intelligent System(BMIS)
    Xi’an Jiaotong University - SME Development Supporting System
    Best Mainframe project
    Dalian University of Technology - I-Core Intelligent Decision Support System

  • 3rd(2007) Award Winners
  • 1st Prize
    Wuhan University - Active Enterprise-wide Risk Managemen System
    2nd Prize
    Fudan University - Smart Assistant for Password Management
    Xi’an Jiaotong University - Dynamic Enterprise Financial Planning
    3rd Prize
    Huazhong University of Science and Technology - CRM-based Personalization of Bank Portals
    Beijing University - Swift-Bank-Service
    Tsinghua University - The Third Party Online Payment Monitoring System
    Tongji University - Digital Era Bank
    Fudan University – SmartCash-Group Liquidity Solution

  • 2nd(2006) Award Winners
  • 1st Prize
    Tongji University - Mini Bank System
    2nd Prize
    Shanghai Jiaotong University - Bank Paradise
    Xi’an Jiaotong University - Doctor of Personal Finance

    3rd Prize
    Dalian Marine University - Demand-Oriented Customer Data Mining
    Fudan University - Banking Information Centre
    Wuhan University - Bayesian Belief Networks
    Beihang University - Three-Dimensional Bar Code
    Huazhong University of Science and Technology - System for Analysis of Bank Outlets Queuing

    Best Mainframe project
    Tongji University - Mini Bank System

  • 1st(2005) Award Winners
  • 1st Prize
    Huazhong University of Science and Technology – Bank – Mobile
    2nd Prize
    Beijing University – Lightweight Workflow Engine and its Financial Application Case
    Fudan University - Mobile Stock Assistant

    3rd Prize
    University of Science and Technology - Foreign Exchange Information System
    University of Science and Technology - The financial assistant system based on OpenGIS platform
    Wuhan University - Query tool for the bank Locator
    Tongji University - Bank Anywhere
    Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences - Secure Personal Net Bank

    List of Winning Projects

  • 10th(2014) Award Winners
  • 1st Prize
    Nanjing University - Arbitrage system for treasury futures
    2nd Prize
    Wuhan University - Money Master investment and financing service platform
    Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - CRiUS intelligent risk control system
    3rd Prize
    Wuhan University - iBuffett
    Dalian University of Technology - U Chain Finance, risk quantification of big data and real-time automatic processing of the supply chain financing platform
    Xi’an Jiaotong University - Dynamic Credit
    Southwestern University of Finance and Economics - Cdream virtual currency trading system
    Sun Yat-sen University - Youcai
    Best Technology Realization Award
    Wuhan University - MetaOption
    Best Investment Potential Award
    Wuhan University – Hiwedo

  • 9th(2013) Award Winners
  • 1st Prize
    Shanghai Finance and Economics University- Luamatic program trading system
    2nd Prize
    Sun Yat-Sen University- Win-win Peer-to-peer Credit Platform(WPCP)
    Wuhan University- The Loan Era – the integrated loan trading platform for banks and small and micro enterprises
    3rd Prize
    Xiamen University- AutoHedger
    Dalian Technology University- WeGo
    Nanjing University- RESS Listed Company Credit Risk Evaluation Service System
    Xi'an Jiaotong University- SpeedPay-- QR code Mobile payment
    Southwestern Finance and Economics University- Shakepay--The P2P Currency Trading System Combined With Bitcoin And NFC
    Best Technology Realization Product Award
    Shanghai Finance and Economics University- Luamatic program trading system
    Best Future Payment Innovation Award
    Xi'an Jiaotong University- SpeedPay-- QR code Mobile payment

  • 8th(2012) Award Winners
  • 1st Prize
    Wuhan University-E-loan Cluster Small and Micro Enterprises Smart Credit System
    2nd Prize
    Nanjing University- Lofarb LOF Arbitrage Decision Supporting System
    North East University- Wealth Home Optimization Platform
    3rd Prize
    Sun Yat-Sen University- Analytical Report of Financial Theory
    Sun Yat-Sen University- Foreign Exchange Link
    Chongqing Technology and Business University- Swing Self service and calling machine subsystem(SSC)
    Xi'an Jiaotong University- Intelligent ATM Monitoring System
    South China University of Technology- F.I.T. Chinese Metal Arbitrage Trading System
    Best Mainframe Project
    South China University of Technology- F.I.T.
    Best Digital Banking Project
    Xi'an Jiaotong University- Intelligent ATM Monitoring System

  • 7th(2011) Award Winners
  • 1st Prize
    Wuhan University - MetaFutures Quantitative Investment System
    2nd Prize
    Wuhan University - MetaFund Replication Software
    Xi’an Jiaotong University - Sign-pay mobile payment system
    3rd Prize
    Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences- Twiker -- Prediction System of Shanghai Composite Index by Data Mining on Internet
    Southwestern University of Finance and Economics- iNews Internet News Based Securities Investment Decision Support
    Fudan University - Market Forecast Based on Social Networking
    Xiamen University-The Intelligent Portfolio Insurance recommend System:Lanrip
    Nanjing University-Brisk Stock Rating System

  • 6th(2010) Award Winners
  • 1st Prize
    Wuhan University - E-Razor Arbitrage Software
    2nd Prize
    Wuhan University - The Internet of Invoices in the Cloud
    Xi’an Jiaotong University - Internet-of-things-based Commercial Bank Monetary Logistics Management System(BMLS)

    3rd Prize
    Peking University - Twiker -- the Personalized Consumption Recommendation System for Cardholders
    Xi’an Jiao Tong University - Rural Loan Line:Rural loan service system based on industry chain
    Xi’an Jiao Tong University - Money Chain Based Mining System for Eligible SMEs
    South China University of Technology - Consolidated Supervision Platform of Housing Loans
    Wuhan University - Integrated Management System of Rural Microcredit
    Best Mainframe project
    South China University of Technology - Consolidated Supervision Platform of Housing Loans
    Best Rural Finance project
    Wuhan University - Integrated Management System of Rural Microcredit

    List of Winning Projects

  • 16th(2020-2021) Award Winners
  • Grand Prize
    Nanjing University- NJU Analyst

    1st Prize
    Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications – Broker++
    Wuhan University; Pekin University- Finance-Chain

    2nd Prize
    Southwestern University of Finance and Economics- SWUFE
    Zhejiang University- Serendipity
    Sichuan University-Jackdaw youth team
    Nanjing University- FinClaw8
    Southwestern University of Finance and Economics- Ray Dalio Team
    Central South University- CSUBigData
    Hunan university- The birds lined up in the three

    3rd Prize
    Wuhan University - Xtokens
    Nanjing University- IM Credie
    Nanjing University- T-Bank
    Wuhan University -The needle does not poke
    Wuhan University - PUPOP
    Shanghai University of Finance and Economics-Golden Hind
    Fudan University; Sanda University-Fudan Sanda
    Dongbei University of Finance and Economics; Beihang University; Dalian University of Technology; Beijing Jiaotong University----Count the money to buy a fleet of planes
    Wuhan University -learning
    Wuhan University -Luojia Hill flag guard team

  • 15th(2019) Award Winners
  • 1st Prize
    ShanghaiTech University – Praise the sun

    2nd Prize
    Nanjing University -Networker
    Southwestern University of Finance and Economics-CitiCoin Hut

    3rd Prize
    Wu Han University--- PBChain
    Nanjing University – NJU Dove
    Wuhan University – HelloWorld
    Nanjing University – A-Riose
    Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - TickPicker

    Best Mobile Open Banking Innovation Application
    Dalian University of Technology, Peking University - Breakers

  • 14th(2018) Award Winners
  • 1st Prize
    Nan Jing University – A+QUANT

    2nd Prize
    Wu Han University - Points League
    Nan Jing University - OptAdvisor

    3rd Prize
    Wu Han University--- Parknology
    Nanjing University – Machine Insight
    Nanjing University– Chain up
    Shanghai University of Finance and Economics - The ECDS system of Shanghai Bill Exchange
    Nanjing University- IPNET

    Best Open Bank
    Wu Han University - Points League

  • 13th(2017) Award Winners
  • 1st Prize
    Nan Jing University - FOF Navigator Multi-Strategy Fund Investment System Based on Omnibearing Evaluation

    2nd Prize
    Southwestern University of Finance and Economics-Linkers —— Account Conversion System Based on Blockchain
    Wu Han University- Smart Hedge Consulting Company

    3rd Prize
    Wu Han University--- IP Assessment and Prediction System of Network Literature
    Wu Han University- Ignition—— Commercial bank credit risk management system covering shadow banking
    Nanjing University– ABS cloud platform
    Sichuan University- CTA automated trading system
    Wu Han University- U Hui - C2C coupons trading platform

    Best Technology Realization Award
    Nan Jing University - FOF Navigator Multi-Strategy Fund Investment System Based on Omnibearing Evaluation

    Best Investment Potential Award
    Southwestern University of Finance and Economics-Linkers —— Account Conversion System Based on Blockchain

    Best Mobile Application Award
    Wu Han University- U Hui - C2C coupons trading platform

  • 12th(2016) Award Winners
  • 1st Prize
    Wu Han University - Gugu
    2nd Prize
    Nanjing University - FOF quantitative asset management system
    Nanjing University - Futures and insurance portfolio management system

    3rd Prize
    Dongbei University of Finance and Economics - Yirong
    Nanjing University - Q-Executor
    Xi’an Jiao Tong University – Location Based Intelligent Insurance Service
    Sichuan University - EaseCar
    Southwestern University of Finance and Economics - Instant-International Remittance Platform

    Best Technology Realization Award
    Wu Han University - Gugu

    Best Future Payment Innovation Award
    Nanjing University - Q-Executor

    Best Mobile Application Award
    Shanghai University of Finance and Economics-Ting Coin

  • 11th(2015) Award Winners
  • 1st Prize
    Southwestern University of Finance and Economics - Your Exchange Society
    2nd Prize
    Sichuan University - Yi Bang Ren
    Nanjing University - Advanced Derivative Dealer and Portfolio Management System
    3rd Prize
    Sun Yat-sen University & Tsinghua University - The bull
    Dalian University of Technology - Splendid Financing
    Nanjing University - Coprofii NDF Arbitrage decision support system
    Wuhan University - Maxwheat
    Nanjing University - SSE 50ETF

    Best Technology Realization Award
    Dalian University of Technology - Splendid Financing
    Best Future Payment Innovation Award
    Southwestern University of Finance and Economics - Your Exchange Society

    List of Winning Projects

  • 18th(2022-2023) Award Winners
  • Grand Prize

    Epiphany: Empowering Responsible, Sustainable and Smart Financing with Innovative ESG Analysis
    City University of Hong Kong

    First Prize

    1.StarGallery —NFT Minting Game for Special Children's Artwork
    Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Xiamen University, East China Normal University
    2.Disruptive Tech—Evaluation and investment platform for disruptive technological innovation
    Nanjing University
    Second Prize

    1.R&H ESG—An intelligent decision engine for ESG based on multi-source data
    Dalian University of Foreign Languages, Nanjing University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Fudan University, The University of Edinburgh, Boston University, Yunnan University, Northeast Normal University, Northwood Univer- sity, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Liaoning University, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai Business School

    2.TJ-FD ESG- YesG-ESG evaluation and analysis system based on natural language processing
    Tongji University, Fudan University

    3.The Eye Of Sentiments- Enterprise Risk Profiling System Based on Knowledge Graph of Financial Public Opinion Events
    Wuhan University, Communication University of China

    4.Qing Yun Guang Hua- NESG++Enterprise Sustainability Intelligence Evaluation System
    Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

    5.Potential_∞ESG- ESG intelligent rating and financing analysis
    Nanjing University

    6.Little Planet
    Fudan University, The University of Hong Kong, China University of Political science and Law, Changsha University of Science and Technology

    7.All Ashore-Anti-Money Laudering Alliance⸺NFT Suspicious Transaction Monitoring and Security Evaluation Platform Based on Federated Learning
    Wuhan University

    Third Prize

    1.DataStill—A Trusted AI-Based Data Transaction Solution
    Tsinghua University, Peking University, Fudan University

    2. Bytepic-- NFT Epoch ⸺A UGC Mode Digital Asset Circulation Platform with Block Chain Intelligent Contract as Core Technology
    Wuhan University, Peking University, Tsinghua University, University of International Busi- ness and Economics

    3.CO-14UEC-- Customized ESG rating and report generation system, based on Intelligence & machine learning
    Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, BeiHang University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Peking University, Renmin University of China, Minzu University of China, Hunan University, Jiangsu University Chongqing University, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University

    4.SSE_STAR_MARKET_MAKER- Management Platform for Science and Technology Innovation Board Market Making Strategy
    Nanjing University

    5.Upupup- NFT Valuator⸺NFT valuation and transaction risk assessment platform for blockchain games
    Wuhan University

    6.CSU Metaverse Vanguard- META Trade—META Digital Works Service Platform Based on Block Chain And Digital Watermarki
    Central South University, Hunan University, Dalian University of Technology

    7.Ukima Dark-- exchangeAll—Metaverse virtual asset free bidding trading platform
    South Western University of Finance and Economics, University of Electronic Science andTechnology of China

    8. WHU Security- COAN-Virtual asset service platform based on integrated security system
    Wuhan University, Tsinghua University

    9.Universe Time-- Space-Time Binary Chain
    Jiangxi Normal University, East China Normal University, Tsinghua University, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Liaoning University Of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jilin University, Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Shanghai International Studies University

    10.ESG Focusers--- ESGsite
    Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

    ‘Citi Challenge’ Grand Prize – ESG

    Epiphany: Empowering Responsible, Sustainable and Smart Financing with Innovative ESG Analysis
    City University of Hong Kong

    ‘Citi Challenge’ Special Prize – Virtual Economy

    StarGallery —NFT Minting Game for Special Children's Artwork
    Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Xiamen University, East China Normal University

  • 17(2021-2022) Award Winners
  • Grand Prize

    NJU Text Analysts-Textual ESG —— an ESG rating system based on multi-source texts
    Nanjing University

    First Prize

    1.LinkingText-Digital Intelligent Marketing (MarTech) Analyst under the Wave of "Alternative Data"
    Harbin Institute of Technology, Australsian National University, Minzu University of China, Northwest Minzu University, University of Sydney, University of Liverpool
    2.CO-14-iBMS-Smart Power Batter Asset Management Platform
    University of Science and Technology of China, McMaster University, New York University, Northwestern University, Tsinghua University, Tongji University, Beijing Technology and Business University, Shanghai University, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen University of Technology, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Donghua University, Sichuan University, University of Ottawa, Xi'an Jiaotong University, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Wilfrid Laurier University
    Second Prize

    1.Supernova-A blockchain-based "bank-enterprise" green financial data service provider
    Shanghai University of Finance and Economics,Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,University of International Business and Economics,Nanjing University,Shanghai Jiao Tong University,Tongji University,Sichuan University

    2.R&H Investment——ESG Pooled Investment Leader
    Dalian University of Foreign Languages、Liaoning University、Tongji University、National University of Singapore、Wuhan University、Harbin Institute of Technology、Zhongnan University of Economics and Law、Nanjing University、The University of Chicago、Shanghai Business School

    3.Greenmiracle-ESG Intelligent Evaluation Platform
    Tongji University, McMaster University, Fudan University, New York University, Northwestern University, University of Science and Technology of China, University of Toronto, The University of New South Wales, China University of Geosciences, Macau University of Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Inner Mongolia University, Tianjin University, Peking University, University Of Electronic Science And Technology Of China, University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, University College London, Georgetown University

    4.MDFZers-Personal Carbon Credit Evaluation Platform Based on TOPSIS Model
    Wuhan University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Xidian University, Beijing Jiaotong University, Tongji University and Shanghai International Studies University

    5.WIN-WIN QI——Enterprise intelligent evaluation platform based on deep learning
    Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

    6.Transocean Rangers-Turning Carbon into Gold - The platform of carbon finance in supply chain
    Wuhan University Communication University of China Zhongnan University of Economics and Law East China Normal University Xiamen University Southeast University Fudan University Dalian Ocean University University of Toronto Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

    7.Citi Global Green——One-stop ESG service platform
    Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

    Third Prize

    1. Matrix resurrections-GIS Banker-personal credits evaluation system based on spatial intelligence
    WuHan University

    2. “Opt-Liquidity”:The maturity mismatch risk warning and Matching Optimization system of commercial banks in the context of e-CNY
    ——based on deep learning DEEPAR prediction method
    Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Macao Polytechnic University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

    3.Citi-cup unit from Nanjing University-QuantServer Platform
    Nanjing University

    4."E-Heritage"——An enabling engine for the development of intangible cultural heritage based on blockchain and big data
    Xi´an University of Finance and Economics,Hebei Finance University

    5.Saventeen-ZhanXin - A Personal Credit Evaluation Platform Based on Deep Learning
    Tongji University

    6.Swufer Happy Team-Soil to Feed Flowers——An Auction Platform for Unused Items Based on Blockchain Technology
    Southwestern University of Finance and Economics,Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

    7.New Soul Tech-Index investment strategy integrated management system based on ESG evaluation system
    Tongji University,Hong Kong Baptist University,Liaoning University of Technology

    8.Luojia Wisdom Department-Agricultural Products Traceability And Quality Credit Enhancement System Based On Open Alliance Chain
    Wuhan University

    9.You're right right right team-Citigroup-ESG investment strategy evaluation and analysis platform
    Beijing University Of Technology,Dalian University of Technology,University of International Business and Economics,Minzu University of China,Beijing Jiaotong University

    10.MultiBallSquare-MBS Citi ESG Rating Platform
    Central South University,Hunan Normal University,Hunan University

    Citi Challenge’ Special Prize – ESG

    NJU Text Analysts-Textual ESG —— an ESG rating system based on multi-source texts
    Nanjing University

    ‘Citi Challenge’ Special Prize – Commercial Bank Customer Intelligence

    WIN-WIN QI——Enterprise intelligent evaluation platform based on deep learning
    Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

    Judging Committee (In alphabetic order)
  • 2024-2025 20th Judging Committee Members:
  • 1)Mr. Deng, Xiao GM, Shanghai Finance Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
    2) Mr. Long, Yonghong Former Deputy GM, Rongan China (Beijing) Limited
    3) Ms. Lin, Qing Director, SMB Tech., Citigroup Services and Technology (China) Limited
    4) Mr. Lu, Jian Director, Functions & Finance Tech., Citigroup Services and Technology (China) Limited
    5) Mr. Su, DongLin Director, Customer– PaaS, Oracle
    6) Mr. Yang, Ningning SVP, Wealth Tech., Citigroup Services and Technology (China) Limited
    7) Mr. Yang, Yaojin Senior Program Manager, Core Commerce Platform, Microsoft
    8) Mr. Yang, Ji EVP, MD, Head of Global Markets, Citibank (China) Co., Ltd.
    9) Mr. Zheng, Hao Partner, Management Consulting, KPMG Advisory
    History of Judging Committee Members

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    Judging Committee(In alphabetic order)

  • 2009 5th Judging Committee Members :
  • 1) Mr. Ko, Alan: Manager of ASG project, Microsoft
    2)Mr. Li, Dapeng (David): Chief Technology Officer, Shanghai Future Exchange
    3)Mr. Liang, Yansui: Vice President, Head of SD division, CSTC
    4)Mr. Liu, Shufeng: President of Hundsun Technologies Inc.
    5) Mr. Long, Yonghong: GM, e-banking biz of Bank of Shanghai
    6) Mr. Pan, Xinping: Vice Dean, CCCE, Graduate School of CAS
    7) Mr. Wang, Fanghua: Dean, Antai College of Economics & Management, Shanghai Jiaotong University
    8) Ms. Wang, Lei: Senior Project Manager, KfW Beijing Office
    9) Mr. Wang, Yun: Chief Architecture officer IBM office
    10) Mr. Ye, Fei: Deputy General Manager, Taiping life insurance CO.,LDT.

  • 2008 4th Judging Committee Members :
  • 1) Mr. Pan Xinping, Vice Dean, CCCE, Graduate School of CAS
    2)Mr. Wang Yun, Chief Architecture officer IBM office
    3) Mr. Horst Loechel, President of Shanghai International Banking and Finance Institute
    4) Mr. Alan KO, Manager of CSD project, Microsoft
    5) Mr. David Chong, The Chief Representative of BOC Credit Card in Shanghai office
    6) Mr. Jiang Jiansheng, Executive President of Hundsun Technologies Inc.
    7) Mr. Jiang An, General Manger of Biz development department Shanghai HuaTeng Software Systems co; LTD
    8) Mr. Sun Chon Li, Vice Dean of Zhang Jiang Innovation Institute
    9) Mr. Richard Hosang, General Manager of CSTC, Citi
    10) Mr. Margam Sundararajan, Vice President of Citi

  • 2007 3rd Judging Committee Members :
  • 1) Alex Chan, Director of Connected Systems Division, Microsoft
    2) Anup Das, Vice President, ITO, Citi
    3) Bhaskar Pant, Managing Director, ETS Asia Pacific
    4) Chen Fengji, Professor, People’s Bank of China
    5) Li Hengguang, Director, The Ministry of Science & Technology of PRC
    6) Pan Xinping, Vice Dean, CCCE, Graduate University of CAS
    7) Wang Yun, Chief Architecture officer, IBM Fellow
    8) Wilson Wong Kok Hee, Vice President, CSTC, Citi
    9) Zhang Yangqing, GM, CMB Software Center

  • 2006 2nd Judging Committee Members :
  • 1) Arthur Chen, Vice President, CSTC
    2) Gong Jianping, Vice President, BearingPoint, Inc.
    3) Ian Cramb, CIO, Citigroup EMEA
    4) Pan Xinping, Dean of graduate school of Chinese Academy of Science
    5) TC Kong, VP, Unysis
    6) Wang Yun, Chief Architect of Information Management, IBM Fellow
    7) Wang Shenke, VP, China Construction Bank
    8) Xi Junwen, VP, WorkSoft Creative Software Technology, Ltd.
    9) Zang Bingyu, Dean, Fudan University
    10) Zhang Jiatian, Director, Hisoft

  • 2005 1st Judging Committee Members :
  • 1) Aaron Ho, GM of CSTC
    2) Huang Xiaotao, Director of Huazhong University of Science and Technology
    3) Ian Cramb, CIO, Citigroup EMEA
    4) Karen Carrington, Senior VP, FDC North Asia Area
    5) Liu Yan, Technology Director of Dalian Haihui Software Company
    6) Mu Bin, Assistant Dean, Tongji University
    7) Pan Xinping, Dean of graduate school of CAS
    8) Wang Yun, Chief Architect of Information Management, IBM fellow
    9) Xi Liming, GM of Information Technology Department, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
    10) Zang Bingyu, Dean, Fudan University

    Judging Committee(In alphabetic order)

  • 2014 10th Judging Committee Members:
  • 1)Mr. Bai Shuo-Chief Technology Officer, Shanghai Stock Exchange
    2)Mr. Deng Xiao-GM, Shanghai Industrial Finance Investment Co., Ltd.
    3)Mr. Dang Huarui-SVP, Head of Regional Technology Asia Unit, CSTC
    4)Mr. Li Dapeng-Senior Advisor to CEO, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd.
    5)Mr. Long Yonghong-Managing director, Shanghai MIyork Information Technology Ltd.
    6)Mr. Liu Shufeng-CEO, Hundsun Technologies Inc.
    7)Mr. Pan Jianyu-SVP, ICG China Development Center, CSTC
    8)Mr. Su DongLin -Director, Oracle Partner Solution Center
    9)Mr. Yang Yaojin-Program Manager, Microsoft Asia- Pacific Research and Development Group
    10)Mr. Wang Yun-Fellow, Tai Wan Industrial Technology Research Institute

  • 2013 9th Judging Committee Members:
  • 1)Mr. Bai Shuo—Chief Technology Officer, Shanghai Stock Exchange
    2)Mr. Deng Xiao—GM, Shanghai Industrial Finance Investment Co., Ltd.
    3)Mr. Li Dapeng—Consultant, Hong Kong Exchanges
    4)Mr. Long Yonghong—Executive director, Shanghai Miyue Information Technology Ltd
    5)Mr. Liu Shufeng—Vice Chairman, Hundsun Technologies. Inc.
    6)Mr. Lu Jian—VP, ICG China Development Center, CSTC
    7)Mr. Ma Yunhai—VP, Asia Card Testing Head, CSTC GCT
    8)Mr. Su DongLin —Director, Oracle Partner Solution Center
    9)Mr. Yang Yaojin— Program Manager, Microsoft Asia- Pacific Research and Development Group
    10)Mr. Wang Yun-—Fellow, Tai Wan Industrial Technology Research Institute

  • 2012 8th Judging Committee Members:
  • 1)Mr. Bai Shuo—Executive Assistant, Chief Engineer, Shanghai Stock Exchange
    2)Mr. Cango He—Vice President, Head of GCT-WM, CSTC
    3)Mr. Eugene Huang—Senior Vice President, ICG China Development Center, CSTC
    4)Mr. Hans Lu—Vice President, Head of GCT-eBT, CSTC
    5)Mr. Li Dapeng—Consultant, Hong Kong Exchanges
    6)Mr. Liu Shufeng—Vice Chairman, Hundsun Technologies. Inc.
    7)Mr. Long Yonghong—Vice President, Sure KAM Corporation
    8)Mr. Ratikant Sahu—Director of International eBusiness, Citi
    9)Mr. Steve Dai— Vice President, ICG China Development Center, CSTC
    10)Mr. Su Donglin-—Director of Oracle Partner Solution Center
    11)Mr. Wang Yun— Chief Architecture officer, IBM Fellow
    12)Ms. Xue Minmin—Senior Manager of Application Server Group, Microsoft

  • 2011 7th Judging Committee Members:
  • 1)Mr. Bai Shuo: Executive Assistant, Chief Engineer, Shanghai Stock Exchange
    2)Mr. Li Dapeng-- CEO OF Global Financial Technology Consulting Co., Ltd
    3)Mr. Liu Shufeng-- Vice - Chairman, Hundsun Technologies. Inc.
    4)Mr. Long Yonghong-- GM, e-banking biz of Bank of Shanghai
    5)Mr. Ren Yi-- VP of CSTC Testing Center
    6)Mr. Simon Kwok-Wei Chiang-- Director of International Cards, Citibank Global Consumer Technology
    7)Mr. Su Donglin-- Director of Oracle Partner Solution Center
    8)Ms. Wang Lei-- Senior Project Manager, KfW Beijing Office
    9)Mr. Wang Yun-- Chief Architecture officer, IBM Fellow
    10)Ms. Wei Hopeman-- Managing Director, Citi Ventures of Citibank (China) Co., Ltd.
    11)Ms. Xue Minmin-- Senior Manager of Application Server Group, Microsoft

  • 2010 6th Judging Committee Members:
  • 1)Mr. Bai Shuo: Executive Assistant, Chief Engineer, Shanghai Stock Exchange
    2)Mr. Chandra Prakash Sharma, Director of Core Banking, ITO, Citi
    3)Mr. Li, Dapeng (David): CEO, Global Financial Technology (GFT)(Ex-CTO, Shanghai Future Exchange)
    4)Mr. Gardner Weekes: Vice President, Head of CSTC Testing Center
    5)Mr. Liu, Shufeng: President of Hundsun Technologies Inc.
    6)Mr. Long, Yonghong: GM, e-banking biz of Bank of Shanghai
    7)Mr. Pan, Xinping: Vice Dean, CCCE, Graduate School of CAS
    8)Mr. Su Donglin: Director of Oracle Partner Solution Center
    9)Ms. Wang, Lei: Senior Project Manager, KfW Beijing Office
    10)Mr. Wang Xin: Assistant General Manager of Taiping Financial Services Center (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    11)Mr. Wang, Yun: Chief Architecture officer IBM office
    12)Mr. Xue Minmin: Manager, ASG project, Microsoft

    Judging Committee(In alphabetic order)

  • 2020-2021 16th Judging Committee Members:
  • 1)Mr. Bai Shuo Dean of Hundsun research insititute;Director,Dworld AI Tech
    2)Mr. Deng Xiao GM, Shanghai Finance Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
    3)Mr. Li Weidong SVP, GCT Digital Site Head, Citigroup Services and Technology (China) Limited
    4)Mr. Long Yonghong Deputy GM, Rongan China (Beijing) Limited
    5)Mr. Lu Jian Director, GFT, Citigroup Services and Technology (China) Limited
    6)Mr. Pan, Jianyu CIO, Citibank (China) Co., Ltd.
    7)Mr. Su, DongLin Director, Oracle Customer Success – PaaS
    8)Mr. Yang, Yaojin Senior Program Manager,Core Commerce Platform, Microsoft
    9)Mr. Zheng Hao Partner, Management Consulting, KPMG Advisory
    10)Mr. Zheng Jun Director, ICG China Development Center, Citigroup Services and Technology (China) Limited
  • 2019 15th Judging Committee Members:
  • 1)Mr. Bai Shuo CEO, Shanghai Chance-In Technology Ltd
    2)Mr. Deng Xiao GM, Shanghai Industrial Finance Investment Co., Ltd.
    3)Mr. Shrivastava, Himanshu Managing Director, Head of Digital (APAC)
    4)Mr. Jiang Hong Director, ICG China Development Center, Citigroup Services and Technology (China) Limited
    5)Mr. Li Dapeng CEO, Credit Asset Exchange Center ,Haier Financial Holding Group
    6)Ms Lim Mayda Head of Technology, Service Centre,Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
    7)Mr. Long Yonghong VP, Testin
    8)Mr. Pan, Jianyu CIO, Citibank (China) Co., Ltd.
    9)Mr. Su, DongLin Director, Oracle Customer Success – PaaS
    10)Mr. Xu, Yong Director, ICG China Development Center, Citigroup Services and Technology (China) Limited
    11)Mr. Yang, Yaojin Senior Business Development Manager, Windows Business Development, Microsoft
  • 2018 14th Judging Committee Members:
  • 1)Mr. Bai Shuo CEO, Shanghai Chance-In Technology Ltd
    2)Mr. Deng Xiao GM, Shanghai Industrial Finance Investment Co., Ltd.
    3)Mr. Shrivastava, Himanshu Managing Director, Head of Digital (APAC)
    4)Mr. Jiang Hong Director, ICG China Development Center,Applications Development Senior Group Manager
    5)Mr. Li Dapeng CEO, Credit Asset Exchange Center ,Haier Financial Holding Group
    6)Ms Lim Mayda Head of Technology, Service Centre,Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
    7)Mr. Long Yonghong VP, Testin
    8)Mr. Su DongLin Director, Oracle Customer Success – PaaS
    9)Mr. Wang Yun Fellow, Tai Wan Industrial Technology Research Institute
    10)Mr. Yang Yaojin Senior Business Development Manager, Windows Business Development, Microsoft
  • 2017 13th Judging Committee Members:
  • 1)Mr. Bai Shuo CEO, Shanghai Chance-In Technology Ltd
    2)Mr. Dai Yao Director, ICG China Development Center, Apps Dev Sr. Group Manager
    3)Mr. Deng Xiao GM, Shanghai Industrial Finance Investment Co., Ltd.
    4)Mr. Gao Ziqiang COO, SPD Silicon Valley Bank
    5)Mr. Li Dapeng CIO, Haier Financial Holding Group
    6)Mr. Li Weidong VP, GCT Digital Site Head
    7)Mr. Long Yonghong SVP, Westone Information Industry INC
    8)Mr. Su DongLin Director, Oracle Customer Success – PaaS
    9)Mr. Yang Yaojin Senior Business Development Manager, Windows Business Development, Microsoft
  • 2016 12th Judging Committee Members:
  • 1)Mr. Bai Shuo Former Chief Technology Officer, Shanghai Stock Exchange
    2)Mr. Deng Xiao GM, Shanghai Industrial Finance Investment Co., Ltd.
    3)Mr Bradley Gao COO,SPD Silicon Valley Bank
    4)Mr. Li Dapeng CIO, Haier Financial Holding Group
    5)Mr Ling Weibin VP, GCT Customer Service Head
    6)Mr. Long Yonghong SVP, Westone Information Industry INC.
    7)Mr. Liu Shufeng CEO, Hundsun Technologies Inc.
    8)Mr. Su DongLin Director, Oracle Partner Solution Center
    9)Mr. Xu, Yong Director, ICG China Development Center, Apps Dev Sr. Group Manager
    10)Mr. Yang Yaojin Program Manager, Microsoft Asia- Pacific Research and Development Group
    11)Mr. Wang Yun Fellow, Tai Wan Industrial Technology Research Institute
  • 2015 11th Judging Committee Members:
  • 1)Mr. Bai Shuo Chief Technology Officer, Shanghai Stock Exchange
    2)Mr. Cheng Tao SVP, Head of CSTC GCT CoreBank
    3)Mr. Deng Xiao GM, Shanghai Industrial Finance Investment Co., Ltd.
    4)Mr. Li Dapeng Senior Advisor to CEO, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd.
    5)Mr. Long Yonghong Managing director, Shanghai MIyork Information Technology Ltd.
    6)Mr. Liu Shufeng CEO, Hundsun Technologies Inc.
    7)Ms. Lin, Qing VP, ICG China Development Center, Apps Dev Sr. Manager, CSTC
    8)Mr. Su DongLin Director, Oracle Partner Solution Center
    9)Mr. Yang Yaojin Program Manager, Microsoft Asia- Pacific Research and Development Group
    10)Mr. Wang Yun Fellow, Tai Wan Industrial Technology Research Institute

    Judging Committee(In alphabetic order)

  • 2023-2024 19th Judging Committee Members:
  • 1)Mr. Bai Shuo Chief Scientist, Hundsun
    2) Mr. Deng, Xiao GM, Shanghai Finance Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
    3) Mr. Long, Yonghong Deputy GM, Rongan China (Beijing) Limited
    4) Mr. John Pu SVP, Wealth Tech., Citigroup Services and Technology (China) Limited
    5) Mr. Su, DongLin Director, Customer Success – PaaS, Oracle
    6) Mr. Wang, Bing SVP, Function Tech., Citigroup Services and Technology (China) Limited
    7) Mr. Yang, Yaojin Senior Program Manager, Core Commerce Platform, Microsoft
    8) Mr. Lin, Hai Head of Commercial Bank, Citibank (China) Co., Ltd.
    9) Mr. Zheng, Hao Partner, Management Consulting, KPMG Advisory
    10) Mr. Zheng, Jun Director, SMB Tech., Citigroup Services and Technology (China) Limited
  • 2022-2023 18th Judging Committee Members:
  • 1)Mr. Bai Shuo Chief Scientist, Hundsun
    2)Mr. Dai, Yao Director, ICG China Development Center, Citigroup Services and Technology (China) Limited
    3) Mr. Deng, Xiao GM, Shanghai Finance Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
    4) Mr. Long, Yonghong Deputy GM, Rongan China (Beijing) Limited
    5)Mr. Lu, Xuan Head of Corporate Bank, Citibank (China) Co., Ltd.
    6) Mr. John Pu SVP, PBWMT, Citigroup Services and Technology (China) Limited
    7) Mr. Su, DongLin Director, Customer Success – PaaS, Oracle
    8) Mr. Wang, Bing SVP, GFT, Citigroup Services and Technology (China) Limited
    9) Mr. Yang, Yaojin Senior Program Manager, Core Commerce Platform, Microsoft
    10) Mr. Zheng, Hao Partner, Management Consulting, KPMG Advisory
  • 2021-2022 17th Judging Committee Members:
  • 1)Mr. Bai Shuo Dean of Hundsun research insititute;Director,Dworld AI Tech
    2)Mr. Dai, Yao Director, ICG China Development Center, Citigroup Services and Technology (China) Limited
    3)Mr. Dang, Huarui SVP, GCT, Citigroup Services and Technology (China) Limited
    4)Mr. Deng Xiao GM, Shanghai Finance Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
    5)Mr. Liu, Chang Director of CCB, Deputy Manager of Shanghai Branch and Branch Manager of Shanghai Free Trade Zone Sub-branch, Citibank (China) Co., Ltd.
    6)Mr. Long Yonghong Deputy GM, Rongan China (Beijing) Limited
    7)Mr. Su, DongLin Director, Oracle Customer Success – PaaS
    8)Mr. Wang, Bing SVP, GFT, Citigroup Services and Technology (China) Limited
    9)Mr. Yang, Yaojin Senior Program Manager, Core Commerce Platform, Microsoft
    10)Mr. Zheng, Hao Partner, Management Consulting, KPMG Advisory

    Grand Prize
  • Observers From Luojia and Xipu- Equity Insight — Risk Management Pioneer Based on Equity Knowledge Graph
  • Aiming at the current situation of financial risks based on equity spillover, Equity Insight, designed for asset allocation and M&A restructuring, builds equity penetration maps using equity knowledge graphs, supports the display of equity-related information, and can carry out visual annotation of risk spillover, quantitative assessment, stress testing and AI dialogues for specific enterprises, so as to realize early warning of corporate financial risks.

    First Prize
  • NJU_Equity_Analysts- ChatWhale-LLM-based Equity Intelligence Analytics Interactive Platform
  • ChatWhale - LLM-based Equity Intelligence Analysis Interactive Platform is an intelligent financial information Q&A platform focusing on equity structure analysis. Aiming at the current pain points in the market of business query platforms as well as the difficulties in the field of equity analysis, our product provides a solution based on a large language model, relying on regulated open-source data, and constructs a set of accurate, reliable, comprehensive, and intelligent listed company's financial information Q&A system and a reliable equity identification and analysis system.

  • Ducks Power- Doraemon for Financial Analysts: Media Monitoring & Analysis Platform with advanced Hallucination management
  • "Doraemon for Financial Analysts" is a dynamic media monitoring and intelligent financial analysis platform. Centered around the LLM Agent, the platform utilizes RAG, Multi-Agent, Knowledge Graph, and Multimodal Technologies to build a cyclic iterative optimization architecture, specifically addressing the issue of hallucination bias in financial analysis. The product is designed around three core technological concepts: Customization, Lifelong Learning, and Embodiment. It includes multiple tool modules such as hot-spot focus, structured analyzer, and human-PC interaction to provide users with professional-grade financial analysis support, aiding in in-depth industry research, risk identification, and investment decision-making. The analysis platform is now live in service(http://47.109.180.217:8004/).

    Second Prize
  • Finance in the News- Enterprise Risk Decision Platform Based on Financial Big Knowledge Graph
  • Finance in the News discuss leveraging financial big data with characteristics such as multi-source correlation, multi-frequency time series, high-dimensional heterogeneity, and heavy-tailed peaks. We mentions developing key technologies like time series conduction forecasting, graph representation learning, and prompted ensemble learning. The goal is to address the common features and personalized needs of cross-domain financial applications, and to construct a unified financial time series big knowledge graph. Based on this big knowledge graph, an enterprise risk decision-making platform is developed, which enables four major functions: risk discovery, risk analysis, risk evolution, and risk decision-making. The ultimate aim is to provide a technical solution based on the financial knowledge graph to solve key pain points in the real estate economy.

  • IntelliFlux- PropriskAI-One-stop risk real estate information service full vision AI
  • Proprisk AI is a platform dedicated to providing liquidity risk assessment and decision support for real estate companies, financial institutions, and investors. It can monitor and predict liquidity risks in the real estate market in real-time through multi-channel data collection and AI analysis. The platform offers personalized financial metrics and solutions, helping users manage risks more efficiently and make informed investment decisions.

  • Mechanized Heart- Sichuan University,Nanjing University
  • The current era witnesses the flourishing of large models based on the Transformer architecture. However, there remains a blank space in research and application in vertical domains such as bond default risk. This project, leveraging fine-tuned BERT, extracts bond entities and financial entities from unstructured financial texts. It conducts fine-grained sentiment analysis on each entity regarding default risk and integrates empirical analysis with traditional structured indicators like credit spread default probability. This effectively enhances the accuracy of bond default risk prediction.

  • NJU_FBARC- Risk Control Platform for Public Customers from the Perspective of Commercial Banks
  • FinSentry is a risk control platform designed for commercial bank customers, through RPA, LLMs, OCR, NLP and knowledge graph technology, to achieve process-based and automated operations, to provide financial institution customers with the risk profile and risk report of the legal person organization that wants to have business relationships, and improve the efficiency of business decision-making.

  • OceanSing- Wisdom Ark - Deep Learning-based Real Estate Default Event Analysis and Evaluation Platform
  • In order to solve the problem of information asymmetry and decision-making blindness in bond defaults in the real estate industry, we have integrated multi-channel and different structural data, and developed a one-stop real estate bond defaults information service platform with genetic algorithms and neural networks at its core - Wisdom Ark- to help real estate-related enterprises develop healthily and financial market stability.

  • Viva La Vida- EquityClick- Platform for Generating Public Limited Company’s Equity Structure Charts Directly
  • EquityClick is an equity structure diagram generation platform that focuses on helping users such as financial institutions, professional investors, lawyers and company managers conveniently view listed companies' equity structure information. Through the use of Camelot, OpenCV, LLM model and other technologies, EquityClick realizes the automatic collection of equity information, AI processing and interactive presentation of equity structure maps, which solves the problems of inefficiency of relying on manual collection of information and creating equity structure maps. Meanwhile, it has strong editability and expandability to better adapt to the diverse internal systems of various companies as an extension.

  • Heroes nowhere- SCCIhub——Credit Rating Framework of Supply Chain Finance based on Multi-module Grading
  • SCCIhub is a credit rating framework for supply chain finance based on multi-module grading, using AWP clustering, Tri-training and other algorithms to calculate module grading, and combining the fine-tuned large language model with instructions to display the rating and early warning report on the front-end, and is committed to creating a "one-stop service focusing on multi-dimensional data acquisition, rule calculation and risk control strategy".
    3rd Prize
  • Nanna University Public Relations Group- Liquidity Risk Analysis System Based on Web Data Mining
  • To address potential liquidity crises in real estate enterprises, our team has developed a platform called LRAS based on liquidity risk assessment models and technologies such as LLM. This platform is capable of conducting corresponding analyses for enterprises and their suppliers. It automates data processing, generates lists of affected upstream suppliers, and produces liquidity risk analysis reports. Additionally, it employs interactive visualization methods such as graphs for presentation.

  • SUFE AI Team-ShareView:Platform for Parsing Equity Info and Dynamic Visualization of Equity Structure of Listed Companies Based on LLM
  • ShareViewis an equity structure visualization platform that uses natural language processing and large language modeling technologies to deeply analyze and dynamically display listed companies' equity information. Through intelligent data extraction, precise business unit identification and visualization tools, this platform is able to effectively handle and display complex shareholding structures, including the identification of overseas entities and precise extraction of shareholding levels. ShareView not only helps decision makers to grasp the internal management and investment risks of enterprises, but also devotes to providing a reliable decision-making tool for investors and regulators.

  • Authen Intelligent Detection- Anti AI's "One Body Three Wings" Intelligent Audio and Video Joint Counterfeiting Platform
  • Authen Intelligent Detection Technology has launched a revolutionary intelligent audio and video joint anti-counterfeiting system, aiming to provide users with a comprehensive, efficient, and accurate false content identification solution. The system adopts multimodal and multi platform functions, supports the identification of video, audio, and image content, and responds to the increasingly upgraded forgery technology through continuously iterating intelligent anti-counterfeiting algorithms. Authen Intelligence is committed to becoming a leading global guardian of information authenticity, building a safer, more transparent, and trustworthy digital world.

  • Teams from the USTC and SYSU- Qingshan Dream Language:Solution for Hallucination Deviation of LLM under the ESG Evaluation System

  • Big language models have potential biases and illusions when processing ESG-related content, exacerbating subjectivity and information asymmetry in the ESG rating process, which may lead to misleading results and decisions. The Qingshan Dream Language project is based on ESG underlying data, using big data technology engines such as NLP, text analysis, and data labeling algorithms. Through in-depth analysis of the causes and effects of illusory biases in ESG ratings, it detects illusory biases existing in the rating process and uses knowledge Methods such as retrieval, instruction fine-tuning, and model integration are used to identify and reduce the illusory bias of large models in the ESG rating process, and to establish a more objective and accurate evaluation index system. In terms of technical framework design, a multi-tech stack including Python, HTML, Javascript, CSS, JQuery and PyTorch is used to establish a visual and efficient rating system.

  • WIS Compass- The RV-GPT financial risk assessment based on the large language model
  • The work is based on large language models, enhanced by retrieval and combined with deep learning techniques. It significantly reduces the hallucination bias that may occur in intelligent risk assessment processes, providing users with a more accurate and reliable method for financial risk evaluation.

  • Yahaaai Financial- Robo-advisors focused on LLM hallucinations solving
  • This project aims to create an efficient, intelligent, and personalized robo-advisory system. Based on the generalization ability of the large model (LLM), it can effectively improve the problems of inaccurate construction of traditional robo-advisory persona and lack of explainability of decision-making. Through Designs such as multi-agent with summarization in rounds,RAG with knowledge combing, etc., optimize LLM's illusion problems in complex interactive tasks and massive information input, achieve the system's accurate grasp of user investment needs and intelligent optimization of asset allocation, and help users realize wealth steady growth.

  • Xi'an Jiaotong University, let's go for it- Shareholding structure of listed companies
  • At present, the equity structure charts provided in the market are relatively single, containing less effective information, part of the required information has not yet been reflected in the equity structure charts, in most cases can not comprehensively reflect the real situation of the enterprise.Based on such pain points, this product generates the constituent structure delineation diagrams of specified listed companies through artificial intelligence data collection and big model technology. The main structural division part of the focus of this project is based on visual language big model fine-tuning technology, which provides the nation's leading customised service of listed company's shareholding structure charts and improves the accuracy and precision of the information. The target customer puts forward personalised requirements to this product by providing the name or stock code of the listed company to be researched, and the Company carries out the generation of the equity structure diagram of the relevant listed company through its self-developed products, and ultimately realises the delivery of the product.

  • XJTLU Citi Cup Champions Team-Regarding the Implementation of Emergency Public Opinion Evaluation Project for Real Estate Enterprises
  • This project is an analysis and evaluation platform designed for financial institutions to analyze the disaster situation of upstream enterprises in real estate public opinion disasters. It uses enterprise relationship structure graphs, artificial intelligence, NLP and other technologies to provide comprehensive upstream enterprise data and disaster assessment. This project focuses on real-time collection and analysis of public opinion, constructing quantitative and dynamic thresholds for monitoring disasters in real time, training and fine-tuning the deployment of financial language models to make timely reports.

  • CCHT- Enterprise Equity Structure Generation System Based on Large Language Modeling and Text Mining
  • To address the challenges of the existing enterprise shareholding structure generation system in terms of immediacy and accuracy, this project uses generative large language model to enhance text mining, and builds a precise visualization system of shareholding structure for the market to provide a one-stop solution that comprehensively reflects the real shareholding structure of enterprises.

    Q: We notice that "IT Development" has a relatively high score (40%). How can we get high scores in this part?

    A: Regarding ‘IT Development’ evaluation of Citi Cup as a FinTech contest, we focus on the Completion, Originality and Normativeness of each team’ product functions achievement by using reasonable technical solutions based on its own business plan goals to solve the specific problem and challenge in financial industry. We will not make horizontal technical complexity comparisons among teams.
    We notice ‘Citi Challenge’ special prizes have been added to the competition since 17th Citi Cup.
    Why? How does this impact participants (on topic selection, evaluation, prize etc.)?

    A: In order to guide students to focus on hot topics such as ESG (Environment, Society and Corporate Governance) etc. the organizing committee launched ’Citi Challenges’ to encourage students to propose practical FinTech solutions to tackle the specific problems of financial industry. It is a positive supplement to this FinTech competition, which has remained open on themes. More details about the adjustments (e.g. topic selection, evaluation rule and awards, etc.) are available in the competition introduction.
    Q:Why has the competition schedule has been adjusted since 16th Citi Cup?

    A: Because of the pandemic, and based on suggestions from partner universities including Citi Financial IT Education Program Council Committee universities, the organizing committee has adjusted the overall schedule from calendar year basis to academic year basis since 16th Citi Cup.

    Q: What are the qualifications for the participants?
    Can I register again if I participated in previous competitions? Can participant students come from different majors or schools?

    A: Citi Cup is open to all undergraduate and graduate students nationwide and overseas regardless of their majors. We welcome and encourage all students (including alumni) to build a cross-majors (especially finance and IT related), cross-schools and even multinational teams. Since prizes will be distributed through the winning schools, for cross-school/multinational teams, it is highly recommended that students clarify the future prize distribution school when forming teams.

    Q: Does the final presentation need to be bilingual (Chinese and English)?

    A: All documents need to be bilingual. Final presentations and Q&A have no rigid language requirements. As long as the judges including foreign judges can fully understand the content, the teams can speak in Chinese or English.

    Q: On top of the prize money, will the top 20 team also receive accreditation for their achievements?
    Will the rest of the teams will be awarded ‘participation certificate’?

    A: Yes. The top 20 teams will receive the corresponding certificate awarded by CSTC and the organizing committee. Other teams that successfully complete qualified projects will also receive participation certificates.

    Q: Who owns the intellectual property of the project?

    A: The participating teams will own the intellectual property of the project. Projects must be original. Teams that have participated previously are permitted to make innovation and improvement based on their original works. Citi has the privilege to buy the product, should another buyer bid for the product after the competition.

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