
Hackathon Explores Social Banking and Regenerative Finance in Europe
A new event asks how open-source tools and community data can turn regenerative finance ideas into resilient social and nature-based assets.

Brian Otieno
East Africa Editor · Nairobi
Europe's financial sector is increasingly looking beyond traditional metrics of profit toward models that measure social impact and environmental value. A new initiative highlighted by Finextra Research turns that ambition into a practical challenge, asking what emerges when open-source technology, community-generated data, and collaborative innovation are brought together in a hackathon format.
Rethinking What Finance Measures
The event centres on two connected ideas: social banking and regenerative finance. Social banking refers to financial services that prioritise measurable community benefit alongside financial returns, while regenerative finance aims to fund activities that restore rather than deplete natural and social systems. According to the framing outlined by Finextra, the goal is to move these concepts from theory toward what organisers describe as resilient social and nature-based assets.
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