{"id":911,"date":"2016-12-05T22:38:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T22:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/?p=911"},"modified":"2017-05-19T16:28:40","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T16:28:40","slug":"dcumsb-innovation-contest-december-1-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/2016\/12\/05\/dcumsb-innovation-contest-december-1-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"DCU\/MSB Innovation Contest | December 1, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday, December 1st, Digital Federal Credit Union and the Manning School of Business hosted the annual DCU\/MSB Innovation Contest. Earlier in the semester, student teams applied to the competition with an idea they had related to banking. Over a dozen teams applied and five were selected to compete and pitch their ideas to a panel of judges.<\/p>\n

We had three judges for the competition:\u00a0Bill Jacobson – CEO, Workbar,\u00a0Jim Regan – President & CEO, DCU, and Sandra Richtermeyer – Dean, Manning School of Business.<\/p>\n

Semifinalists competing in the DCU\/MSB Innovation Contest were\u00a0Finance for All with team member Nikquania Gamble,\u00a0\u201cPiggyAPP\u201d for Kids with team member Yomar SalazarReyes,\u00a0Student Financial Advising with team members Brandon Luitweiler, Joshua Masse, and Will Puduski, and\u00a0Student Financial Finesse Made Easy with team members Mirkens Paul and Aaron Tam. Each team member was awarded $100.<\/p>\n

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Team PiggyApp for Kids<\/p><\/div>\n

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Team Student Financial Advising<\/p><\/div>\n

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Team Student Financial Finesse Made Easy<\/p><\/div>\n

The winner of this year’s competition was team Digibank and their idea to help rid consumers and the environment of loose change by having leftover change from a transaction deposited directly into a bank account! Team members included\u00a0Channou Aing, Virath Chea, Siven Hang, Cullin Lam, and Chanmary Lau. Each team member was awarded $500!<\/p>\n

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Team Digibank<\/p><\/div>\n

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$3,700 was awarded to student teams overall! Great job to everyone who participated and congratulations to this year’s winners!<\/p>\n

A special thank you as well to our judges!<\/p>\n

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