FinTrack (UAB 2025 WINNER - PAY RETAILERS CHALLENGE)

Our app allows users to improve their money experience, especially in regions like Latin America.

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Inspiration

FinTrack was inspired by the need of knowledge of how to manage one’s money.

With this app, we want to help both young people and adults with little or no financial experience manage their money safely. We'll help them with tips and solutions provided by an AI, Finn, and learning videos provided by the platform itself.

Practicing this knowledge over the long term will foster good financial habits.

What it does

FinTrack allows users to track their income and expenses. The app provides valuable information on financial and security tips. It also helps users see the different payment methods available in their country and features a chatbot that interacts with them within the app.

On the web, users can use FinTrack to check whether a website they are shopping on is safe or a scam.

How we built it

Our project was divided into three main areas:

  • Design, which included the app's UX/UI, the chatbot interface, and the mascot design.
  • Chatbot development using Perplexity AI to provide answers and advice to users, and Trustpilot to provide the AI ​​with the data needed to classify a website as safe.
  • Development, which included the API to manage user finances and data using FastAPI, database creation using PostgreSQL, implementation of the app's dashboard and pages using React Native, and connecting the app to Pay Retailers. ## Challenges we ran into Since this was our first Hackathon, some challenges were anticipated.

The provided API didn't work as expected, so we had to find a different solution to use the essential tools for deployment. This involved dealing with low speed limits and limited usage levels.

Developing the app was also a challenge, as the simulator stopped working halfway through.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We're very proud of the final result: being able to integrate AI into the Google extension. It was quite a challenge, but we did it.

We're also very proud of the app's design and our little friend, Fin, the FinTrack AI.

What we learned

To not give up from difficulties and always try to find a solution to the problem.

What's next for FinTrack

To be able to continue adding different functionalities to help improve users' lives.

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