Alkami Honors Hackathon Winners Driving Digital Banking's Future, Featuring TTCU Federal Credit Union

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Alkami (Nasdaq: ALKT) announced the winners of its annual Hackathon on October 9, 2025, showcasing collaborative innovation across Alkamists, customers, and partners.

Key awardees included the Risk Dashboard (Fusion Award) with real-time risk scores, the AI-powered Goal Chatbot (UX Delight), the audience-chosen Vault Reimagined (Fan Favorite), and the Onboarding Engagement Helpers (TechFin Award) featuring an interactive new-user tour and achievement system. A TTCU Federal Credit Union developer, Austin Wellner, participated on the TechFin-winning team and highlighted learning and developer-focused shifts at Alkami.

The event emphasizes Alkami's TechFin culture, AI use cases in risk and UX, and ongoing focus on openness, extensibility, and partnership. Alkami was J.D. Power certified for Outstanding Mobile Banking Platform Experience in 2024 and 2025.

Highlighting platform innovation, problem-solving, and community-driven teamwork

PLANO, Texas, Oct. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Alkami Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKT) ("Alkami"), a digital sales and service platform provider for financial institutions in the U.S., today announced the winners of its annual Hackathon, where Alkamists, customers, and partners team up to push the boundaries of digital banking innovation. The Hackathon is an intensive competition where teams rapidly develop innovative solutions to a challenge, improve existing processes, or align with a set theme. Typically lasting around 24 hours, the event culminates in a presentation showcasing the team's final project.

This year's winners embody the collaborative spirit Alkami is known for, bringing forward-thinking ideas and creative solutions to life. Notable awards¹ included:

• Fusion Award: Honors the team that has the most diverse collaboration to deliver amplified impact.
  • Winner: The "Risk Dashboard" team was recognized for bringing together Alkamists, clients, and a systems integrator to deliver an intuitive dashboard with real-time risk scores to strengthen fraud posture.
• UX Delight Award: Celebrates the solution that delivers a seamless, engaging, and intuitive user experience, turning user interactions into moments of joy through thoughtful design, effortless navigation, and genuine end-user satisfaction.
  • Winner: The "Goal Chatbot" team built an AI-powered financial chatbot integrated directly into mobile banking, giving users personalized guidance to reach their biggest life goals.
• Fan Favorite Award: Selected by live audience or participant vote, this award goes to the standout solution that captured the most enthusiasm, curiosity, and crowd support.
  • Winner: The "Vault Reimagined" team, chosen by live audience voting, reimagined Alkami's iconic office vault as a digital experience, celebrating Alkami's culture and reinforcing that the most valuable part of Alkami is its clients and employees.
• TechFin Award: Recognizes the solution that best embodies our "Building Beyond Limits" theme by advancing the TechFin pillars: reliability, quality, efficiency, performance, and scalability.
  • Winner: The "Onboarding Engagement Helpers" team introduced an interactive new-user tour paired with an achievement system that motivates exploration and learning within the online banking platform. 

The winners of the TechFin Award built an Onboarding Engagement Helper: an interactive new‑user tour that guides exploration and accelerates adoption within digital banking. One of the team members, Austin Wellner, software developer at TTCU Federal Credit Union, is a returning participant who attended the Hackathon at Alkami Co:lab 2024. Since his first Hackathon experience, he shared, "Alkami has proven they listen to feedback. The shift to developer-focused Alkami-assisted projects was a clear signal that Alkami is viewing the Hackathon with a developer-first mentality."

The Alkami Hackathon provides participants with opportunities to grow their skills and collaborate with peers. As Wellner continues, it is valuable "for growing Alkami development skills, as well as connecting with individuals from Alkami and other client developers. I've picked up tricks from other developers on some best practice principles and learned how to iterate faster."

"This Hackathon is a cornerstone of Alkami's innovative TechFin culture and AI-driven future," said Deep Varma, chief technology officer at Alkami. "It showcases the creativity and collaboration that fuel our ecosystem, from leveraging AI in risk management and user experience to strengthening the culture that connects us."

The Hackathon reflects Alkami's commitment to driving the future of digital banking with openness, extensibility, and partnership. To learn more about Alkami's Hackathon and view all 2025 winners, visit here.

To learn more about Alkami's Digital Sales & Service Platform, visit here.

Alkami has been certified by J.D. Power in 2024 and 2025 for providing "An Outstanding Mobile Banking Platform Experience."²

About Alkami 
Alkami  provides a digital sales and service platform for U.S. banks and credit unions. Our unified Platform integrates onboarding, digital banking, and data and marketing—each solution can stand alone, but together they deliver more—to help institutions onboard, engage, and grow relationships. As the future shifts toward Anticipatory Banking, we help data-informed bankers meet the moment with technology that drives action.

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1The Hackathon winners' projects are "proofs of concept" and are not guaranteed to become a product or solution offered by Alkami.
2J.D. Power 2025 Mobile App Platform Certification ProgramSM recognition is based on successful completion of an audit and exceeding a customer experience benchmark through a survey of recent servicing interactions. For more information, visit www.jdpower.com/awards.

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FAQ

What did Alkami announce on October 9, 2025 regarding its annual Hackathon (ALKT)?

Alkami announced the 2025 Hackathon winners, highlighting four awardees: Risk Dashboard, Goal Chatbot, Vault Reimagined, and Onboarding Engagement Helpers.

How does the TechFin Award-winning Onboarding Engagement Helpers solution affect Alkami's platform (ALKT)?

It introduces an interactive new-user tour and achievement system designed to accelerate adoption and guide exploration within Alkami's digital banking platform.

Which Alkami Hackathon project focused on fraud and risk for financial institutions (ALKT)?

The Risk Dashboard, winner of the Fusion Award, delivered an intuitive dashboard with real-time risk scores to strengthen fraud posture.

Did any credit union developers participate in Alkami's 2025 Hackathon (ALKT)?

Yes. Austin Wellner, a software developer at TTCU Federal Credit Union, was a member of the TechFin‑winning team and noted developer-focused improvements.

Where can investors and customers view Alkami's 2025 Hackathon winners and related details (ALKT)?

Winners and details are available via Alkami's website on the Hackathon winners page and the Digital Sales & Service Platform pages.

Does Alkami have recent customer experience recognition that supports its Hackathon claims (ALKT)?

Yes. Alkami received J.D. Power certification for Outstanding Mobile Banking Platform Experience in both 2024 and 2025.