- How can community-led approaches reshape financial systems to better serve underserved groups and local economies?
- What practical solutions can emerge when we combine open-source tools, community data, and collaborative innovation in a hackathon setting?
- How can regenerative finance and community investment models be scaled from local pilots into impactful, real-world financial infrastructure?
Community-led approaches are reshaping financial systems to better serve people and place. Models such as commitment pooling and social banking have the potential to empower underserved groups, strengthen local economies, and re-engage communities as active participants in financial decision-making rather than passive recipients.
The hackathon at Sustainable Finance Live 2026 demonstrates what happens when collaborative innovation meets practical tools and real-world challenges. Participants will use open-source platforms and shared infrastructure to co-create solutions, testing new ways to exchange value, mobilise resources, and design more inclusive financial ecosystems.
These ideas are not limited to experimentation, they point toward lasting impact. Regenerative finance and community investment models can evolve from local pilots into scalable, interconnected systems, helping to embed social and environmental value into the foundations of future financial infrastructure.
Register for this Finextra Research webinar, hosted ahead of Sustainable Finance Live’s hackathon, to join our panel of industry experts who will discuss how regenerative finance and community investment models can be scaled from local pilots into impactful, real-world financial infrastructure.
