Last weekend, Inspark Mexico City became the most relevant execution laboratory for the country’s financial future.
Over 170 leaders and developers gathered with a single mission for more than 24 hours: to translate the problem of complexity and high transactional cost into functional lines of code.
The collaboration between the Interledger Foundation and Finnosummit demonstrated that the system’s barrier can be dismantled by open payments engineering.
Recognition of Technical and Human Rigor
The Hackathon attacked the most painful digital friction: the high cost of sending and receiving money, the slowness of remittances, and the high commissions on every transaction.
Our recognition goes out to all participants for their technical rigor and commitment to the ecosystem. You are proof that the best software is what generates a direct benefit for people.
First Place: Los VibeCoders (Amado, Angel, Oliver, and Ronaldo) Execution: Global B2B and Remittance Management. The team focused on the core of international commerce. Their SaaS platform uses the Interledger Protocol (ILP) for simultaneous cross-border payments—payroll and suppliers—demonstrating instantaneous and low-cost efficiency in the supply chain.
Second Place: Haki-ando (Diana, Iddar, and Miguel) Purpose: Accessibility and Security. This team tackled real inclusion. Their project Pagos converts biometric identity (face/voice) into the payment method to offer a more dignified and secure solution for people with motor disabilities.
The Vision of the Future: Closer than Ever to the “Internet of Opportunity”
The difference between sending an email or a photo from Mexico City to the U.S. (milliseconds and zero cost) and moving $100 dollars (days and up to a 10% commission) is one of the central paradoxes the Hackathon addressed.
The reason is simple: while the Internet runs on open protocols that guarantee interoperability, money remains trapped in closed and costly systems.
With the Interledger Protocol (ILP), which “packages” payments as data, Mexican developers demonstrated that we are ever closer to making this vision a reality:
Inclusion: The work by Haki-ando and Team Kanzu brings closer the promise that a street vendor in Oaxaca can accept payments from any digital wallet, or that a migrant in Chicago can send pesos to their family instantly for just a few cents.
“Imagine if moving money were as easy as sending an email between smartphones.” Mexican talent has proven that this is not just a vision, but a functional roadmap.
Our mission does not stop: We will continue to champion entrepreneurs and financial solutions that create a better society. Mexican talent built prototypes that bring interoperability to measurable, real-world use cases across the region.
