Business Incubator of Higher School of Economics in Moscow has partnered with Waves, the decentralized platform for crowdfunding and community management, for the second year of fintech startup program HSE{Pro}Fintech.

Besides Waves, National Settlement Depository is also one of the official partners of the fintech section of the program.

The Incubator recently launched the second round of its {pro} fintech programme. The program aims to develop projects in the field of financial and blockchain technologies, in particular services for banks and their customers, personal finance management systems, peer-to-peer services, investment systems, payments, transfers and other FinTech products.

The first fintech program was held from May to September 2016, with the support of the Bank "Saint-Petersburg", NSD, Yandex, through QIWI and Smarthub.

According to the official website, the 4-month intensive program provides a platform for rigorous work on the project with a team of mentors and experts. The program partners help with testing and implementation of developments.

In addition, the program will select 20 promising projects and help them to go on sale and find partners.