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In this externship program, students will learn strategic consulting skills to analyze and evaluate challenges from non-profit organizations using consulting frameworks, in an overall effort to help them solve their important problems. Selected individuals will be paired with a specific non-profit organization and dive into their strategic problems, such as development, impact assessment, process improvements, talent engagement, communication, and strategic positioning. Throughout this externship program, professionals from PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) will provide mentorship and coaching.
Seeking aspiring founders, hackers, and product managers to help design and build the bank of the future, in collaboration with HSBC.
This remote externship program has been designed by Paragon One in collaboration with HSBC to offer talented students an opportunity to develop and showcase their strategic problem solving, product management, and critical thinking skills by designing the Web3 bank of the future.
HSBC is investing in and deploying technology to improve customer experience, make the bank more efficient and enable its growth priorities. The Global Ventures, Digital Innovation & Partnership group seeks to improve upon HSBC’s approach to innovation by building on foundational capabilities, further scaling existing projects, and applying VC-like commercial discipline to the bank's technology investments.
The Global Ventures, Innovation, and Partnerships team helps to accelerate the development of digital products and services in the bank's key markets, spread across four services:
During the program, students will conduct research about potential banking solutions using Web3 technology and design a product demonstrating how technology can help HSBC build the bank of the future for its customers.
Through the externship, you will have a chance to research, ideate, and develop a product plan with mockups of a banking solution based on Web3 technology.
Your mission is to reimagine what customers will want next, or how we can improve the way a bank operates, and then prototype these new solutions.
Externs will bridge the gap between technology and business because they understand both the business value of the technology and the technology itself. Breaking down the monolithic structure of banks will enable HSBC to re-imagine its capabilities and processes to deliver innovative products and experiences.
This unique opportunity focuses on the discovery portion of product development. Your goal as an extern will be to understand HSBC’s needs as a bank, familiarize yourself with blockchain / Web3 technology, and ultimately propose new products or strategic initiatives for HSBC.
We are seeking ambitious bootcamp, undergrad and graduate students and recent grads with a passion for Web3, product, and finance. This program is perfect for students who would be excited to imagine the bank of the future leveraging Web3. This is a global program and applications are open to students from all over the world.
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Externship Currently Closed
New applications are not currently being accepted.
HSBC was born from one simple idea – a local bank serving international needs. In March 1865, HSBC opened its doors for business in Hong Kong, helping to finance trade between Europe and Asia. Today, HSBC serves around 40 million personal, wealth, and corporate customers worldwide in 64 countries and territories. Inspired by its purpose - Opening up a world of opportunity - HSBC uses its unique expertise, capabilities, breadth, and perspectives to open up new kinds of opportunity for its customers. The bank is bringing together the people, ideas, and capital that nurtures progress and growth, helping to create a better world – for customers, employees, investors, communities, and the planet. The bank has weathered change in all forms – revolutions, economic crises, new technologies – and adapted to survive. The resulting corporate character enables HSBC to meet the challenges of the 21st century.
