Debut is building New Zealand’s next-generation bank with you. Today, we’re announcing a new competition to inspire the design Debut's payment cards. We want to feature something that represents New Zealand to our community members.
Enter the competition and your idea could be featured or integrated into the design of Debut cards. The competition theme is: what represents New Zealand to you, and everyone is welcome to enter. You can share your idea however you like, e.g. a document, a photo, a drawing or even a video. Plus, the winning design will also get $1,000 pre-loaded to their Debut account at launch. Entries will open on March 1st, so stay tuned for more details till then.
Here’s how it’s going down
Competition Announced
Note: Dates have been updated.
Learn about the competition, explore the competition resources and start thinking about what represents New Zealand to you.
Key Dates:
Tue 21 Feb – Competition Announced
Tue 28 Feb – Competition Resources Released
Act 1: Share your Idea
Contestants have until the end of March to share their ideas. Your ideas or designs will be shared publicly on our Backstage community forum. You may seek feedback to refine your entry. You can also Re-submit. You can enter up to two ideas. One of your entries can be in the form of a series (e.g. different birds of New Zealand), with up to 4 related designs. We really want to hear your stories, so let us know what inspired you.
Key Dates:
Wed 1 Mar – Entry Period Opens
Fri 28 Apr – Entry Period Ends
Act 2: Gather Your Votes
Now it’s time for the rest of the community to vote. To keep things nice and fair, everyone starts voting at the same time. You can also share your entry page on Facebook, Instagram or even your workplace’s private chat channel to get votes from your whānau and workmates.
Key Dates:
Friday 31 March – Voting Begins
Fri 2 Jun – Voting Ends
Act 3: Grande Finale
Join us for a live stream on YouTube. The community favourites will make it to the Grande Finale and go before the judges panel - Gotta be in-it-to-win-it!
Key Dates:
Tue 13 Jun – Judges Votes Announced, Winner Announced, competition ends.
How to enter the competition
Click the button above to open the entry form. Follow the prompts to share your idea.
Questions and answers:
How many concepts or ideas can I share?
You can enter unlimited concepts. You can even include a series if you like, e.g. 4 different designs that work together.
What happens after I share my idea?
After you submit your entry, it will be reviewed by a moderator. If successful, your entry will be posted as a new topic in the Representing New Zealand Card Competition category.
What happens if my idea is not approved?
The moderator will let you know why your entry was not found to be acceptable and what you can do about it. You will be able to re-enter as long as it is before the closing date.
What do I do after I’ve shared my idea?
Tell people about it and invite them to vote for you. You can share your entry with friends or family over email or social media.
How do I vote and can people vote for themselves?
To vote, go to the Card Competition category in the Backstage Community Forum and click on one of the Vote links. Select your favourite entry and enter your details to register your vote. We want to make sure that people interested in building Debut are the ones taking part, so in the interest of fairness, contestants and voters must be on the Waitlist. And yes, you can vote for yourself. Voting opens Monday 1 May.
How will the $1,000 be awarded?
Once Debut becomes available to the public, the winner will be invited to download Debut. Once they sign up, their account will be loaded with the prize money. We plan to launch Debut later this year.
Competition Terms:
Competition entries open on 1 March 2022. All entries need to be submitted through the official Card Competition topic on the Backstage Community Forum. Submissions period will run from 1 March to 28 April 2023.
How to have your entry accepted the first time.
All entries will be reviewed by a moderator. You should be fine, as long as you apply commonsense. 😄 Entries may not be approved if:
- They include imagery, language or hate speech that is found to be inappropriate.
- They are too similar to another entry, as in a copy or replication.
- They include trademarked designs, e.g. other brands or artwork not owned by the contestant. Example photos are okay.
What you need to take part
Anyone can enter the competition. To take part in the competition either as a contestant or to vote, you must:
- Be registered on the Waitlist (You can join through the competition entry form.)
- Use only one email address. (That is, only one email address registered on the waitlist.)
If you have previously registered additional email addresses that you control, you can avoid disqualification by not using your additional email addresses for submissions or voting.
NB: If you would like us to remove an additional email address from the waitlist for you, you can email hello@makingdebutbank.co.nz and request a de-duplication.
Let’s keep it all above board, folks
Anyone found to be attempting to cheat, game, corrupt or circumvent the rules or the spirit of this competition may be disqualified.
Permission to use your artwork
Any creative or artwork shared with Debut for this competition belongs to its creator. By sharing, they also do so in the spirit of the competition. It is understood that if their idea is chosen, it may be integrated wholly, partially or re-interpreted by Debut's designers for the final card design. The winner will be awarded the prize money for their idea, after which Debut is free to use or modify the concept for any purposes, i.e. commercial use.
Competition entrants give Debut permission to share, reproduce or alter their entries so that it can be displayed and promoted in the context of the competition. e.g. "Here are some ideas shared by..." Debut may use your name or a name you choose when talking about your work in relation to the competition, e.g. "This idea was shared by Ben."
About the cash prize 🤑
The winner of the competition will be awarded $1,000 to be deposited in their Debut account once activated. In the unlikely event that the competition is cancelled or no winner is selected, no cash prize will be awarded.
Changes to this competition
The competition terms may be subject to changes for the purposes of clarification. If for whatever reason, no winner is chosen, the competition may be cancelled. In this unlikely event, Debut may still choose to recognise contestants for their efforts in another way at its discretion.
Please note, some of the terms related to the competition have been updated to more accurately reflect our intentions for a fair and open community competition.
Please note, Debut is not a registered bank under the Banking (Prudential Supervision) Act. This is about our future intentions. Investments with us are not supervised currently by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand
