# Build challenges & hackathons

The Investec Developer community hosts build challenges and hackathons throughout the year, centered around the Investec banking API and programmable card. 

If you are new to the community, this is a great way to learn more about how to apply API banking to innovative solutions and to meet others in the community. 

To chat with other community members about the things you have been building - whether to show off your build or get advice - join the [#02\_buildspace channel ](https://investec-dev-com.slack.com/archives/C05MFMYUPE2)on the Investec Developer Slack. 

### Open challenges

* [Investec Dev Quest](https://github.com/Investec-Developer-Community/investec-dev-quest) | A local-first, CLI-level-based developer coding game

### Past events and challenges

#### 2026

* [Q2 2026 Bounty Challenge | API Side Hustle](/programmable-banking-community-wiki/get-building/build-events/q2-2026-bounty-challenge-or-api-side-hustle.md)

#### 2025

* [Q1 2025 Bounty Challenge ](https://investec.gitbook.io/programmable-banking-community-wiki/get-building/build-events/q1-2025-bounty-challenge-or-path-to-financial-health)| Path to Financial Health
* [Q2 2025 Bounty Challenge | Every‑Day Money Hack](/programmable-banking-community-wiki/get-building/build-events/q2-2025-bounty-challenge-or-every-day-money-hack.md)
* [Q3 2025 Bounty Challenge | Smart & Secure Banking](/programmable-banking-community-wiki/get-building/build-events/q3-2025-bounty-challenge-or-smart-and-secure-banking.md)
* [Q4 2025 Bounty Challenge | History Repeats Itself](/programmable-banking-community-wiki/get-building/build-events/q4-2025-bounty-challenge-or-history-repeats-itself.md)

#### 2024

* Q4 2024 Investec & Microsoft Hackathon 
* Q3 2024 Investec & DVT Hack day
* [Q4 2024 Bounty challenge ](https://investec.gitbook.io/programmable-banking-community-wiki/get-building/build-events/q4-2024-bounty-challenge-festive-api-wrappers)| Festive API wrappers
* [Q3 2024 Bounty challenge ](https://investec.gitbook.io/programmable-banking-community-wiki/get-building/build-events/q3-2024-bounty-challenge-every-day-solutions)| Everyday solutions
* [Q2 2024 Bounty challenge](https://investec.gitbook.io/programmable-banking-community-wiki/get-building/build-events/q2-2024-bounty-challenge-or-card-code-snippets) | Card code snippets
* [Q1 2024 Bounty challenge](https://investec.gitbook.io/programmable-banking-community-wiki/get-building/build-events/closed-q1-2024-bounty-challenge-or-the-tutorial-quest) | The tutorial quest

#### 2023

* Q4 2023 | Investec & Agile Bridge Hack day
* [Q4 2023 Bounty challenge](https://investec.gitbook.io/programmable-banking-community-wiki/get-building/build-events/open-bounties-playground-or-banking.make.dev) | Banking API tools
* [Q2 2023 Bounty challenge](https://investec.gitbook.io/programmable-banking-community-wiki/get-building/build-events/open-q2-2023-bounty-challenge) | Code snippets
* [Q1 2023 Bounty sprint challenges](https://investec.gitbook.io/programmable-banking-community-wiki/get-building/build-events/closed-q1-2023-bounty-challenge) | Three themed challenges over two weekends each.

#### 2022

* [Q4 2022 EskomSePush hackathon ](https://investec.gitbook.io/programmable-banking-community-wiki/get-building/build-events/closed-eskomsepush-build-challenge/eskomsepush-build-challenge-submissions)| Eskom API building⚡
* [Q2 2022 Investec & OfferZen Hackathon](https://investec.gitbook.io/programmable-banking-community-wiki/get-building/build-events/q2-2022-hackathon-or-low-code-no-code/2022-hackathon-or-low-code-no-code-or-submissions) | Low-code/ no-code Spreadsheet Banking
* [Q1 2022 Bounty challenges](https://investec.gitbook.io/programmable-banking-community-wiki/get-building/build-events/closed-spreadsheet-banking-or-bounties) | Spreadsheet Banking

#### 2021

* [Q4 2021 Investec & OfferZen Hackathon](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cWZQtru2zXkkVjEnbOZiCbwbTW1LcpgEsUalt1Vwlog/edit?usp=sharing) | Transfer APIs
* [Q2 2021 Investec & OfferZen Hackathon](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Rh7bjikdBxGVXoCIKS8XU3apjvCwUIxagt1Nziuz_u0/edit?usp=sharing) | Programmable Banking 

**2020**

* [Q4 2020 Investec & OfferZen Hackathon](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j3xv81VSj563uhcfbF-0Ms8bINguhvYb/view) | Programmable Banking


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