Bank Rush: Learn to Manage the Bank

Bank Rush League is a business game for people who want to better understand the banking sector. This very realistic banking game puts you in the role of the chairman of a major retail bank. Bank Rush explains how banks are making money, and how the recent Federal Reserve policy is affecting the daily business of bank executives.

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Background

The financial crisis began in 2007 with a loss of confidence by investors in the value of securitized mortgages in the United States.

In September 2008, the crisis deepened! Stock markets worldwide crashed and entered a period of high volatility, and a considerable number of banks, mortgage lenders and insurance companies failed in the following months.

In February 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama signed the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law.

The Federal Reserve announced that it will purchase $1.15 trillion in US Assets to prop up liquidity and lending to spur economic growth.

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Your Mission

The Bank is operating in direct competition with 4 other banks. Your task, as the new CEO is to intensify the competition an grow your bank in a sustainable way.

Your Bank operates in the retail sector and provides services for private individuals such as Current Accounts, Saving Acounts, Credit Cards and long term Loans & Mortgages.

You will adjust your interest rates for loans and deposits, set marketing budgets and expand your business!

The Competitors

Your compete against 4 virtual competitors that have different products and strategies. The US Accounts Bank and the UK Bank are the strongest competitors and try to outgrow each other. Two other competitors, the Global Trust bank and the Euro Bank Group are heavily hit by the financial crisis.

	Equity Risk Assets Core Capital Rating	500 M$ 2,896 M$ 18.1% D		Equity Risk Assets Core Capital Rating	300 M$ 1,814 M$ 17.3% CC
	Equity Risk Assets Core Capital Rating	300 M$ 2,479 M$ 12.4% C		Equity Risk Assets Core Capital Rating	250 M$ 2,810 M$ 9.3% D

Interested players can find more information about Bank Rush here.