Your brand on the loan
When a team runs short of cash and borrows, the loan carries your bank's name. Your name is on the screens for the whole game.
For banks, credit unions and sponsors
Put your bank in the game
Market Game brings local business owners together at their chamber of commerce every month. Sooner or later, every team needs a loan — and your bank can be the one that gives it: on screen and in the room.
Free 60-minute demo game for your business banking, marketing or CRA team.
What your bank gets
In the game
In the room
In the invitations
Contacts
Reports
CRA
Face time with local business owners, every month
Your own host
Your certified representative hosts the game in person — two hours of personal contact with business owners, not a booth at the back.
"Presented by"
Your name in the chamber's invitations, on the registration page and on participant certificates.
Opt-in leads
Contacts of participants who agree to hear from you when they register. Nobody is added without consent.
A report after every game
Who played, which businesses took part and what they took away — plus quarterly reviews for exclusive partners.
May qualify for CRA
When your staff provide financial education to small businesses, the activity may qualify as a community development service. Your CRA officer decides.
Your own host
Your banker runs the room
By default our host joins by video on the chamber's big screen. Many banks prefer to put their own person in front of the room.
- Certification: $2,500 per person — training plus two games next to our host
- After that your representative hosts in person, and our team runs the game in the background by video
- Included in exclusive partnerships: 2 hosts for a metro area, 5 for a state
The loan terms in the game are the game's own. Nothing on screen is a credit offer, which keeps the review with your compliance team simple.
Pricing
One price per chamber
You pay for the games; the chamber provides the room and invites its members. The price is the same as when a chamber pays for itself.
At 15–20 participants per game, $18,000 reaches 180–240 business owners a year — about $75–$100 per personal contact.
| Demo game for your team | Free |
|---|---|
| One sponsored game | $3,000 |
| 12 games in one chamber | $18,000 a year |
| From 5 chambers | $15,000 per chamber a year |
| Extra game | $1,500 · $1,250 from 5 chambers |
| Host certification | $2,500 per person |
| Spanish-language game | +$500 |
| In-person host from our team | +$1,000 plus travel |
Exclusive Banking Partner
The only lender in the game — in your territory
Exclusivity isn't sold separately: it comes with volume. Sponsor games in 3 chambers of a metro area or 10 chambers of a state, and no other lender appears in our games there.
- The first right to sponsor every new chamber in your territory
- A dedicated manager and quarterly reviews
- Attendance and participant reports for your CRA file
- Host certification included: 2 people for a metro area, 5 for a state
Availability
Where your bank can be the partner
Tick the states where you serve business customers. We'll bring the picture to your demo.
| Select | State | Banking partner | Chambers listed | Programs running |
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| Alabama | Open | — | — | |
| Alaska | Open | — | — | |
| Arizona | Open | — | — | |
| Arkansas | Open | — | — | |
| California | Open | — | — | |
| Colorado | Open | — | — | |
| Connecticut | Open | — | — | |
| Delaware | Open | — | — | |
| District of Columbia | Open | — | — | |
| Florida | Open | — | — | |
| Georgia | Open | — | — | |
| Hawaii | Open | — | — | |
| Idaho | Open | — | — | |
| Illinois | Open | — | — | |
| Indiana | Open | — | — | |
| Iowa | Open | — | — | |
| Kansas | Open | — | — | |
| Kentucky | Open | — | — | |
| Louisiana | Open | — | — | |
| Maine | Open | — | — | |
| Maryland | Open | — | — | |
| Massachusetts | Open | — | — | |
| Michigan | Open | — | — | |
| Minnesota | Open | — | — | |
| Mississippi | Open | — | — | |
| Missouri | Open | — | — | |
| Montana | Open | — | — | |
| Nebraska | Open | — | — | |
| Nevada | Open | — | — | |
| New Hampshire | Open | — | — | |
| New Jersey | Open | — | — | |
| New Mexico | Open | — | — | |
| New York | Open | — | — | |
| North Carolina | Open | — | — | |
| North Dakota | Open | — | — | |
| Ohio | Open | — | — | |
| Oklahoma | Open | — | — | |
| Oregon | Open | — | — | |
| Pennsylvania | Open | — | — | |
| Rhode Island | Open | — | — | |
| South Carolina | Open | — | — | |
| South Dakota | Open | — | — | |
| Tennessee | Open | — | — | |
| Texas | Open | — | — | |
| Utah | Open | — | — | |
| Vermont | Open | — | — | |
| Virginia | Open | — | — | |
| Washington | Open | — | — | |
| West Virginia | Open | — | — | |
| Wisconsin | Open | — | — | |
| Wyoming | Open | — | — |
Not a bank?
Other sponsors
Credit unions and CDFIs get the same loan integration as banks. Insurance companies, utilities, large employers and other local businesses sponsor with their name on the screens, "Presented by" in the invitations and their own certified host.
How it works
From demo to your first game
Request a demo game
A manager contacts you within one business day and sets a time that suits your team.
Play the demo
60 minutes online for your business banking, marketing or CRA team. Free.
Choose your territory
One chamber, several chambers in your footprint, a metro area or a whole state.
Line up the chambers
We bring the chambers on board — or you bring the chambers you already sponsor.
Certify your hosts
Optional: your people host in person after training and two games next to our host.
Monthly games and reports
Your brand in every game, a report after each one, quarterly reviews for exclusive partners.
Frequently asked
The short answers
For chambers
What happens at a game?
Teams of your members run competing companies in one shared market for about two hours, then go through a debrief. You don't need to learn the rules in advance — nobody does. How the game works
What do we need to host it?
A room, a big screen or projector and Wi-Fi. Participants play on their phones or laptops. Our host joins by video; an in-person host is optional ($1,000 per game plus travel).
How many people can play?
Four to twenty teams per game. A team can be one person or several, and the ticket is per team. The fuller the room, the tighter the market.
Who pays — the chamber or a sponsor?
Either. The price is the same. If a bank or another sponsor pays, the games are free for your chamber, and you still sign a 12-game agreement: you provide the room, invite members and run registration.
Can we charge members for tickets?
Yes, and the money stays with your chamber. Suggested prices per team: $25 for Start, $100 for Growth, $3,000 for Elite. Apply your usual member discounts. A paid ticket also cuts no-shows, which matters for a game: empty seats make the market thinner.
What if too few people register?
A game needs at least four teams. If registrations run low, we agree on a new date together.
Is it available in Spanish?
Yes, as an option: $500 per game.
Why not just send our members to your open games?
You can — open games are public and priced the same per team. A chamber program is different: it runs in your room, under your brand, for your members, and the ticket and sponsorship revenue is yours.
How do we pay?
We invoice in U.S. dollars. The Annual Program is billed monthly under a 12-month agreement.
For banks & sponsors
Is the loan in the game a real offer?
No. The game uses its own loan terms; your bank gives the loan its name. Nothing on screen is a credit offer, which keeps the review with your compliance team simple.
Can our own staff host the games?
Yes. Certification costs $2,500 per person: training plus two games next to our host. After that your representative hosts in person, and our team runs the game in the background by video.
Do we get the participants' contacts?
Only of those who opt in when they register. Everyone else's details stay with the chamber.
Does it count toward CRA?
It may. When your staff provide financial education to small businesses, the activity may qualify as a community development service. The decision is your CRA officer's; we provide attendance and participant reports for your file.
What does exclusivity mean?
Your bank becomes the only lender in our games in a territory — a metro area from 3 chambers or a whole state from 10. You get the first right to sponsor every new chamber there, a dedicated manager, quarterly reviews and host certification included.
Your next move
See the game with your team
Book a free 60-minute demo game. A manager will agree on a time that suits you.