It's rare to find a bank that makes us laugh, but New Zealand tends to be the place to look if you want to find one.
First ASB Bank in New Zealand produced a wonderful advert I've used in many presentations:
and now Rabobank's* New Zealand subsidiary, Raboplus, have unveiled the Boring Banker Game.
The official version is called the Raboplus Fortune Fairy, and it's a great little flash media game you can play to win prizes.
The game starts with the very welcoming fairy (not really Tinkerbell is she?) who will lead you to "boring old Banker":
The "boring old Banker" works for "Borings Bank" and is usually asleep on the job:
All you have to do is to nick his notes and however much you manage to filtch, Rabo will put in your newly opened Rabo account.
I managed to nick NZ$35 ...
... but by the time you read this, it may be too late.
The offer finishes today!
* p.s. Rabobank is actually Dutch, but that's ok too!
Chris M Skinner
Chris Skinner is best known as an independent commentator on the financial markets through his blog, TheFinanser.com, as author of the bestselling book Digital Bank, and Chair of the European networking forum the Financial Services Club. He has been voted one of the most influential people in banking by The Financial Brand (as well as one of the best blogs), a FinTech Titan (Next Bank), one of the Fintech Leaders you need to follow (City AM, Deluxe and Jax Finance), as well as one of the Top 40 most influential people in financial technology by the Wall Street Journal's Financial News. To learn more click here...