If you have less than four students, here is an optional matchmaking form to help you find fellow students from MBA, JD, and policy programs. Alternatively, you can enter as a team of less than 4 students.

Please see the Eligibility section under the link to Register

The final round will happen in-person in Ann Arbor, MI, on Saturday, February 7. This is an important part of the impact you will have: the proposal you present to a panel of industry experts and stakeholders will spark new ideas and discussion among practitioners who can then implement these ideas in the world. If you are unable to attend the final session, your team is allowed to make up to 2 substitutions from the original team. If fewer than 2 of the original team members can participate, then another team will be offered the opportunity to present for the final event.

No, registration is free for all student teams!

No, student teams are expected to cover the cost of travel. The event will provide a networking reception and dinner on the day of the final event, and the top 3 teams will take home prizes of $10,000, $5,000, and $2,500, respectively. Your program may offer reimbursement for your travel, and we encourage you to explore this option.

First, the idea of designing a “product” (your roadmap) for “customers” (the various stakeholders of the banking sector) is foundational to this Challenge. Listening to these voices is therefore critical to creating a successful proposal. Second, we go beyond a simple case analysis and instead challenge you to rethink the role that banks might play in accelerating a sustainable market transformation, which requires envisioning new rules for this ecosystem of players and a plan for how to built this new system.