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Visa launches interactive football game to help students gain money management skills
20 April 2010
Visa has teamed up with the educational community to launch Financial Football, a fast-paced interactive game that engages students while teaching them money management skills.
The FIFA World CupTM - themed game encourages players to compete by answering financial questions to pass the ball and score goals.
“Money management is an essential life skill, but it can be seen as a dry classroom topic,” said Chris Clark, Visa’s General Manager for Australia and New Zealand. “We hope that Financial Football will be able to enhance financial literacy skills by using one of the world’s most popular sports to provide students with an entertaining and interactive way to learn about personal finances.”
The content for the Australian edition of Financial Football has been developed in consultation with Business Educators Australasia, the peak organisation that supports the business education teaching community.
Competition details
In conjunction with Visa’s sponsorship of the 2010 FIFA World CupTM, Visa will run a competition linked to the Financial Football game in Asia Pacific through to 7 May 2010. Australians can compete online against players from 35 countries and territories in Asia Pacific.
The four players with the highest scores at the end of the month-long competition will each win a package for two (inclusive of airfares and accommodation) valued at US $12,000 to watch two 2010 FIFA World CupTM preliminary round matches live in South Africa. In addition, the best 11 players will each receive a Visa FIFA merchandise pack. The competition is open to Visa cardholders and also to students aged 15 and above, residing in Asia Pacific.
Financial Football is free to play and available in five different languages (English, Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese and Korean).