This course addresses the concepts and principles related to banking and related financial services. Students will employ technical skills in banking and finance including account maintenance, credit scoring, loan applications and processing. transactions.

The following competitive events are examples of events that can be integrated into this course. Additional events may also be appropriate depending on the scope, content and structure of the course. These are suggestions for using competitive events in your classroom. They are not intended to restrict you or your students to certain competitive events. Any DECA member can enter any competitive event.

Sample

Event Name/Guidelines	Sample Event	Skills	Classroom Ideas
Accounting Applications Series
Financial Analysis Team Decision Making Case Study
Entrepreneurship Events

Competitive Events Description

Accounting Application Series is a short business scenario. Individual students will be challenged to perform functions and tasks focusing on the application of financial data to business planning and analysis of data to make business decisions by assuming the role of customers, employees, supervisors and managers.

Financial Analysis Management Team Decision Making Event is a case study event in a role-play format. A team of two is given a case study involving analysis of financial records. The participants present their recommendations to the judge playing the role of supervisor, manager or owner.

Entrepreneurship Events
Several entrepreneurship events are available. All involve the development of a written business plan and a presentation to a judge playing the role of a "venture capitalist". Each business plan event is described below.

The Entrepreneurship Written is a business plan event in which a team of one to three members develops a proposal to start a new business, including a description of the way the business will operate and detailed plans for financing the business through its first three years of operation.

The Entrepreneurship Participating Event is a business plan event. An individual student develops and presents a proposal to form an independent business or a franchising business. The student develops a marketing/promotion plan and a financial plan.

In the International Business Plan Event a team investigates and develops a plan to begin a new business venture to either import or export a product and/or service to or from a country of their choice.

In the Internet Marketing Business Plan Event a team researches and designs a plan to start an Internet business or enhance a component of an existing Internet business.