What does a banker do?
Bankers look after money. They help people save it, borrow it and use it to build new things like homes and businesses.
What bankers do all day
Banks look after people’s savings.
Bankers work with numbers every day and check them carefully.
They lend money so people can buy homes or start businesses.
They help people and companies make plans for the future.
Super skills bankers use
- 🔢 Being good with numbers
- ✅ Checking carefully
- 🤝 Being trustworthy
- 📅 Planning ahead
How you grow as a banker
- InternStart here
- AssociateGetting good
- DirectorLeading others
- Head of BankingThe top job!
In the game you start at step 1. Do great work, collect stars and climb all the way to the top!
Places you can work in the game
- 📊Deal floor
- 📈Trading desk
- 🏦Portfolio office
- 🛡️Risk floor
- 🧾Accounting suite
- 🕴️Partner office
Fun fact!
The first coins were made about 2,700 years ago in Lydia, a kingdom in what is now Turkey.
Ready to try it?
Pick a name, choose your first job and make choices. Every game is different — then challenge a friend to beat your score!
▶ Play as a bankerQuestions kids ask about bankers
What does a banker do?
Bankers look after money. They help people save it, borrow it and use it to build new things like homes and businesses.
What skills does a banker need?
Bankers use skills like being good with numbers, checking carefully, being trustworthy and planning ahead.
How do you become a banker?
Many bankers study maths, economics or business, then learn on the job at a bank, where checking numbers carefully matters a lot.
Can kids try being a banker?
Yes. In careers.games, a free game for kids, kids play a banker from the first step (Intern) all the way to the top job (Head of Banking).
Updated October 2026 · About careers.games for parents and teachers
For parents and teachers
careers.games is a free, story-based career game for children. Kids make simple choices, see what happens and learn that jobs have many steps. There are no accounts, no chat and no ads.
The finance path follows a career through banking, trading, investing and accounting, from intern to the top of the firm.
Questions to talk about together:
- What would you save up for?
- Why do you think people keep money in a bank?
- What is the difference between needing something and wanting it?
Tip: turn on “Read to me” in the game and younger players can listen instead of reading.