Staffed by the charming and extremely efficient [[Elessa]], the Bank of Improbable offers reliable access to travelers' finances.  This is the place to go to deposit requisition((Also called '[[req]]' by experienced contestants who are too darned lazy to say the full word.)) for safekeeping, withdraw req, <del>take out a loan</del>((Which was a very handy option, since buying [[armor]] and [[weapons]] can be expensive, or as they say in the colonies, pricey, or spendy.))((not anymore, nope)) or transfer req to [[newbies|less fortunate contestants]]((Because of rampant fraud on the Island, the amount of req that can be transferred during any one day or to any one player is significantly limited.  Wouldn't you rather take them to dinner instead?)).  Deposits earn interest at the start of each day, with a minimum of 1% and a maximum of 5%. If you're really really rich, the bank won't give interest. Like the Lodge, the Bank has an outpost in each major [[cities|city]], and all of them are identical, down to the same jet black marble counter tops mined from a quarry near the central lake.