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frankpreneurship

A 13-week bank-wide summer internship programme for brave individuals who dare to be game changers in the banking world. Kindle your entrepreneurship spirit, pitch your ideas and push innovation boundaries in a challenging programme that provides:

  • Cross-collaboration opportunities
  • Mentorship by industry leaders
  • Entrepreneurship tools for agile development
  • Career advancement
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A sneak peek into a FRANKpreneur's journey

Entrepreneur starter kit

Learn what it takes to build your own startup

The FRANKpreneurship toolkit comes packed with lean startup principles and frameworks taught by industry leaders, greatly shortening your learning curve and putting you ahead of the pack. You’ll discover what it means to have a startup mentality and pitch your business ideas.

SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS

LEARN FROM LEADING INDUSTRY MENTORS

Pick the brains of subject matter experts and understand the ins and outs of the banking world — gain an insider viewpoint to technological trends and in-demand skillsets to succeed in the new world economy.

CROSS-COLLABORATION

WORK ACROSS DEPARTMENTS TO TACKLE REAL CHALLENGES

FRANKpreneurship keeps you connected and enables you to collaborate with people in creative ways. You will be working with people across different departments to ideate and create solutions that will impact the youths of the future.

GAIN A HEADSTART

FAST TRACK YOUR FINANCIAL CAREER

Get fast-tracked into the OCBC Graduate Talent Programme, which will help you build a strong foundation in banking to achieve your career goals in the finance industry.

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Internship Positions

FRANKpreneurship 2022

Global Consumer Financial Services (GCFS)

Global Consumer Financial Services serves almost 3 million customers across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and China. In Singapore, our customer proposition caters to different life-stages and needs ranging from Mighty Savers for children and young families, FRANK by OCBC for the youths and young working adults to OCBC Premier Banking for affluent individuals. Besides being the pioneer in various banking products and services which includes FRANK by OCBC, full-service Sunday Banking and award-winning Online Banking, they are also the market leader for Bancassurance sales.

Under FRANKpreneurship 2022, we have roles such as Marketing, Finance, Wealth Management, Risk & Prevention available under Global Consumer Financial Services.
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Global Wholesale Banking (GWB)

FRANKPRENEURSHIP 2022 GLOBAL WHOLESALE BANKING (GWB) Global Wholesale Banking includes both Global Commercial Banking and Global Corporate Banking. Under FRANKpreneurship 2022, we have roles such as Product Development, Emerging Business Management and Corporate Wholesale Marketing available under Global Wholesale Banking.

Global Commercial Banking serves the entire spectrum of customer segments of business banking. The business groups under the division include Enterprise Banking, Transaction Banking and Financial Institutions.

Global Corporate Banking seeks to partner and enable our large corporate customers to achieve their business goals across various industries in Singapore and internationally.
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OCBC Securities

OCBC Securities provides full brokerage services for securities, derivatives and leveraged foreign exchange trading in global markets around the world, delivering a comprehensive range of products through our wide network of connections.
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Group Operations & Technology (GO&T)

As one of the largest divisions within OCBC Bank, Group Operations & Technology is on a digital transformation journey to build solutions and reimagine banking for our customers by creating a technology-led internal culture.

We are recognized for our thought leadership, innovative culture, people development and service excellence. We provide IT & processing support across the bank’s business lines such as consumer and corporate banking. Considered to be the core engine of the Bank, GO&T supports the growth expansion strategies within OCBC Group. It runs the bank’s regional processing centres and technology operations; drives a dynamic quality and innovation culture for continuous process improvement and service excellence.
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Group Treasury

Global Treasury aims to be the centre of excellence for Asian financial products. Our market dominance is demonstrated by the numerous accolades we have received for product innovation and customer recognition.
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Group Finance

Group Finance looks beyond providing numbers. We add value in the decision-making process and facilitate the formulation of effective business strategies, and act as a guardian of the Bank’s financial resources.

We track and analyse the financial data generated from the business operations of the bank. Gaining an in-depth financial knowledge of the bank, we support businesses in their decisions by providing performance analytics, thereby facilitating an efficient allocation of financial resources within the bank. We also plan and manage the bank’s funding and capital resources so that there are adequate financial resources for the bank to grow its existing businesses. With various control functions such as Treasury Financial Controls, we aim to ensure the high standards required for the bank’s financial and regulatory reporting.
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GROUP LEGAL AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

Group Legal and Regulatory Compliance supports the Bank in all legal, regulatory and compliance matters. This includes developing policies and procedures to manage and mitigate risks.

You can visit our website to find out more about the various divisions.

What to expect

Programme timetable

May

1-week Bootcamp

Get your notebooks ready as you dive head-first into this intense 1-week bootcamp.

Learn how the bank operates and how the different business units come together to ideate and execute new solutions. You’ll be assigned your project teams, your mentors and internship objectives.
May to July

Full-time work attachment

Gain a strong foundation that sets you up for future success.

During your business attachment, you will get an insider viewpoint to how various bank departments work together to achieve common goals.
July

Experience day!

Pitch your project ideas to senior management and industry leaders, gain invaluable feedback, business acumen and insights to refine your startup ideas.

Learn what works and what doesn’t from these mentors as they guide you toward refining your ideas.
May to August

FRANKpreneurship Projects

Get ready to come together as a team once a week to prepare for the Grand Showcase: the final stage to pitch to the judges!

You will be guided by both internal and external mentors to create financial solutions that will help build the bank of the future.
August

Grand Showcase!

D-Day is here: the finale of all FRANKpreneurship Projects. You will pitch your project to an audience of OCBC Bank’s senior management team, participating universities, and other leading industry partners.

Put your best foot forward and stand a chance of being selected for the OCBC Graduate Talent Programme.
Weekly Schedule

How will my 5-day week look like?

Mon to Thurs:
Home department

For 4 days a week, you’ll be attached to a ‘Home’ department in the bank. This is where you’ll gain an in-depth and hands-on experience of real-world work challenges, and apply your knowledge to real projects.

 

Every Friday:
FRANKpreneurship Projects

Fridays are when your ideas are born. Learn to sprint and innovate like a startup to come up with future banking solutions. Engage with leading industry partners and higher institutions partnering FRANKpreneurship.