OCBC offers safehouse for 'rebels' to hatch breakthrough ideas

Singapore

THIS is a story about a group of bankers who have gone rogue. But unlike most rebellion tales, this is slated for a happy ending.

The hideout is OCBC Bank's fintech (financial technology) lab The Open Vault at New Bridge Road. The inviting gatekeeper to the nice office digs is Pranav Seth, head of OCBC's e-business and business transformation, who has in recent months quietly taken in bankers who slip into the lab after office hours, to try out different ways to solve big, deep problems of banking.