McCann Singapore and the world’s strongest bank Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation
McCann Singapore’s new campaign for Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) celebrates its latest accolade, being named as the world’s strongest bank earlier this year.
In May, OCBC topped Bloomberg Markets magazine’s annual ranking of the world’s strongest banks for the second consecutive year. The magazine assessed 78 banks around the world with assets over US$100 billion, and analysed their assets and efficiency, to rate how well banks could withstand a shock to the economy.
OCBC handed its creative account to McCann in June 2011.
Credits – Executive Creative Director: Todd Waldron. Copywriters: Alex Tagaroulias, Todd Waldron. Art Director: Rashid Salleh. Account Servicing: Blake Delandro, Sandeep Arya, Aaron Yeo. Planner: Salim Mohamed.
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Is this old chestnut worthy of issuing a PR?
Pretty bankrupt as an idea.
At least the ‘Here’s a photo of a Clark’s non skid shoe and its nearest competitor’ put a smile on the face of the reader.
No idea what I am nattering about?
Go check out the 1982 D&AD Annual.
It’s for a bank and it has an idea in it.
That doesn’t happen in Singapore.
At least I can believe this was a real ad in response to a real brief, and that a client paid full price for the work. Though, if the copy is talking “humble” then maybe the basic concept should be less chest-puffing? If OCBC is a strong bank, what does that mean for its customers?
If OCBC is a strong bank you can be rest assured that your savings is safe. ASK banks in Greece and Spain dude!
Yep. Spot on, thest chumper.
Aside from a clumsy headline and a weak layout (looks like an ad for fabric softener), what’s in it for the consumer?
Perhaps ‘a list of all the banks stronger than ours’ would be quicker?
Then again it says the same thing in the bottom left corner: World’s strongest bank.
Kudos for Jane Fraser. Good to see someone is doing their job.
Maybe next time it will be for something more newsworthy, like a slice of creativity.