By Melissa Sim

CUSTOMERS who walked into DBS Bank's Shenton Way office yesterday could have been forgiven for thinking they had stumbled into a playschool by accident.

There were balloons everywhere, crayons were strewn all over the floor, and the shrieks of hundreds of screaming children filled the air.

There was no mistake, though - important business was still being conducted at the bank, albeit at a noisier-than-usual level.

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