How to become a bank operations clerk
Official title: Bank operations clerk
Also called: Bank vault clerk, Clearing house clerk (banking), Currency sorting machine operator, Bank vault clerk
Bank operations clerk performs clerical tasks relating to the transactions of banks. He/she may interview applicants to obtain personal and financial data, determine credit worthiness, process applications, and notify customers of acceptance or rejection of credit.
Main tasks
- Calculating totals, averages, percentages and other details and presenting them in the required tabular form
- Preparing financial documents and calculating interest or brokerage charges and stamp duties payable
- Maintaining records of bonds, shares and other securities bought or sold on behalf of clients or employer
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: $61,800 a year. The middle half earn $48,660 to $82,200 a year.
- Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.
Related jobs
- Insurance/Underwriting clerk
- Securities clerk
- Bookkeeper
- Ledger/Accounts clerk
- Audit clerk
- Payroll/Wages clerk
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Questions people ask
How much does a bank operations clerk earn in Singapore?
Median full-time pay is $61,800 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $48,660 to $82,200.
Will AI change the work of a bank operations clerk?
Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026
