BankingFeaturedStanChart enters Asian BNPL race with Atome investmentIFM CorrespondentOctober 18, 2021 by IFM CorrespondentOctober 18, 2021 The lender invested $500 mn in Atome Financial... Read more
FeaturedFintechStandard Chartered partners with Linklogis on blockchain trade finance platformInternational Finance Business DeskAugust 31, 2021 by International Finance Business DeskAugust 31, 2021 This move will also help determine how viable is the crypto technology in global trade... Read more
BankingFeaturedStanChart to grow affluent banking business, hire 3000 relationship managersInternational Finance Business DeskJune 18, 2021 by International Finance Business DeskJune 18, 2021 The lender will either hire 3,000 relationship managers for the unit over the next five years... Read more
CurrencyFeaturedStanChart to launch new crypto platform for UK and European clientsInternational Finance Business DeskJune 3, 2021June 3, 2021 by International Finance Business DeskJune 3, 2021June 3, 2021 The joint venture between Standard Chartered and BC group is unnamed and it is also subjected to regulatory approval... Read more
BankingFeaturedStanChart signs an MoU with Tazapay to offer a digital escrow on the Proxtera networkInternational Finance Business DeskMay 24, 2021 by International Finance Business DeskMay 24, 2021 The MoU will let Standard Chartered deliver digital escrow services to potential buyers and sellers who are looking to trade globally on the Proxtra network... Read more
BankingFeaturedDBS becomes first Asian bank to use Trusple blockchain solutionPritam BordoloiMarch 17, 2021 by Pritam BordoloiMarch 17, 2021 The transaction of around $40,000 was for an artificial construction stone material known as ‘quartz stone’... Read more
BankingFeaturedStanChart and Bukalapak to launch digital banking servicesPritam BordoloiJanuary 15, 2021 by Pritam BordoloiJanuary 15, 2021 The partnership aims to bring innovation in financial and ecommerce services... Read more
FeaturedTechnologySTACS to develop blockchain platform for structured productsPritam BordoloiOctober 19, 2020 by Pritam BordoloiOctober 19, 2020 The fintech will develop the platform in partnership with Swiss EFG Bank (EFG) to automate and manage the entire lifecycle of those products... Read more
BankingStandard Chartered to launch second digital-only bank in AsiaPritam BordoloiAugust 17, 2020 by Pritam BordoloiAugust 17, 2020 Standard Chartered is teaming up with Singapore’s biggest labour union... Read more
BankingFeaturedStandard Chartered to slash jobs on the back of profit dipInternational Finance Business DeskJuly 30, 2020 by International Finance Business DeskJuly 30, 2020 The bank has drafted a list of several hundred employees who will be eliminated as part of its cutback programme... Read more