Standard Chartered Reports Jump in FX Income in FY20 The Bank reported $1.29 billion FX income in 2020, compared to $1.12 billion in 2019.
Standard Chartered Names Tracy Wong Harris as Head of Sustainable Finance In addition to the hire, several other recent key appointments have been made in London and Singapore.
Standard Chartered Introduces Zodia Custody for Cryptocurrency Investors The bank has partnered with Northern Trust to launch a cryptocurrency custody solution for institutional investors.
Standard Chartered Plans to Launch Digital Currency CEO Bill Winters supported the creation and adoption of digital currencies and signaled a big announcement in coming days.
Standard Chartered Partners with Amazon Web Services The bank has signed a five-year strategic global agreement with AWS to deliver new digital banking services.
Standard Chartered Names Michael Spiegel as Global Head, Transaction Banking The new appointment comes after Lisa Robins’ decision to retire from banking.
Standard Chartered HK Completes First Cross-Blockchain Platform Transaction The bank’s first cross-blockchain platform pilot transaction was executed between Hong Kong and Mainland China.
Standard Chartered HK Applies for Chinese Broker License The bank is aggressively expanding its presence in Hong Kong, and now entering mainland China.
Standard Chartered Faces $13.6M Fine for Indian Bank Takeover The British bank did not comply with the local regulatory rules for transactions in the 13-year-old deal.
Standard Chartered Names Anthony Lin as CEO of Greater Bay Area Lin will be covering the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Standard Chartered Taps Microsoft to Roll Out Cloud Banking Services The bank is planning to go cloud-based by 2025.
TP ICAP Appoints Tracy Clarke as Non-executive Director Clarke will assume her new position on the 1st of January 2020.
Standard Chartered Greater Bay Area Centre Set to Open in Guangzhou The number of its employees is expected to exceed 1,600 by the end of 2023.
Standard Chartered Names Lay Choo Ong as Head of Retail Banking Hong Kong She replaces Vicky Kong who will become global head of wealth proposition
Standard Chartered Supports Launch of Fintech Academy with HK$60M Together with The University of Hong Kong the bank aims to enhance the way fintech is taught and researched
LCH Clears First SGD Interest Rate Swaps Referencing SORA SORA will be the preferred benchmark borrowing rate for Singapore.
Paysafe Names Noah Sharp as Chief Banking Officer Sharp will be in charge of developing a number of relationships for the payments platform.
Standard Chartered Appoints Phil Rivett to Board of Directors Phil Rivett will become an independent non-executive director in May
Standard Chartered Signs on to Cobalt’s FX Infrastructure The bank joins the likes of Citibank, Deutsche Bank and Saxo Bank.
FCA Cracks Down, Issues Highest Level of Fines in 4 Years The regulator has faced criticism this year for not protecting consumers against market scandals.