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New Singapore digital bank Trust selects Thought Machine core

Trust Bank, the Standard Chartered and FairPrice-backed digital challenger that recently launched in Singapore, is running on Thought Machine's cloud-native core platform.

30 November 2022

Event/crime

On-Demand Webinar - How to overcome the challenges associated with remote high-value transactions

Watch our on-demand webinar with OneSpan, as our panel of industry experts discuss how enterprises can meet security, risk, and customer experience challenges.

Speakers from: OneSpan, Standard Chartered Bank

15 November 2022 127

News/payments

Standard Chartered invests in DLT-based payments venture Partior

Standard Chartered has invested in Partior, the DLT venture set up last year by DBS, Temasek and JPMorgan to challenge the cumbersome hub-and-spoke model applied to traditional cross-border payment flow.

03 November 2022

News/payments

Standard Chartered launches Payouts-as-a-Service tech

Standard Chartered has launched an API-first Payouts-as-a-Service offering that will let digital businesses manage one-to-many payments.

02 November 2022

Finextra TV/Sibos

Instant + frictionless payments: A formula for customer success

Joanne Fraser, Managing Director, Transaction Banking Cash Product Head, UK and Europe, Standard Chartered joins FinextraTV at Sibos 2022 to discuss the arising opportunities with instant payments, what innovations businesses need to operate in a 24/7 payments world, and the technological advancements and collaborations we are seeing that enable frictionless payments.

24 October 2022

Company announcement/wholesale

Standard Chartered launches digital portal for near real-time trade transaction status

Standard Chartered announced the launch of Trade Track-It, a one-stop digital trade transaction portal that offers its clients end-to-end visibility of their trade transaction status globally.

10 October 2022

Company announcement/wholesale

Standard Chartered signs supply chain financing MoU with Taulia

Taulia, a leading fintech provider of working capital solutions, and Standard Chartered have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate across a range of working capital finance solutions, with an initial focus on the provision of supply chain finance and dynamic discounting.

21 September 2022

News/retail

Singapore welcomes another digital bank

The digital bank market in Singapore has grown following the launch of Trust Bank, a partnership between Standard Chartered and local retailer FairPrice.

02 September 2022

Company announcement/identity

Standard Chartered joins multi-million dollar financing round in ID verification frim Checkk

SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm, announced today that it has invested funds in Hong Kong-based KYC, KYB and data management platform with the aim of accelerating the company’s product development and boosting its sales organisation – both to meet the increasing demand of the global identity verification market for individuals and corporates that is anticipated to be worth US$17 billion by 2026.

23 August 2022

Company announcement/people

Standard Chartered appoints Ayesha Abbas to lead the bank's digital offering

Standard Chartered Bank (the Bank) announced today the appointment of Ayesha Abbas as Head of Consumer, Private and Business Banking, UAE (CPBB UAE).

19 August 2022

News/crypto

Standard Chartered-backed Zodia Market secures FCA registration

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has approved crypto brokerage Zodia Market’s registration application on the UK Financial Services Register, allowing the Standard Chartered-backed business to officially launch.

28 July 2022

Company announcement/startups

SC Ventures partners Japanese financial conglomerate SBI

SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’ s innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm, announced that it had entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SBI Holdings, Inc to expand their portfolio, both at a business and geographic level, and to explore new ecosystems through this partnership.

09 May 2022