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Standard Chartered leaps into the metaverse

Standard Chartered has acquired a virtual plot of land at The Sandbox metaverse’s Mega City district, a culture hub inspired by Hong Kong creative artists.

25 April 2022

Company announcement/people

Standard Chartered appoints new global heads for business banking and digital

Standard Chartered Bank (the Bank) today announced the appointments of Xie Wen as Global Head, Business Banking and Mohamed Keraine as Global Head, Digital for its Consumer, Private and Business Banking (CPBB) business.

22 February 2022

News/sustainable

More banks join blockchain-based carbon marketplace

UBS, Standard Chartered, and BNP Paribas have joined Project Carbon, a bank-backed initiative to create a blockchain-based marketplace where firms can buy and sell carbon offsets.

16 February 2022

News/wholesale

SC Ventures rolls out supply chain finance platform

SC Ventures, Standard Chartered’s fintech investment and ventures arm, has launched Trade and Supply Chain Connect (TASConnect), a bank agnostic supply chain finance platform based out of Singapore.

15 February 2022

Company announcement/people

Louwhoff to take on combind technology and operations role at Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered today announced the appointment of Roel Louwhoff as Chief Technology, Operations and Transformation Officer to lead its transformation, operations and technology agenda from 1 April 2022.

20 January 2022

News/sustainable

Doconomy raises $19 million to accelerate carbon emission reduction goal

Climate data platform Doconomy has raised $19m of equity capital to help accelerate expansion and the recruitment of new talent.

17 January 2022

Company announcement/wealth

Standard Chartered to launch Welath Academy

Standard Chartered (“the Bank”) and INSEAD, one of the world’s leading and largest graduate business schools, today announced the launch of the Standard Chartered-INSEAD Wealth Academy, with a multi-year client engagement and wealth management global education programme for the Bank’s Relationship Managers and Wealth Specialists.

30 November 2021

News/cloud

Thought Machine joins unicorn club

Cloud-native core banking provider Thought Machine has hit unicorn status thanks to a $200 million Series C funding round joined by the investment arms of some of its top bank clients, including JPMorgan Chase, ING and Standard Chartered.

29 November 2021

News/cloud

SC Ventures launches letsbloom to help regulated organisation hop on the cloud

Standard Chartered's SV Ventures arm is launching a fintech that helps firms in regulated industries build run and deploy business applications in the cloud.

12 November 2021

Company announcement/cloud

Standard Chartered taps SAP Multi-Bank Connectivity cloud solution for corporate-to-bank integration

Standard Chartered has tapped the SAP Multi-Bank Connectivity solution and joined as a member bank, aiming to offer an enhanced experience to corporate clients in meeting their transactional banking needs, simplifying the onboarding process, and delivering both traditional and new banking services in real time.

11 November 2021

Company announcement/payments

MAS signals breakthrough in cross-border trade finance

Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), in collaboration with commercial partners DBS Bank, Emirates NBD and Standard Chartered, have successfully concluded the world’s first cross-border digital trade financing pilot of its kind.

11 November 2021

Company announcement/payments

Standard Chartered taps SAP to support API connectivity for corporate to bank transactions

Standard Chartered has tapped the SAP Multi-Bank Connectivity solution and joined as a member bank, aiming to offer an enhanced experience to corporate clients in meeting their transactional banking needs, simplifying the onboarding process, and delivering both traditional and new banking services in real time.

10 November 2021