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Sibos 2020: Women, internal hiring and escape rooms may solve the cyber resource problem

In a fast paced and solution-oriented presentation, Lucy Kerner, senior principal global cybersecurity evangelist and strategist, Red Hat, outlined a clear set of goals financial institutions can and should work toward in order to address cyber security weaknesses for ‘The cyber resource problem – is it totally unsolvable?’ on day 2 of Sibos 2020.

06 October 2020

News/payments

Standard Chartered and DBS to set up blockchain-based Trade Finance Registry

Standard Chartered and DBS, with the support of 12 other banks, have kicked off a project that will use a blockchain network to register trade finance transactions.

06 October 2020

Company announcement

Standard Chartered delivers banking-as-a-service proposition to Sociolla

Standard Chartered Bank announced its partnership with Sociolla through nexus, its “Banking as a Service” solution.

01 October 2020

Company announcement/wholesale

StanChar completes first transaction on Trusple platform

Standard Chartered announced the successful completion of the first cross border live transaction on Trusple, the newly launched digital international trade and financial service platform of AntChain (the blockchain-based technology solution of Ant Group).

25 September 2020

News/devops

StanChar opens virtual bank in Hong Kong

Standard Chartered has announced the official opening of its virtual bank in Hong Kong

22 September 2020

News/crime

FinCen leaks throw doubt on banks' AML efforts

A remarkable leak detailing 17 years' worth of confidential transaction reporting has cast doubt on banks' anti-money laundering (AML) efforts by suggesting that leading banks continued to transfer money even when they knew it could be connected to fraud.

21 September 2020

Company announcement/payments

Almost half of global consumers expect a cashless world by 2030

COVID-19 has seen consumers across the world ditch cash and in-person shopping in favour of online spending, according to Standard Chartered’s latest global survey. Almost two-thirds of survey respondents (64 per cent) agree that COVID-19 has made them more positive about online shopping, but they are also more careful with their spending and want new ways to track their money digitally.

15 September 2020

Company announcement/payments

StanChar, bKash and Valyou partner for blockchain remittance in Bangladesh

Standard Chartered Bank, in partnership with bKash, the largest mobile financial service provider in Bangladesh, and Valyou, Malaysia’s leading digital remittance provider, today announced the launch of the first blockchain-based cross-border remittance service in Bangladesh, facilitating instant transfers from Malaysia.

11 September 2020

Company announcement/wealth

Standard Chartered sharpens focus on personal clients and integrates its Asian network business

Standard Chartered PLC (the Group) will update its organisation structure as part of the ongoing execution of its refreshed strategy.

10 September 2020

News/payments

Standard Chartered introduces Amazon instalment payment programme

Standard Chartered has launched a new instalment payment offering for customers shopping on Amazon in the UAE.

10 September 2020

News/startups

Hong Kong virtual bank Mox onboards first customers

Standard Chartered-supported Hong Kong virtual bank Mox has officially launched to the general public and started inviting pre-registrants who had earlier signed up on the waitlist to open an account.

09 September 2020

Company announcement

Standard Chartered Korea to provide banking in messaging apps with PayKey

Leading the next wave of banking in South Korea, Standard Chartered Bank Korea expands its partnership with PayKey, an Israeli Fintech powering frictionless mobile banking experiences, to launch a new keyboard based solution that brings embedded banking to the customers of its award-winning SC Mobile Banking app.

25 August 2020