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Standard Chartered hires former Ripple/Facebook exec van Dyke as digital channels lead

Standard Chartered has hired former Ripple and Facebook executive Kahina van Dyke to spearhead digital channels and data analytics in its corporate bank.

19 February 2020

Company announcement/sustainable

Standard Chartered sets ten-year timeframe for achieving net-zero emissions

Standard Chartered today announced business targets for supporting its clients as they transition to a low- carbon economy as part of the Bank’s sustainability aspirations.

18 February 2020

News/payments

Swift gpi transferred $77 trillion in 2019

Almost doubling the $40 trillion transferred in 2018, Swift’s transmission of $77 trillion in cross-border payments messages over the gpi platform during 2019 implies that demand for the programme is becoming entrenched in the bank-to-bank space.

18 February 2020

News/sustainable

Standard Chartered and Imperial College partner to tackle climate change

The bank will work with Imperial College Business School’s Centre for Climate Finance and Investment over four years to “uncover solutions that will help embed climate risk identification and management into financial decisions.”

14 February 2020

News

Standard Chartered forms online payments joint venture

Standard Chartered has set up a global e-commerce joint venture with Australia's Assembly Payments.

11 February 2020

News

Standard Chartered to digitise the supply chain with Infor Nexus

Standard Chartered is looking to ease the supply chain finance headache for business clients through an arrangement with the Infor Nexus Network

07 February 2020

News

Bank-backed blockchain trade finance platform Contour launches

Contour, the blockchain-based trade finance platform backed by a host of big name banks, has made its commercial launch.

28 January 2020

Company announcement/wholesale

Standard Chartered strengthens UAE footprint with new office in Abu Dhabi Global Market

Standard Chartered has announced the opening of its newest representative office in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), at the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM).

28 January 2020

News

Standard Chartered enters partnership with Bahrain Fintech Bay

Standard Chartered has formed an alliance with Bahrain Fintech Bay to keep tabs on innovative startups operating in the Greater Middle East.

27 January 2020

News/retail

Hong Kong digital bank offers market beating 6% interest rate

ZA Bank, the first of the eight firms with a licence to launch a digital bank in Hong Kong, is offering an introductory interest rate of 6% on deposits to select clients.

13 January 2020

News

Standard Chartered invests in Chinese supply chain finance platform Linklogis

Standard Chartered has made a strategic investment in Chinese blockchain-enabled supply chain financing platform Linklogis. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

10 January 2020

Company announcement/cloud

Euronet to provide cloud-based DCC to Standard Chartered across 1000 ATMs in 14 countries

Euronet Worldwide (NASDAQ: EEFT), a leading global financial technology solutions and payments provider, announced today it will provide Standard Chartered with dynamic currency conversion (DCC) services at approximately 1,000 ATMs in 14 countries across Asia Pacific and the Middle East using Euronet’s Digital Integrated Payments Cloud (DIPC).

08 January 2020