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Standard Chartered forms data science alliance with Singapore research institute

Standard Chartered Bank today announced the signing of a multi-year collaboration agreement with A*STAR’s Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) - Singapore’s national information and communications technology (ICT) research institute.

21 January 2016

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Standard Chartered partners with Baidu to 'SuperCharge' fintech innovation

Standard Chartered has selected the first eight companies to participate in a fintech accelerator programme run in conjunction with Chinese Web giant Baidu in Hong Kong.

12 January 2016

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Standard Chartered appoints Amar Rathor as head of Silicon Valley tech outpost

Standard Chartered Bank has appointed Mr Amar Rathor as Head of SC Studios San Francisco.

17 December 2015

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Standard Chartered selects Accuity and Fircosoft for global sanctions screening

Accuity, the leading global provider of Risk and Compliance, Payments and Know Your Customer solutions and FircoSoft, the leading global provider of watch list filtering solutions, have been selected by Standard Chartered Bank to provide integrated global sanctions screening and data.

10 December 2015

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Standard Chartered and Airtel partner for mobile wallets in Ghana

Standard Chartered Bank has partnered with Airtel Ghana Limited to launch Straight2Bank Wallet in Ghana, expanding the coverage of its mobile wallet service in Africa.

04 November 2015

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Standard Chartered to axe 15,000 jobs, move more business online

Standard Chartered is to cut 15,000 jobs and accelerate its retail transformation strategy after reporting an unexpected $139 million loss for the third quarter.

03 November 2015

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Dragon Capital and Standard Chartered sponsor launch of FinTech Club in Vietnam

On 6 October, Standard Chartered Bank Vietnam and Dragon Capital jointly hosted in Ho Chi Minh City the inaugural meeting of the Vietnam FinTech Club.

19 October 2015

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Trade finance first to be disrupted by Internet of Things say bank CIOs

In a rare session for Sibos 2015, having almost no mention of blockchain, leading technologists from three of the world’s largest banks shared their views on the transformative effect of digital technologies on the business of banking.

13 October 2015

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Emerging markets banks and P2P lenders urged to form marriages of convenience

Banks in emerging markets should enter into marriages of conveniences with peer-to-peer lenders, helping their putative rivals navigate tough credit and regulatory environments in exchange for help in winning new clients, according to the group chief innovation officer of Standard Chartered Bank.

13 October 2015

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Standard Chartered and Baidu launch Hong Kong fintech accelerator

Standard Chartered has partnered with Chinese Internet search engine Baidu to launch a fintech accelerator programme in Hong Kong.

06 October 2015

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Standard Chartered Bank launches mobile wallet in Vietnam

Standard Chartered Bank has partnered with MoMo, a mobile money service operated by M_Service JSC, to launch Straight2Bank Wallet payments in Vietnam, where the smartphone population is among the largest in ASEAN. Straight2Bank Wallet enables corporations, governments and development organisations to transact with both banked and unbanked individuals cashlessly.

25 August 2015

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Standard Chartered makes big investment in Chinese P2P lender

A Chinese peer-to-peer lending platform has attracted more than $200m in funding, led by Standard Chartered in what it claims is the first time a major commercial bank has invested directly in a Chinese internet finance company.

25 August 2015