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Big banks invest $45m in carbon credit transaction network

A group of nine banks has pumped $45 million into Carbonplace, the global DLT-based carbon credit transaction network they founded that is now becoming an independent entity ahead of its planned launch later this year.

09 February 2023

Company announcement/crypto

Zodia Custody inks joint venture with SBI Digital Asset Holdings

Zodia Custody Limited (“Zodia Custody”), a leading crypto asset servicing provider for institutional investors and a subsidiary of Standard Chartered, and SBI Digital Asset Holdings Co., Ltd. (“SBI DAH”) announce that they have entered into definitive agreements to launch a joint venture in Japan.

02 February 2023

News/people

Zodia Custody appoints former Bitstamp and Starling executive Julian Sawyer as CEO

Zodia Custody, the crypto asset servicing joint venture between Standard Chartered and Northern Trust, has appointed former Bitstamp chief and Starling bank co-founder Julian Sawyer as its new CEO.

03 January 2023

Company announcement/people

Standard Chartered names David Rego global head, payments, transaction banking

Standard Chartered has appointed David Rego as Global Head of Payments, Transaction Banking, with immediate effect.

12 December 2022

News/cloud

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, Société Générale, 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