Standard Chartered

The name Standard Chartered comes from the names of the two banks that merged in 1969 to create it: The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Standard Bank of British South Africa.{{Cite web |title=Standard Chartered Bank History |url=http://www.standardchartered.com/about-us/history/en/index.html |access-date=19 April 2011 |publisher=Standardchartered.com}}

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The Chartered Bank began when Queen Victoria granted a royal charter to Scotsman James Wilson in 1853. Chartered opened its first branches in Bombay, Calcutta, and Shanghai in 1858; branches in Hong Kong and Singapore followed in 1859. The bank started issuing banknotes denominated in Hong Kong dollars in 1862.

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The Standard Bank was a British bank founded in the Cape Province of South Africa in 1862 by Scot, John Paterson.{{Cite book |last=Amphlett |first=George Thomas |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofstandar00amphuoft |title=History of the Standard Bank of South Africa ltd., 1862-1913 |publisher=Printed by R. Maclehose |year=1914 |location=Glasgow |page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofstandar00amphuoft/page/3 3]}} Having established a considerable number of branches Standard was prominent in financing the development of the diamond fields of Kimberley from 1867 and later extended its network further north to the new town of Johannesburg when gold was discovered there in 1885. Half the output of the second largest gold field in the world passed through the Standard Bank on its way to London. Standard expanded widely in Africa over the years, but from 1883 to 1962 was formally known as the Standard Bank of South Africa. In 1962 the bank changed its name to Standard Bank Limited, and the South African operations became a separate subsidiary that took the parent bank's previous name, Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd.

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Both banks acquired other smaller banks along the way and spread their networks further. In 1969, the banks decided to merge and to counterbalance their network by expanding in Europe and the United States, while continuing expansion in their traditional markets in Asia and Africa.

In 1986, Lloyds made a hostile takeover bid for the Group.{{Cite news |date=28 June 1986 |title=Offer sweetened by Lloyds Bank |work=The New York Times |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE1DF113DF93BA15755C0A960948260 |access-date=2 May 2010}} The bid was defeated; however, it spurred Standard Chartered into a period of change, including a series of divestments notably in the US and South Africa. It sold Union Bank to Bank of Tokyo and United Bank of Arizona to Citicorp.{{Cite news |last=FRANTZ |first=DOUGLAS |date=1988-02-17 |title=Japanese to Pay $750 Million for Union Bank |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-17-mn-29370-story.html |access-date=2014-10-20 |issn=0458-3035}}

In 1986, a business consortium purchased a 35% stake to fend off Lloyds. A member of this consortium was Singaporean property tycoon Khoo Teck Puat, who purchased 5% of the bank's shares, which he later increased to 13.4%.{{Cite web |date=2 March 2004 |title=Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1455763/Tan-Sri-Khoo-Teck-Puat.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1455763/Tan-Sri-Khoo-Teck-Puat.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=26 March 2016 |website=The Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}

In 1987, Standard Chartered sold its remaining interests in the South African bank; since then the Standard Bank Group has been a separate entity.{{Cite web |title=Historical overview |url=http://www.standardbank.com/SB-Historical-Overview-6th-ed-2009.pdf |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113034632/http://www.standardbank.com/SB-Historical-Overview-6th-ed-2009.pdf |archive-date=13 January 2012 |access-date=26 March 2016 |publisher=Standard Bank}}

In 1992, scandal broke when banking regulators charged several employees of Standard Chartered in Mumbai with illegally diverting depositors' funds to speculate in the stock market. Fines by Indian regulators and provisions for losses cost the bank almost £350 million, at that time fully a third of its capital.{{Cite web |date=22 December 1993 |title=India Blames 4 Big Banks in Scandal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/22/business/company-news-india-blames-4-big-banks-in-scandal.html |access-date=26 March 2016 |website=New York Times}}

In 1994, London's Sunday Times reported that an executive in the bank's metals division had bribed officials in Malaysia and the Philippines to win business. The bank, in a statement on 18 July 1994, acknowledged that there were "discrepancies in expense claims [that] ... included gifts to individuals in certain countries to facilitate business, a practice contrary to bank rules".{{Cite web |title=Sucheta Dalal :Standard Chartered tries to cover up its messy past but SEBI is in a slumber |url=http://www.suchetadalal.com/?id=884a0238-d01e-46b7-4bc5d9b349c7&base=sections&f |access-date=21 March 2015 |website=suchetadalal.com}}

In 1994, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission found Standard Chartered's Asian investment bank to have illegally helped to artificially support the price of new shares they had underwritten for six companies from July 1991 to March 1993. The bank admitted the offence, apologized, and reorganized its brokerage units. The commission banned the bank from underwriting IPOs in Hong Kong for nine months.{{Cite web |date=29 June 1994 |title=Hong Kong Disciplines Standard Chartered PLC |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/29/business/worldbusiness/29iht-stand.html |access-date=26 March 2016 |website=New York Times}}

In 1997, Standard Chartered sold Mocatta Bullion and Base Metals, its metals division, to Toronto-based Scotiabank for US$26 million.{{Cite web |date=29 September 2009 |title=Scotiabank to Launch the ScotiaMocatta eStore in Canada - a New Full-Service Online Precious Metals Delivery Channel |url=http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/scotiabank-to-launch-the-scotiamocatta-estore-in-canada---a-new-full-serviceonline-precious-metals-delivery-channel-538622121.html |access-date=26 March 2016 |publisher=Newswire}}

Standard Chartered's Asian investment banking operations never recovered.{{Cite news|last=Elder|first=Bryce|date=2021-08-03|title=StanChart still searching for the right path to recovery|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/9b58f8b3-6211-4bd2-9d29-7d8a9b3ec24f |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/9b58f8b3-6211-4bd2-9d29-7d8a9b3ec24f |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription|access-date=2022-01-20}} In 2000, the bank closed them down.{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Yoolim |date=3 November 2009 |title=Standard Chartered 79% Return Overtakes HSBC With Asian Rebound |publisher=Bloomberg L.P. |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=amezAf6Zd9hU&refer=china |access-date=19 April 2011}}

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In 2000, Standard Chartered acquired Grindlays Bank from ANZ, increasing its presence in private banking and further expanding its operations in India and Pakistan. Standard Chartered retained Grindlays' private banking operations in London and Luxembourg, as well as the subsidiary in Jersey, all of which were integrated into its own private bank. This now serves high-net-worth customers in Hong Kong, Dubai, and Johannesburg under the name Standard Chartered Grindlays Offshore Financial Services.{{Cite web |date=28 April 2000 |title=Standard Chartered snaps up Grindlays |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2000/apr/28/15 |access-date=26 March 2016 |website=The Guardian}}

Leading to the incorporation of Standard Chartered (Hong Kong) on 1 July 2004, the Legislative Council of Hong Kong amended Legal Tender Notes Issue Ordinance. The amendment replaced Standard Chartered Bank with its newly incorporated subsidiary - Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd - as one of the note-issuing banks in Hong Kong.{{Cite web |title=Cap 65 - Legal tender notes issue Ordinance |url=http://www.legislation.gov.hk/blis_pdf.nsf/CurAllEngDoc/8850FA52388F223C482575EE0036B8BB/$FILE/CAP_65_e_b5.pdf |access-date=7 September 2012}} The same year, Standard Chartered Bank and Astra International (an Indonesian conglomerate, a subsidiary of Jardine Matheson) took over PermataBank and in 2006, both shareholders increased their joint ownership to 89.01%. With 276 branches and 549 ATMs in 55 cities throughout Indonesia, PermataBank has the second largest branch network in Standard Chartered organization.{{Cite web |date=14 April 2011 |title=PermataBank in Brief |url=http://www.permatabank.com/en/corporateprofile/1/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222211416/http://www.permatabank.com/en/corporateprofile/1/index.html |archive-date=22 February 2011 |access-date=19 April 2011 |publisher=Permatabank.com}}

On 15 April 2005, the bank acquired Korea First Bank, beating HSBC in the bid.{{Cite web |title=Standard Chartered buys Korea First Bank |url=http://www.standardchartered.com/en/news-and-media/news/asia/2012-01-11-korea-re-brand.html |access-date=16 August 2012 |publisher=Standardchartered.com}} The bank has since rebranded the branches as SC First Bank. Standard Chartered completed the integration of its Bangkok branch and Standard Chartered Nakornthon Bank in October, renaming the new entity Standard Chartered Bank (Thailand).{{Cite web |date=29 April 2004 |title=Standard Chartered to Merge Its Branch with Local Subsidiary in Thailand |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-118462616.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023115057/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-118462616.html |archive-date=23 October 2012 |access-date=19 April 2011 |publisher=Highbeam.com}} Standard Chartered also formed strategic alliances with Fleming Family & Partners to expand private wealth management in Asia and the Middle East, and acquired stakes in ACB in Vietnam, Travelex, American Express Bank (Bangladesh), and Bohai Bank (China). The largest shareholder, billionaire Khoo Teck Puat, died in 2004; and two years later, on 28 March 2006, the Singapore state-owned private investment firm, Temasek, became the bank's largest shareholder when it bought the 11.55% stake held by Khoo Teck Puat's estate.

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On 9 August 2006, Standard Chartered announced it had acquired an 81% shareholding in the Union Bank of Pakistan in a deal ultimately worth $511 million. This deal represented the first acquisition by a foreign firm of a Pakistani bank. The merged bank, Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan), is now Pakistan's sixth largest bank.{{Cite web |date=6 September 2006 |title=Standard Chartered acquires Union Bank |url=http://www.dawn.com/news/209085/standard-chartered-acquires-union-bank |access-date=26 March 2016 |publisher=Dawn}}

On 22 October 2006, Standard Chartered announced that it had received tenders for more than 51% of the issued share capital of Hsinchu International Bank ("Hsinchu"), established in 1948 in Hsinchu, Taiwan.{{Cite web |date=29 September 2006 |title=Standard Chartered to buy Hsinchu |url=http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20060929/standard-chartered-plc-hsinchu-international-bank.htm |access-date=19 April 2011 |publisher=Ibtimes.com}}

In 2007, Standard Chartered opened its Private Banking global headquarters in Singapore.{{Cite web |title=Standard Chartered sets up private banking HQ in Singapore |url=http://www.newsgd.com/business/enterprise/200705290048.htm |access-date=19 April 2011 |publisher=Newsgd.com}}

On 23 August 2007, Standard Chartered entered into an agreement to buy a 49% share of an Indian brokerage firm (UTI Securities) for $36 million in cash from Securities Trading Corporation of India Ltd., with the option to raise its stake to 75% in 2008, and, if both partners were in agreement, to 100% by 2010.{{Cite web |date=24 August 2007 |title=Standard Chartered to buy 49% of UTI Securities |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/08/24/stories/2007082452431500.htm |access-date=19 April 2011 |publisher=Thehindubusinessline.com}}

On 29 February 2008, Standard Chartered PLC announced it had received all the required approvals leading to the completion of its acquisition of American Express Bank Ltd (AEB) from the American Express Company (AXP). The total cash consideration for the acquisition is US$823 million.{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Andrew |date=18 September 2007 |title=Standard Chartered buys American Express Bank |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/sep/18/9 |access-date=2 May 2010}}{{Cite news |title=Frequently Asked Questions on the Standard Chartered Bank acquisition of American Express Bank |work=AmericanExpress.com |url=http://cmax.americanexpress.com/Internet/PrivateBank/pdf/SCB_AEB_Client_FAQ.pdf |url-status=dead |access-date=11 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510213731/http://cmax.americanexpress.com/Internet/PrivateBank/pdf/SCB_AEB_Client_FAQ.pdf |archive-date=10 May 2013}}{{Cite news |title=Auditors' Report on the financial statements of Standard Chartered Bank – India Branches under Section 30 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, p. 7, Economic & Political Weekly EPW 28 June 2008 |work=standardchartered.co.in |url=http://www.standardchartered.co.in/_documents/tools-utilities/ar_0607.pdf |access-date=11 January 2012}}{{Cite news |date=18 September 2007 |title=Standard Chartered to Buy American Express Bank Unit (Update4) |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aOBVUiA74YbE&refer=home |access-date=11 January 2012}}{{Cite news |title=Standard Chartered completes acquisition of American Express Bank for $823 million |work=standardchartered.com |url=http://www.standardchartered.com/vn/latest-news/03-08-completes-acquisition-of-american-express-bank/en |access-date=11 January 2012 |archive-date=12 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912121655/http://www.standardchartered.com/vn/latest-news/03-08-completes-acquisition-of-american-express-bank/en/ |url-status=dead }}

On 13 November 2008, Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited, entered into an agreement with JPMorgan Cazenove to acquire 100% of Cazenove Asia Limited, an Asian equity capital markets, corporate finance, and institutional brokerage business.{{Cite web |title=Standard Chartered to acquire Cazenove Asia Limited |url=http://www.standardchartered.com.hk/news/2008/press_20081113.pdf |access-date=16 August 2012 |archive-date=10 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310150554/http://www.standardchartered.com.hk/news/2008/press_20081113.pdf |url-status=dead }}

On 27 November 2009, Dow Jones Financial News reported that Dubai will restructure its largest corporate entity. Among international banks, Standard Chartered has one of the largest loan portfolios in the Dubai market and the UAE as a whole, estimated to be $7.77 billion in total. This amounts to 4.2% of Standard Chartered's total loans outstanding. Other impacted banks included HSBC, Barclays, and RBS. The bank stated that any impairment arising from this exposure would not be material.{{Cite news |last=Poon |first=Aries |date=21 December 2010 |title=Lender says no material impairment from Dubai |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704240504574585451907841622 |access-date=19 April 2011}}

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Standard Chartered announced an agreement on 27 April 2010 to buy the African custody business from Barclays PLC.{{Cite web |title=Press release |url=http://wholesalebanking.standardchartered.com/en/mediacentre/pressreleases/Pages/28042010.aspx |access-date=19 April 2011 |publisher=Wholesalebanking.standardchartered.com}} On 13 May 2010, Standard Chartered PLC launched the first-ever Indian Depository Receipt "IDR" offer.{{Cite web |date=13 May 2010 |title=Media Centre – 2010 Press Releases |url=http://www.standardchartered.com/media-centre/press-releases/2010/documents/20100513/index.html |access-date=19 April 2011 |publisher=Standardchartered.com}}

On 17 June 2010, Standard Chartered Bank and the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) entered into a strategic alliance meant to strengthened their strategic partnership and identify joint business opportunities.{{Cite web |title=ABC joins hands with Standard Chartered |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2010-06/18/content_9987769.htm |access-date=2017-09-08 |website=www.chinadaily.com.cn}} Joint business and cooperation task forces were set up in October that year to define the direction of the partnership and explore joint ventures.{{Cite web |date=18 October 2010 |title=STANDARD CHARTERED BANK AND AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA FURTHER SOLIDIFYING STRATEGIC COOPERATION |url=https://www.sc.com/global/av/cn-en-news-media-101018.pdf |access-date=8 September 2017 |website=Standard Chartered}} The committee was to be co-chaired by Peter Sands, CEO of Standard Chartered, and Zhang Yun, President of ABC.{{Cite web |date=17 June 2010 |title=Standard Chartered Bank Press Releases – 2010 |url=http://www.standardchartered.com/media-centre/press-releases/2010/documents/20100617/index.html |access-date=19 April 2011 |publisher=Standardchartered.com}}

In December 2010, Standard Chartered was recognised as the Global Bank of the Year in The Banker{{'}}s Bank of the Year 2010 awards.[http://www.thebanker.com/Awards/The-Bank-of-The-Year-Awards The Bank of the Year Awards], The Banker Standard Chartered also was named The Banker's inaugural winners of the Global and European Transaction Bank of the Year awards in September 2014, largely "on the basis of its work in emerging markets, particularly Asia".{{Cite web |title=Transaction Banking Awards 2014 |url=http://www.thebanker.com/Awards/Transaction-Banking-Awards-2014/Transaction-Banking-Awards-2014 |access-date=17 September 2014 |publisher=The Banker}}

In January 2015, the company announced that it was exiting the money-losing "equity capital markets business completely", "becoming one of the first global banks" to do so. In November that year, the bank announced that it would cut 15,000 jobs, including one thousand senior jobs, "from managing director up to board executives".{{Cite news |last=Kamal |first=Ahmed |date=3 November 2015 |title=Standard Chartered shares sink on shock quarterly loss |publisher=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-34707288}} The cuts followed a change of CEO after profit warnings and money laundering fines in the first half of the year.{{Cite news |last=Goodway |first=Nick |date=9 October 2015 |title=Bonfire of 1000 top bankers at StanChart |page=47 |work=London Evening Standard}}

In 2016, Standard Chartered announced that it would stop providing loans to the midstream segment of the diamonds and jewellery industries.{{Cite news |date=14 June 2016 |title=Standard Chartered finds diamonds no longer a bank's best friend |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/stanchart-diamonds/standard-chartered-finds-diamonds-no-longer-a-banks-best-friend-idUSL4N1963LD |access-date=2017-09-08}} The announcement was the result of a review of the bank's involvement in risky business sectors. In 2017, the bank was reported to have lost $400 million on risky diamond debt on a portfolio of loans that was once worth $3 billion.{{Cite news |date=2017-09-07 |title=How Standard Chartered Lost $400 Million on Risky Diamond Debt |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-07/how-standard-chartered-lost-400-million-on-risky-diamond-debt |access-date=2017-09-08}} Owing to defaults of jewellery and diamond companies from 2013 onwards, Standard Chartered is currently estimated to have $1.7 billion of diamond debt still to be repaid.

The company received criticism in April 2017 from the Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). The investor advisory firm told shareholders it was concerned that targets set for the top bosses in the bank's long-term incentive plan (LTIP) were not demanding enough. Bill Winters, the chief executive, stands to net share awards with a face value of as much as £4.4m from the scheme, while Andy Halford, the chief financial officer, could receive £2.7m.{{Cite web |last=Ben Martin |date=2017-04-29 |title=Pressure piled on Standard Chartered over £7m bonuses |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/04/29/pressure-piled-standard-chartered-7m-bonuses/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2017/04/29/pressure-piled-standard-chartered-7m-bonuses/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=2017-09-05 |website=Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}

In February 2025 Standard Chartered, Animoca Brands and Hong Kong Telecom establish joint venture to issue a HKD-backed stablecoin.{{Cite web|url=https://ibsintelligence.com/ibsi-news/standard-chartered-leads-hong-kongs-stablecoin-push-with-animoca-hkt/|title=Standard Chartered leads Hong Kong's Stablecoin push with Animoca & HKT|website=IBS Intelligence}}

On 6 August 2012, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS), led by Benjamin Lawsky, accused Standard Chartered of hiding $250 billion in transactions involving Iran, labelling it a "rogue institution". The bank was ordered to appear and defend its actions, or risk losing its license to operate in the state of New York. The DFS said it had documents showing a cover up of transactions allegedly used to fund terrorist groups in the Middle East.{{Cite news |date=16 August 2012 |title=Standard Chartered may lose NY license over Iran ties |publisher=Reuters.com |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-standardchartered-iran-idUSBRE8750VM20120806?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=71 |access-date=16 August 2012}}

On 14 August 2012, Lawsky announced that the DFS and Standard Chartered reached a settlement that allows the bank to keep its licence to operate in New York. According to the terms of the settlement, the bank agreed to pay a $340 million fine.[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/15/business/standard-chartered-settles-with-new-york-for-340-million.html?hp "British Bank in $340 Million Settlement for Laundering"], New York Times, 14 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.

The bank agreed to install a monitor to oversee the bank's money laundering controls for at least two years, and appoint "permanent officials who will audit the bank's internal procedures to prevent offshore money laundering". The monitor will report directly to the DFS.[http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/standard_charter_to_pay_fine_rpycg1noycXdv7imdt5Z0H "Standard Charter to pay $340M fine"], New York Post, 14 August 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012 Lawsky's statement said "the parties have agreed that the conduct at issue involved transactions of at least $250bn."[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19253666 Standard Chartered agrees settlement with New York regulator], 14 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012. The bank issued a statement confirming that a settlement with the DFS had been reached and that "a formal agreement containing the detailed terms of the settlement is expected to be concluded shortly".

Other US agencies—including the Federal Reserve, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Treasury Department, and the Justice Department—had also begun investigations into the laundering allegations and were reportedly taken off guard by the speed of the settlement.

The Treasury stated that its own investigation of Standard Chartered will continue.[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390444318104577589380427559426 "Standard Chartered to Pay $340 Million to Settle New York Case"], Wall Street Journal, 14 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2017. Several financial analysts predicted that, due to its strong financial position, the bank would be able to easily cover the $900 million fine without having to raise extra capital.

On 6 August 2014, Lawsky was reported to be preparing a new action against Standard Chartered over computer system breakdowns and was "discussing a potential settlement".{{Cite news |last1=Silver-Greenberg |first1=Jessica |last2=Protess |first2=Ben |date=5 August 2014 |title=British Bank Standard Chartered Faces Action, Again, by New York State |work=The New York Times |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/08/05/standard-chartered-bank-once-again-faces-action-by-new-york-state/ |access-date=6 August 2014}}

On 19 August 2014, the bank was fined $300 million by the New York Department of Financial Services for breach of money-laundering compliance related to potentially high-risk transactions involving Standard Chartered clients in Hong Kong and the UAE. The bank issued a statement accepting responsibility and regretting the deficiencies, at the same time noting the ruling would not jeopardize its U.S. licenses.{{Cite news |date=19 August 2014 |title=US regulators ask Standard Chartered to pay $300 mn penalty |publisher=newyorkcitynews.net |url=http://www.newyorkcitynews.net/index.php/sid/224901163 |access-date=19 August 2014}}{{Cite news |last1=Protess |first1=Ben |last2=Bray |first2=Chad |date=19 August 2014 |title=Caught Backsliding, Standard Chartered Is Fined $300 Million |work=The New York Times |url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/08/19/standard-chartered-in-deal-with-new-york-regulator/?_php=true&_type=blogs&module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar%2C%7B%221%22%3A%22RI%3A6%22%7D&_r=0 |access-date=21 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821072359/http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/08/19/standard-chartered-in-deal-with-new-york-regulator/?_php=true&_type=blogs&module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Ar%2C%7B%221%22%3A%22RI%3A6%22%7D&_r=0 |archive-date=21 August 2014}}

In April 2019, it was reported that Standard Chartered may have to pay approximately $1 billion to settle its ongoing investigations in the US and UK. Earlier in February the company had set aside $900 million towards resolution of violations of U.S. sanctions and forex trading regulations. The company also faces a penalty of roughly $134 million from the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority related to historical financial crime controls which takes the amount to over $1 billion.{{Cite web |last=CNBC |date=2019-04-08 |title=Standard Chartered expected to pay over $1 billion to resolve probes |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/08/standard-chartered-expected-to-pay-over-1-billion-to-resolve-probes.html |access-date=2019-04-09 |website=www.cnbc.com}}

In March 2025, Standard Chartered launched an exclusive investment platform club for its ultra-high-net-worth clients as part of its business restructuing switching focus towards wealth management.{{cite news |title=Standard Chartered launches exclusive investment club for ultra-wealthy clients |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/standard-chartered-launches-exclusive-investment-club-ultra-wealthy-clients-4992101 |access-date=11 March 2025 |work=CNA |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Standard Chartered launches exclusive investment club for ultra-wealthy clients |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/standard-chartered-launches-exclusive-investment-club-ultra-wealthy-clients-2025-03-11/ |access-date=11 March 2025 |work=Reuters |date=11 March 2025}}

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Standard Chartered Breeze is a mobile banking application for the iPhone & iPad that can also be used on the computer. It is largely similar to the online banking services offered by other banks, with the exception of its function to issue electronic bank cheques. Launched in the summer of 2010 and aggressively marketed, the reviews have been generally positive. In addition, it has attracted an uncommon amount of attention due to many innovative marketing strategies it used to promote its product, mostly focusing on social media. Standard Chartered Breeze organised a blogger's meet for bloggers to preview Breeze, and its Twitter campaign to give away a free iPad was extremely successful.{{Cite web |last=Ng |first=Cameron |date=26 October 2010 |title=The Standard Chartered Breeze Twitter Campaign |url=http://www.penn-olson.com/2010/10/26/standard-chartered-breeze-twitter |access-date=19 April 2011 |publisher=Penn-olson.com}}

Standard Chartered's primary engagement with the fintech community is focused in Hong Kong, working closely with and co-ordinated by 'The eXellerator'. The SuperCharger FinTech Accelerator, along with main partners, Standard Chartered Bank (a founding member) and Fidelity International, has twice conducted programmes enabling international growth-stage companies to expand their operations within Asia. Standard Chartered Bank has initiated proof of concept projects with two companies: Bambu and KYC Chain.{{Cite web |date=25 April 2017 |title=Standard Chartered supercharges fintech accelerator graduates |url=https://www.finextra.com/newsarticle/30476/standard-chartered-supercharges-fintech-accelerator-graudates |access-date=2 September 2017 |publisher=Finextra}}

In September 2009, it was announced that Standard Chartered had agreed to become the main sponsor of Liverpool Football Club for the period between July 2010 and the end of the 2013–14 football season, taking shirt sponsorship and various other branding rights.{{Cite news |date=14 September 2009 |title=Bank to be new Liverpool sponsor |publisher=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8253953.stm |access-date=29 March 2012}}{{Cite news |last=Medlicott |first=Phil |date=14 September 2009 |title=Sponsorship deal 'boosts' Liverpool stadium plans |work=The Independent |location=London |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/sponsorship-deal-boosts-liverpool-stadium-plans-1787237.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/sponsorship-deal-boosts-liverpool-stadium-plans-1787237.html |archive-date=24 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=29 March 2012}} The sponsorship has been extended multiple times. First in 2013 to the end of the 2015–16 season,{{Cite web |title=Liverpool FC extend Standard Chartered sponsorship deal |date=19 July 2013 |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-fc-extend-standard-chartered-5145573 |access-date=15 March 2014 |publisher=Liverpool Echo}} next in 2015 through the 2018–19 season,{{Cite web |title=Liverpool FC news: Standard Chartered sign £30m shirt deal |date=21 April 2015 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/11553339/Liverpool-FC-news-Standard-Chartered-sign-30m-shirt-deal.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/11553339/Liverpool-FC-news-Standard-Chartered-sign-30m-shirt-deal.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=2016-08-11}}{{cbignore}} then again, in May 2018 that extends through the 2022–23 season{{Cite web |title=Liverpool FC and Standard Chartered relationship continues |date=24 May 2018 |url=https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/announcements/303010-liverpool-fc-standard-chartered-announcement |access-date=6 January 2020}} and finally, in July 2022 that runs until the end of the 2026–27 season.{{Cite web |title=Liverpool FC — LFC and Standard Chartered extend principal partnership to 2027 |url=https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/lfc-and-standard-chartered-extend-principal-partnership-2027 |access-date=2022-07-14 |website=www.liverpoolfc.com |date=July 2022 |language=en}}

The deal is estimated to be worth around £50 million per year by City A.M., making it the joint-third most valuable sponsorship deal in the Premier League alongside Arsenal's deal with Emirates and Chelsea's deal with Yokohama.{{Cite web |date=24 May 2018 |title=Liverpool Standard Chartered £160 million shirt sponsor renewal |url=https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/liverpool-standard-chartered-160-million-shirt-sponsor-renewal |access-date=1 June 2020 |publisher=Sports Pro-Media}} Standard Chartered is also the lead sponsor of the Singapore Marathon.{{Cite web |date=2022-11-24 |title=Tata extends sponsorship of Singapore Marathon for four years |url=https://www.sportbusiness.com/news/tata-extends-sponsorship-of-singapore-marathon-for-four-years/ |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=SportBusiness |language=en-US}}

The Priority Academy program was created in 2006 by the bank, with educational programmes including a study tour of Shanghai, a summer internship programme and a study seminar in the United States. The program donated $250,000 to Chan Yik Hei, a science amateur who won the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, for his studies at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.{{Cite news |date=13 October 2014 |title=Bringing light to the blind with 'smart cup' |work=China Daily |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hkedition/2006-10/13/content_707245.htm |access-date=31 December 2014}}

In 2015, Standard Chartered was widely criticised for its $12bn funding of the controversial Carmichael Coal Mine, with a campaign led by Greenpeace calling for them to quit the project. The bank subsequently withdrew from the deal.{{Cite news |date=11 August 2015 |title=Standard Chartered quits role on giant Australian mine |publisher=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-33857531 |access-date=14 February 2015}}

• Group chairman: Maria Ramos (since May 2025)
• Group chief executive: Bill Winters (since June 2015)

1. Sir Cyril Hawker (1969–1974)
2. The Lord Barber (1974–1987)
3. Sir Peter Graham (1987–1988)
4. Rodney Galpin (1988–1993)
5. Sir Patrick Gillam (1993–2003)
6. Bryan Sanderson (2003–2006)
7. The Lord Davies (2006–2009)
8. Sir John Peace (2009–2016)
9. José Viñals (2016–2025)

Prior to 1973, management integration was still ongoing and the Standard Bank and Chartered Bank each had their own separate executives; Ronald Lane and H. R. Reed from the two banks first joined as co-managing directors in 1973, with Lane becoming sole managing director in 1975.

1. Ronald Lane and H. R. Reed (1973–1974){{cite book | last=Campbell-Smith | first=D. | title=Crossing Continents: A History of Standard Chartered Bank | publisher=Penguin Books Limited | year=2021 | isbn=978-0-14-199369-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cEr8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT673 | access-date=2022-05-22}}
2. Ronald Lane (1975–1977){{cite book | author=Standard Chartered Bank | title=Standard Chartered Review | publisher=Standard Chartered Bank. | year=1977 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hcu3AAAAIAAJ | access-date=2022-05-22 | page=42}}
3. Sir Peter Graham (1977–1983)
4. Sir Michael McWilliam (1983–1988)
5. Rodney Galpin (1988–1992)
6. Sir Malcolm Williamson (1993–1998)
7. Rana Talwar (1998–2001)
8. The Lord Davies (2001–2006)
9. Peter Sands (2006–2015)

• Joseph Chan, Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury{{Cite web|url=https://www.fdrc.org.hk/en/html/aboutus/aboutus_ourboard_6.php|title=Financial Dispute Resolution Centre - About Us - Our Board - Mr Joseph CHAN Ho-lim|website=www.fdrc.org.hk}}
• Norman Chan, 2nd Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority{{Cite web |date=30 May 2011 |title=Tak-Lam Chan:Executive Profile & Biography -BusinessWeek |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?%7ctitlepersonId=24984074&privcapId=12721800&previousCapId=5490641&previousTitle=Airport%20Authority%20Hong%20Kong |access-date=11 May 2011}}{{dead link|date=April 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
• Mervyn Davies, Baron Davies of Abersoch, member of the House of Lords and former Minister of State for Trade, Investment, and Business{{Cite web |title=News & Media – Standard Chartered Bank |url=http://www.standardchartered.com/media-centre/press-releases/2009/documents/20090114/index.html |access-date=23 July 2017 |publisher=Standardchartered.com}}
• Simon Loong, Founder and CEO of WeLab{{Cite web |title=Simon Loong Profile |url=https://www.tatlerasia.com/people/simon-loong |website=Tatler Asia}}
• Sir John Major, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom{{Cite news |last=Whitney |first=Craig R. |date=29 March 1992 |title=John Major at Bat |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/29/magazine/john-major-at-bat.html?src=pm |access-date=22 May 2012}}
• Palanivel Thiagarajan, Finance Minister of Tamil Nadu{{Citation|last=Murali D|title=Dr P T Rajan, Former Managing Director, Financial Markets, Standard Chartered Bank|date=2014-11-13|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFLIJp8MXqU|access-date=7 May 2016}}
• Peter Wong, chairman and former chief executive of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation{{Cite web |title=Tung Shun Wong |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=11420465&privcapId=382645 |access-date=5 June 2019 |publisher=Bloomberg L.P.}}

As a member of the Global Banking Alliance for Women, Standard Chartered works with a consortium of banks to deliver financial services to women.{{Citation |title=The Global Banking Alliance for Women: Standard Chartered |url=http://www.gbaforwomen.com/index.php/standard-chartered/ |access-date=2014-06-17 |archive-date=17 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117160723/http://www.gbaforwomen.com/index.php/standard-chartered |url-status=dead }}

In August 2012, Standard Chartered agreed to pay $340 million to the New York State Department of Financial Services over charges that the bank worked with the government of Iran to hide $250 billion in transactions in order to evade sanctions.{{Cite web|date=2012-08-14|title=Standard Chartered to pay $340m fine to New York bank regulator|url=http://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/aug/14/standard-chartered-pay-fine-regulator|access-date=2021-02-24|website=The Guardian|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2012-08-06|title=Standard Chartered bank accused of scheming with Iran to hide transactions|url=http://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/aug/06/standard-chartered-iran-transactions|access-date=2021-02-24|website=The Guardian|language=en}}

In December 2012, Standard Chartered agreed to pay a $327 million fine for having hidden similar transactions with Iran, Myanmar, Libya, and Sudan.{{Cite web|last=Isidore|first=Chris|date=2012-12-10|title=Standard Chartered fined $327 million for violating sanctions|url=https://money.cnn.com/2012/12/10/investing/standard-chartered-sanctions-iran/index.html|access-date=2021-02-24|website=CNNMoney}}

On 9 April 2019, Standard Chartered paid $1.1 billion to the United Kingdom Government and the United States of America's Department of the Treasury over deficiencies in the bank's money laundering control regime and for violating financial sanctions against Myanmar, Zimbabwe, Cuba, Sudan, Syria, and Iran.{{Cite web |date=9 April 2019 |title=U.S. Treasury Department Announces Settlement with Standard Chartered Bank |url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm647 |access-date=14 April 2019 |website=United States Department of the Treasury}}{{cite news|last=Makortoff |first=Kalyeena |date=2019-04-09|title=Standard Chartered fined $1.1bn for money-laundering and sanctions breaches|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/apr/09/standard-chartered-fined-money-laundering-sanctions-breaches|access-date=2021-02-24|issn=0261-3077}}

In April 2020, Standard Chartered was fined £20.4 million by the UK's Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation for loans to a Turkish bank DenizBank, which fell under E.U. financial sanctions on Russia due to its majority ownership by Russian bank Sberbank of Russia.{{Cite web|title=OFSI Fines Standard Chartered Bank £20M for Sectoral Sanctions Breaches {{!}} Publications {{!}} Kirkland & Ellis LLP|url=https://www.kirkland.com/publications/kirkland-alert/2020/04/ofsi-fines-standard-chartered-bank|access-date=2021-02-24|website=www.kirkland.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=UK Enforcement Update: OFSI Shows its Teeth as Penalties for Sanctions Violations Jump into the Millions {{!}} Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists|date=18 July 2020|url=https://sanctionsassociation.org/uk-enforcement-update-ofsi-shows-its-teeth-as-penalties-for-sanctions-violations-jump-into-the-millions/|access-date=2021-02-24|language=en-US}}

In August 2020, Enforcement Directorate fined Standard Chartered $13.6 million for foreign exchange rule violations in its 2007 takeover of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited.{{Cite news|date=2020-09-08|title=Standard Chartered Fined $13.6 Million for 2007 India Deal|language=en|work=Bloomberg.com|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-08/standard-chartered-is-fined-13-6-million-in-india-for-2007-deal|access-date=2021-02-24}}

In January 2021, the Reserve Bank of India issued a fine of ₹2 crore of Standard Chartered Bank-India for delays in its mandatory regulatory fraud reporting.{{Cite web|title=RBI slaps penalty of ₹2 crore on Standard Chartered Bank|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/money-and-banking/rbi-slaps-penalty-of-2-crore-on-standard-chartered-bank/article33627271.ece|access-date=2021-02-24|website=@businessline|date=21 January 2021 |language=en}}{{Cite news|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2021-01-21|title=Reserve Bank of India imposes Rs 2 cr penalty on Standard Chartered Bank|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/finance/reserve-bank-of-india-imposes-rs-2-cr-penalty-on-standard-chartered-bank-121012101369_1.html|access-date=2021-02-24}}

In November 2023, after an 8-year litigation, the Competition Commission fined Standard Chartered R42.7 million rand for various offences that related to manipulating the USD/ZAR currency pair which included the fixing of bids, offers, bid-offer spreads, the spot exchange rate and the fixing of the exchange rate at the FIX. Standard Chartered assumed liability for its actions in manipulating the rand between 2007 and 2013.{{Cite web |last=Ryan |first=Ciaran |date=2023-11-15 |title=Standard Chartered settles forex rigging case after eight years in court |url=https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/south-africa/standard-chartered-settles-forex-rigging-case-after-eight-years-in-court/ |access-date=2023-11-15 |website=Moneyweb |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=MULTINATIONAL STANDARD CHARTERED BANK ADMITS LIABILITY TO CURRENCY MANIPULATION CASE, AGREES TO PAY R42M FINE |url=https://www.compcom.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Media-Statement-Commission-settles-with-Standard-Chartered-Bank-15-November-2023.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115142829/https://www.compcom.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Media-Statement-Commission-settles-with-Standard-Chartered-Bank-15-November-2023.pdf |archive-date=2023-11-15 |website=Competition Commission}}

Documents filed to a New York court in June 2024 claim that thousands of transactions worth more than $100 billion were carried out by the bank from 2008 to 2013 in breach of sanctions against Iran.{{cite web |last1=Croft |first1=Jane |title=UK bank Standard Chartered accused of helping to fund Iran and terrorists |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jun/04/uk-bank-standard-chartered-iran-terrorists-sanctions |website=The Guardian |access-date=14 June 2024}} The filings, which were provided by former SCB employee and whistleblower Julian Knight, state that the bank "facilitated many billions of dollars in banking transactions for Iran, numerous international terror groups, and the front companies for those groups."{{cite web |last1=Hurley |first1=James |title=Standard Chartered accused of breaching sanctions |url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/standard-chartered-accused-of-breaching-sanctions-on-100bn-transactions-0tmbrq86x |website=The Times |access-date=14 June 2024}}

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