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Standard Chartered to cut 15% of back-office roles by 2030

The banking group has large back-office centres in India, China, Malaysia and Poland; over 7,800 such roles could be impacted. The bank has also increased its profit targets for 2030 and confirmed group CFO and COO appointments.

May 19, 2026

TotalEnergies and Nextnorth to build Philippines solar power plant

SMBC, ING and Standard Chartered have helped provide the $300m financing for the project in Luzon, which will support the country's energy transition.

May 05, 2026

Citi’s Jan Metzger to join Standard Chartered in Hong Kong

Metzger is joining SC's Corporate & Investment Banking team as global head, coverage banking; Kaustubh Kulkarni, co-head at Citi's Apac investment banking team will lead the team at Citi.

March 26, 2026

Round-up: Standard Chartered’s 2025 results; Zurich Australia purchase; Citi Vietnam hire

SC's operating profit grew 6% last year; Zurich Australia snaps up life insurer ClearView; Citi Vietnam appoints Thai Nguyet Minh as head of markets.

February 24, 2026

Standard Chartered partners with global digital assets broker FalconX

Standard Chartered is providing full FX services with more services expected in Q4; FA understands that FalconX will partner with more banks soon.

May 19, 2025

Andrea Casati to join Standard Chartered as head of client development, global banking

Starting May 6 in Hong Kong, Casati will help build additional banking capabilities including advisory, financing and risk management.

April 25, 2025

StanChart, Animoca Brands and HKT agree JV to issue HKD-backed stablecoin

A licensing scheme for stablecoin issuers in Hong Kong is expected to be introduced later this year.

February 18, 2025

Hong Kong's SFC approves first retail tokenised MMF

The fund will also be the first retail tokenised fund across Asia Pacific.

February 17, 2025

Standard Chartered rings leadership changes

Amid wider changes, Roberto Hoornweg, global head, financial markets, and Sunil Kaushal, regional CEO, Africa & Middle East, are to become co-heads of Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB), with Simon Cooper set to leave.

March 13, 2024

Standard Chartered’s pre-tax profit climbs 19% to $5.68bn in 2023 despite Bohai hit

Across the year, the Asia and Africa-focused lender took a $850 million hit from its investment in China's Bohai Bank.

February 23, 2024