Standard Chartered

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) plans to introduce licensing requirements for firms operating in stablecoins, by 2024.

The bank is the first to set up a 100% foreign-owned securities firm via greenfield investment in the Mainland, since the market scrapped foreign ownership limits.

A familiar face in Singapore - James Lye joins from Citi to drive growth across Standard Chartered's international banking hubs.

The marketers behind the new digital bank by Standard Chartered and FairPrice Group explain how accessibility, incentives and attention to user journeys ignited astronomical success that most other banks take at least a year to achieve.

Kerry Constabile brings experience from Google and the UN to lead the bank’s ESG strategy.

Simon Kellaway will take on an expanded role to enhance further the bank’s client engagement strategy.

The bank has acquired a plot of virtual land in Animoca Brands-owned metaverse, The Sandbox, providing it with a new way to engage with potential and existing clients.

With its third bond issue this year, the sovereign captured a favourable market window and is seen as unlikely to return in early 2021.

Only a month after its US dollar bond deal, China finds significant demand from European investors, who are also confident about the country's post-Covid economic rebound.