Standard Chartered

Quantum Computing, Rigetti, Standard Chartered

Rigetti UK announced it will lead a £10 million ($13.3mn) consortium to accelerate the commercialization of quantum computing in the UK. The three-year program will build and operate the first…

Standard Chartered picks Azure for cloud-first strategy, trade finance systems prioritized

August 13, 2020

artificial intelligence, cloud technologies, Microsoft Azure, Standard Chartered, Trade Finance

Standard Chartered Bank and Microsoft have announced a three-year strategic partnership to accelerate the bank’s digital transformation through a cloud-first strategy to make virtual banking, next-generation payments, open banking and…

Standard Chartered partners on R&D for quantum computing apps

July 14, 2020

Quantum Computing, Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered Bank and Universities Space Research Association (USRA) are partnering on quantum computing research and developing quantum computing applications. The most promising use cases in finance with real-world applications…

AML/CTF de-risking is a matter of education and tech, not fleeing frontier markets

June 23, 2020

AML/CTF, artificial intelligence, correspondent banking, Emerging Markets, Silent Eight, Standard Chartered

Correspondent banking represents one of the most vexing dilemmas for financial institutions and those who regulate them, writes Matthew Leaney, chief revenue officer of Silent Eight, a Singapore-based RegTech that…

Standard Chartered creates new Financing and Securities Services unit

March 27, 2020

Standard Chartered announced today that it is combining Securities Services (currently within Transaction Banking) with Portfolio Risk Management in the Financial Markets business to form the new Financing and Securities…

Risk: Singapore banks tighten ML governance amid regulatory scrutiny

February 27, 2020

AI ethics, artificial intelligence, DBS, Deutsche, machine learning, MAS, Standard Chartered

Banks in Singapore — DBS, StanChart and Deutsche — are building model inventories and drawing up standards around use cases. They are building inventories of machine learning-based (ML) models in…

Fintech weekly deals and partnerships roundup

ECB picks SIA And Colt for Eurosystem’s payments, securities and collateral infrastructures SIA, in partnership with Colt Technology Services, was awarded a 10-year license from a tender commissioned by the…

Cyber, AI, ESG, fintech among top 10 fears for risk managers

June 3, 2019

Artificial Intelligence, Technology

artificial intelligence, bigtech, cyber resilience, cyber risk, cybersecurity, ESG, fintech, machine learning, Nedbank, risk management, RiskMinds, Standard Chartered

An article published by RiskMinds outlined the top 10 fears in risk management, and the list reveals many familiar trends that Fintech Capital Markets is seeing as well. Continue reading

Standard Chartered Bank and eSecLending Partner to Provide Agency Securities Lending

May 7, 2019

eSecLending, Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered has entered into a partnership with eSecLending, the specialist independent securities lending agent, to provide agency securities lending to its global institutional investor clients on both a custody…

Fintech weekly deals and partnerships roundup

Medici Ventures takes minority stake in blockchain banking platform Overstock announced its wholly-owned blockchain subsidiary, Medici Ventures, has purchased a 5.1% stake in Bankorus, a blockchain banking platform focused on…

Clearstream and Standard Chartered Bank implement their collateral management offering for Singaporean collateral

November 5, 2014

Clearstream, Standard Chartered

As of 17 November 2014, customers can consolidate their holdings in Singaporean collateral through Clearstream and cover their global exposures from a single collateral pool Collateral from Singapore and directly…

Standard Chartered on Euroclear's Collateral Highway

November 5, 2014

Euroclear, Standard Chartered

Brussels and Singapore, 4 November 2014 – At the Euroclear Asia Collateral Conference held today in Singapore, Euroclear Bank and Standard Chartered Bank commemorated the launch of their joint collateral…

Euroclear Bank and Standard Chartered broaden collateral pool

April 26, 2013

Euroclear, Standard Chartered

Brussels and Hong Kong, 25 April 2013 – Euroclear Bank announces today that assets for mutual clients held at Standard Chartered will now be available for use as collateral –…

Cooperation between Clearstream and Standard Chartered expands Global Liquidity Hub agent bank solution into Asia

April 23, 2013

Clearstream, Standard Chartered