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Standard Chartered joins Hong Kong stablecoin sandbox

Standard Chartered is among the firms picked to join Hong Kong's new stablecoin issuer sandbox. The announcement comes a day after the island's regulators said they will soon propose a regulatory regime for stablecoin issuers.

19 July 2024

News/crypto

Zodia Markets acquires Elwood's OTC trading arm

Standard Chartered's digital asset trading arm Zodia Markets has acquired the Jersey-based OTC trading business of Elwood Technologies.

17 July 2024

News/payments

Bank-backed DLT-based payments network Partior raises $60m

Partior, the bank-backed fintech behind a global unified ledger-based interbank rails for real-time clearing and settlement, has raised $60 million in Series B funding.

15 July 2024

Company announcement/inclusion

Standard Chartered pledges to equip Singapore seniors with essential digital skills

Standard Chartered (the Bank) affirmed its commitment to building an inclusive digital society in Singapore by pledging to help senior citizens keep pace with technology and live confidently in their golden years.

28 June 2024

News/predictions

Trade finance to play major role in $30 trillion tokenised assets market

Demand for tokenised real-world assets could reach $30.1 trillion by 2034, with trade finance assets making up a significant part of the market, predicts a paper from Standard Chartered and Synpulse.

28 June 2024

News/payments

Standard Chartered brings blockchain to payments with Partior

Standard Chartered is the first Euro settlement bank to go live on Partior, the global unified ledger market infrastructure, integrating blockchain innovation directly into the bank’s payment systems

16 May 2024

News/sustainable

Mastercard and Standard Chartered pilot tokenised deposits

Mastercard has teamed up with Standard Chartered on a proof-of-concept pilot exploring tokenised deposits and tokenised carbon credits.

16 May 2024

Company announcement/payments

Standard Chartered joins Visa B2B Connect

Standard Chartered today announced that it has joined Visa B2B Connect, a multilateral payment network that enables faster and frictionless account-to-account cross-border payments for its corporate clients.

24 April 2024

News/wholesale

Standard Chartered opens API marketplace

Standard Chartered has opened an API marketplace for businesses to test potential applications in a sandbox environment.

24 April 2024

Finextra TV/payments

Unveiling Fintech's Future: The innovations and regulations making change

During UK FinTech Week at IFGS 2024, Gurdeep Singh Kohli of Standard Chartered Ventures, discusses the impact of digital disruptors on UK FinTech, citing regulatory support and funding as key drivers. He highlights Challenger banks' success in improving client experiences and addressing SME needs. We look at approaches to innovation, emphasizing experimentation and the importance of security in emerging technologies like digital assets and artificial intelligence.

19 April 2024

News/sustainable

Standard Chartered invests in ethical finance startup Algbra

Standard Chartered's venture arm has invested in Algbra, an ethical finance-focused and sharia-compliant UK-based fintech. Terms were not disclosed.

16 April 2024

News/regulation

Singapore launches platform to tackle money laundering

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has launched a centralised digital platform that lets financial institutions share customer information in order to tackle money laundering and terrorism financing.

03 April 2024