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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

News/retail

SC Ventures launches supply chain financing marketplace for Ghanaian MSMEs

Standard Chartered's innovation and investment arm SC Ventures is launching a B2B online marketplace offering small firms in Ghana access to financing options.

29 February 2024

News/payments

Standard Chartered rolls out BNPL option to consumers across Apac

Standard Chartered is rolling out online and instore buy now, pay later options for credit cardholders across Asia Pacific.

04 December 2023

Company announcement/payments

Checkout.com appoints Standard Chartered as banking partner in Mena

Checkout.com, the global payments service provider, announced today a strategic partnership with Standard Chartered as their cash management bank to bring improved operational and performance to Checkout.com’s merchants in the region.

29 November 2023

News/regulation

Singapore develops generative AI risk framework; digital money and ESG also to the fore

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has brought together banks and tech firms to develop a generative AI risk framework and is now exploring how the technology can be used in the financial services sector.

16 November 2023

Company announcement/markets

Standard Chartered taps FundsDLT for transfer agency services

FundsDLT, a leader in the deployment of blockchain technology in the fund industry, announced the launch of its digital transfer agency services with leading international banking group Standard Chartered.

14 November 2023

News/crypto

SC Ventures and SBI Holding set up $100m digital asset investment fund

Standard Chartered's venture arm SC Ventures has joined forces with Japan's SBI Holdings to set up a digital asset joint venture investment company in the UAE.

09 November 2023

News/crypto

Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered pilot network for stablecoins and CBDCs

Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered have carried out the first digital currency transfer and swap on the new Universal Digital Payments Network (UDPN).

26 October 2023

News/people

PE giant Advent hires fintech exec Kahina Van Dyke

Private equity outfit Advent International has hired former Standard Chartered, Ripple and Meta executive Kahina Van Dyke to help build out its fintech franchise.

11 October 2023

Company announcement/payments

Standard Chartered to deliver API-led real-time data for cash management

Starfish Digital, a Singapore headquartered fintech platform, and Standard Chartered, a leading international banking group, today announced a strategic partnership to introduce a multibank connectivity service, to support the bank’s corporate clients in establishing speedy and seamless connectivity between their systems and multiple banking relationships.

26 September 2023