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StanChart's global footprint a big plus for Belt and Road

Published Mon, Sep 4, 2017 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    STANDARD Chartered's global corporate and institutional banking business is building off momentum that may see a greater boost from demands along One Belt One Road, said Simon Cooper, the CEO of the global bank's largest business division.

    This follows double-digit growth in network income for the first half of 2017, with more than 80 new OECD-based corporate and institutional banking clients on-boarded in the first six months.

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