Standard Chartered

SINGAPORE PROPERTY

Standard Chartered to sell and lease back two Changi Business Park properties for S$183 million

Lender says move is part of strategy to drive further growth in Singapore, its second-largest market

Standard Chartered's CEO for Singapore, Asean and South Asia Patrick Lee (centre) joins others from the bank to mark International Women's Day 2026.

‘Deeply ingrained’: How a culture of inclusion helps Standard Chartered balance the scales for women in the workplace

The bank has put in place structures to empower female employees while also supporting the wider community

The applicants are four entities linked to a central figure in the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal.

Banks cannot intervene in winding-up bids by 1MDB-linked firms: Singapore High Court

They are ruled to have no standing to participate in the process, even though claims may later be brought against them

From left: BYD Singapore managing director James Ng, event director Shalindran Sathiyanesan, adidas Singapore managing director Chen Rui Yuan, and Sport Singapore deputy chief of industry development group Dean Tan at the National Stadium on Mar 17.

BYD, adidas on board as new sponsors of Singapore’s national marathon in December

Previous title sponsor StanChart is event’s official bank, with naming rights to the 10 km category

Hong Kong requires any issuers of Hong Kong dollar-backed stablecoins to be licensed by the HKMA.

HSBC, Standard Chartered to get stablecoin licenses in Hong Kong

The city has been pushing ahead with ambitions to become a crypto hub through a series of regulatory measures first announced in 2022

HSBC’s Middle East lending exposure is estimated to be about US$23 billion for FY2025, worth about 2% of its total loan portfolio.

HSBC, StanChart most exposed to Middle East conflict among European banks: JP Morgan

The brokerage says rising energy costs will affect corporate-lending exposure, particularly in sectors such as agriculture and transport

The war in the region has dented Dubai’s sales pitch to international businesses as the region’s most reliable economic hub.

Citi, StanChart evacuate Dubai offices, HSBC closes Qatar branches as fears grow

The moves come after Iran threatened to target US and Israeli banks in the Gulf region

Sofia Hammoucha, global head of trade and working capital at StanChart, says part of her role is also to find ways to apply and scale newer technologies across the bank’s offerings.
THE BANKER

Tokenisation key to ‘next frontier’ of trade finance: StanChart’s Sofia Hammoucha

The ‘key priority’ is to solve, embrace, invest and deliver on the new technology, she says