Our investment in vArmour, a leading provider of Application Relationship Management
Application Relationship Management Company Expands Global Footprint with Strategic Investment Partner Standard Chartered’s SC Ventures will support vArmour’s continued global expansion vArmour, the leading provider of Application Relationship Management, today announced that SC Ventures, the innovation, fintech investment and ventures unit of international banking group, Standard Chartered, is investing in vArmour as a strategic partner […]
We’ve officially launched a new virtual bank Mox in Hong Kong
Mox is a new virtual bank created by Standard Chartered in partnership with PCCW, HKT and Trip.com, which provides its suite of retail banking services entirely digitally over its app. With Mox, opening an account is fast, secure and free. Within minutes, customers can enjoy a whole new way of smarter banking, saving and spending. […]
Co-CEOs to lead Assembly
Fast-growing fintech Assembly Payments has appointed Tim Dickinson and Rimal Gokani as its new co-CEOs, following the company’s joint venture with global bank Standard Chartered. Dickinson takes on the role after working as Assembly Payments’ General Manager for almost a year, and three years in total scaling Assembly from start-up to growth company. Gokani joins […]
Standard Chartered to Launch Institutional Crypto Custody Solution
Standard Chartered’s venture and innovation arm has been working on a crypto custody offering for the institutional market and the first pilot could launch later this year. Alex Manson, the head of SC Ventures, confirmed to CoinDesk Monday the firm is building what he claimed would become one of the most-secure crypto custody solutions on […]
Standard Chartered and Universities Space Research Association join forces on Quantum Computing
Standard Chartered Bank and Universities Space Research Association (USRA) have signed a Collaborative Research Agreement to partner on quantum computing research and developing quantum computing applications. In finance, the most promising use cases with real-world applications include quantum machine learning models (generating synthetic data and data anonymisation) and discriminative models (building strong classifiers and predictors) […]
We are pleased to partner and invest in METACO, as a leading provider of security-critical digital asset infrastructure
The last 12 months have been a riveting time at METACO. Our company has reached major milestones – forming new exciting partnerships and continued growth in providing infrastructure for financial institutions to securely manage digital assets. The last 12 months have been a riveting time at METACO. Our company has reached major milestones – forming […]
CardsPal’s launch in Singapore & strategic partnership with Mastercard®
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Standard Chartered Inaugural Tech Executive Briefing
SC Ventures Americas facilitated the inaugural Tech Executive Briefing with Michael Gorriz, Group Chief Information Officer at Standard Chartered Bank, centred on “Enterprise Machine Learning” on May 21st Nearly 100 members across the T&I Leadership team, CCIB, and other areas of the Bank participated in the interactive presentations led by leaders in the space. Panellists […]
StanChart’s ‘banking as a service’ enables ecosystem players to offer financial services seamlessly
Standard Chartered has unveiled its new banking as a service venture ‘nexus,’ which offers partnership opportunities and allows ecosystem players to enter financial services without having to set up a bank. The banking as a service model opens opportunities for new entrants to provide financial services without having to build it from scratch Standard Chartered’s […]
WFH Chronicles: SC Ventures’ Alex Manson
Singapore’s «circuit breaker» – a curb of all non-essential businesses and activities, and heightened social distancing – has dramatically changed the daily routine for professionals in the financial services sector, many of whom are now working from home (WFH). This series takes a look at how they are coping during the city’s lockdown. Singapore’s fight […]
SOLV supporting India’s SMEs and community during COVID-19
India’s lockdown to stem the spread of COVID-19 has affected many business owners, and disruption in the supply chain had caused a massive shortage. Kiranas (grocery shops), medium to large retailers have had to close their shops. India’s lockdown to stem the spread of COVID-19 has affected many business owners, and disruption in the supply […]
What “nexus” means for StanChart – the strategy behind ‘banking as a service’
What “nexus” means for Standard Chartered
2 years of Rewiring the DNA in banking
It’s now been 2 years since we started SC Ventures. Then, we highlighted three priorities: creating strategic options in banking through venture building, committing to intrapreneurship focused on client and business problem statements, and experimenting with the way we work. On the second anniversary of starting our mission of Rewiring the DNA in banking, we […]
Standard Chartered launches “Banking as a Service”
Standard Chartered launched its “Banking as a Service” solution, nexus. Through nexus, digital platforms and ecosystems like e-commerce, social media or ride hailing companies, will be able to offer loans, credit cards and savings accounts co-created with the bank to their customers under their own brand name. Standard Chartered is starting off with a major […]
Delivering next generation payments with Assembly
Singapore, Melbourne – Standard Chartered and leading payments solution provider, Assembly Payments, have set up a new joint venture to deliver next generation payment solutions for the USD 29 trillion global e-commerce industry[1]. The new company will be headquartered in Singapore with the intent to grow the business globally, and will offer a sophisticated digital […]
Hong Kong banks race for digital dominance
Eight new virtual groups are set to join the territory’s crowded market 10 December 2019 Hong Kong is not a city obviously in need of more banks. Almost all Hongkongers have at least one banking product and HSBC alone has 100 branches in the territory. Yet eight new entrants are set to join this crowded […]
Can elephants dance? – A SC Ventures eXellerator Panel Discussion
20 November 2019
SC Ventures’ eXellerator Lab Crawl
Ventures: Creating optionality
13 November 2019
SC Ventures at Hong Kong Fintech Week
8 November 2019 We had a great time at Hong Kong FinTech Week 2019! Thank you for meeting us at our booth! And thank you for all the speakers who shared their expertise with us: Economy in China and Hong Kong by Kelvin Lau and Rose Kay Partnering with SCB – SC Ventures, Bridge, Banking […]