We’re excited to announce our partnership with Franklin Templeton, to launch Autumn in Singapore
We’re excited to announce our partnership with Franklin Templeton, to launch Autumn in Singapore, a first-in-market wealth, health and lifestyle consumer platform. Autumn will make it easier for customers to plan their finances and future, through a comprehensive range of tools, products, and services across all aspects of wealth, health, and lifestyle regardless of their life stage. Full story here: https://www.sc.com/en/media/press-release/weve-partnered-with-franklin-templeton-to-launch-autumn-a-wealth-health-and-lifestyle-consumer-platform/
We’ve partnered with BC Technology Group to establish a digital-asset brokerage and exchange platform
We’re excited to announce that we’ve partnered with BC Technology Group (Stock Code: 863 HK) to establish a digital-asset brokerage and exchange platform for institutional and corporate clients in the UK and Europe. Digital-asset trading has grown significantly, with the total value of trading volume on major digital-asset exchanges averaging over USD4 billion per day, […]
Synechron, Squirro and Standard Chartered Bank Win 2021 Big Innovation AI Excellence Award and The Asset Triple A Digital Award for “Client Insights”
Client Insights, an idea from our 2018 intrapreneur challenge, won 2 key industry awards – 2021 BIG Innovation AI Excellence Awards + “Best Digital Collaboration Project” at The Asset Triple A Awards! The solution equips our frontline staff with actionable insights to identify opportunities for our clients using AI. Proud to support our intrapreneurs and […]
We’ve turbocharged our digital payments proposition with investment and the merger of CurrencyFair with Assembly Payments
Singapore – CurrencyFair, a global cross-border payments platform and Assembly Payments, whose platform automates complex payment workflows, today announce their merger as a result of a strategic investment by Standard Chartered, subject to shareholder and regulatory approval. SC Ventures, the innovation, ventures and fintech investments unit of Standard Chartered is doubling down on its commitment […]
A year of grit and growth
By: Alex Manson, SC Ventures Well… we didn’t see that one coming! Last year was painful for most people, to varying degrees – at times tragic with the loss of loved ones, emerging forms of mental illness, loss of jobs and means of living. The gap between rich and poor increased and humanity suffered […]
Standard Chartered partners with Bukalapak to launch digital banking solutions
Standard Chartered announced today it has formed a strategic partnership with Indonesian e-commerce giant Bukalapak, to launch “innovative offerings” as part of efforts to advance its focus on digital banking. Hosted on the nexus platform – a banking-as-a-service solution by the bank’s innovation and venture arm SC Ventures, the partnership will see Standard Chartered provide […]
SC Ventures Invests in OpenFin
The strategic investment by Standard Chartered unit will help OpenFin meet growing demand for digital workspaces and app stores New York & London, Dec. 9, 2020 — OpenFin, the operating system (OS) of finance, announced today that it secured a strategic investment from SC Ventures, the innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm of international banking […]
We’ve partnered with Northern Trust to launch Zodia, a cryptocurrency custodian for institutional investors
London – SC Ventures, the innovation and ventures unit of Standard Chartered, and Northern Trust, a leading provider of asset servicing, have entered into an agreement to launch Zodia Custody, an institutional-grade custody solution for cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrencies already represent 0.3% of the world’s currency and bank deposits and are forecast to continue growing with a […]
SC Ventures backs SOLV in enabling seamless trade and access to finance for small businesses in post-COVID world
The full-stack B2B e-commerce platform will allow thousands of Indian buyers and sellers to improve supply chain efficiency for sustainable growth India – SC Ventures, the innovation, ventures and fintech investments unit of Standard Chartered, today announced the commercial launch of SOLV, a full-stack B2B marketplace for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in India. […]
UnionBank, Standard Chartered pioneer blockchain-enabled bond issuance in the Philippines
Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank), in partnership with Standard Chartered Bank (SC), successfully completed a proof of concept for the issuance of a retail bond on a digital platform leveraging blockchain technology for bond tokenization. The 3 and 5.25-year dual tranche issuance totalling PHP 9 billion by UnionBank was successfully mirrored on the platform […]