Standard Chartered PLC
STAN.L
London Stock Exchange1,946.00
GBp
-66.00
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ISIN
GB0004082847
Return %
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S&P500
1Y
69.96
26.57
3Y
195.39
76.60
5Y
292.42
78.48
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in mil. unless spec.- CEO
- Roberto Hoornweg
- Full Time Employees
- 80,946
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Banks - Diversified
- Address
- 1 Basinghall Avenue London United Kingdom EC2V 5DD
- IPO Date
- Jul 1, 1988
- Website
- sc.com
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- Standard Chartered PLC (STAN.L) is a British multinational banking and financial services group headquartered in London, United Kingdom, and founded through the 1969 merger of The Standard Bank and The Chartered Bank, with roots tracing to 1853. The company operates primarily in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, where approximately 90% of its profits originate, serving corporate, institutional, affluent, and retail clients across 54 markets worldwide through a network of over 1,200 branches and subsidiaries. It focuses on emerging markets, delivering cross-border banking solutions that connect clients to sustainable growth opportunities in high-growth regions. Standard Chartered provides a comprehensive range of products and services, including retail banking offerings such as deposits, mortgages, credit cards, and personal loans; wealth management solutions encompassing investments, bespoke structuring, and priority/private banking for affluent clients; corporate and investment banking services like transaction banking, cash management, supply chain financing, trade finance, and corporate finance; financial markets products covering foreign exchange, rates, commodities, debt markets, custody, clearing, and securities lending; and treasury services supporting global transaction needs. Its business segments comprise Corporate & Investment Banking, which aids large corporations, governments, banks, and investors in cross-border trade and capital markets; Wealth & Retail Banking, catering to personal, priority, private, and small-to-medium enterprise clients; and Ventures, which invests in financial technology innovations and alternative models. The bank emphasizes sustainability-linked financing, digitalisation, and infrastructure lending, particularly in renewables and energy transition across its core footprints. In recent developments, Standard Chartered formed a strategic partnership with Apollo in January 2025, committing up to US$3 billion in financing for global infrastructure, clean energy, and transition credit, including a minority stake acquisition in Apollo's Apterra platform for infrastructure debt origination. The bank provided a US$300 million 15-year loan to the Bahamas government in November 2024 to refinance existing debt, underscoring its infrastructure financing capabilities. Additionally, Access Holdings completed the acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank Gambia in June 2025, while Absa Bank Uganda agreed in October 2025 to acquire its retail and wealth banking business in Uganda, reflecting ongoing portfolio optimisation in select retail markets.
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