Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered plc (LSE: STAN, SEHK: 2888) is a universal bank providing deposit, credit, trust, and investment services to a wide range of retail, business, and institutional clients. It is listed on the London, Hong Kong and Mumbai stock exchanges and ranks among the top 20 companies in the FTSE-100 by market value. As of January 5, 2017, it had a market capitalization of US$28 billion. Despite its British base, Standard Chartered does not provide retail banking in the United Kingdom and 90% of its profits come from Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Standard Chartered serves clients in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and North and Latin America; its 2025 annual report states that the group serves clients across 54 global locations. In the United Sates, the Bank serves multi-national corporations, financial institutions and development organizations through offices in New York, Newark, San Francisco, Houston, Miami and Washington. Standard Chartered Bank was created in 1969 through the merger of two banks, the Standard Bank of British South Africa (est. 1862) and the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China (est. 1853). In 2009, Standard Chartered acquired the First Africa Holdings. In 2013, it acquired the South African custody and trustee business of Absa Bank. At December 31, 2025, the company reported total assets of US$920.0 billion, loans and advances to customers of US$286.8 billion and customer accounts of US$530.2 billion.

Standard Chartered has withdrawn from a number of markets since 2018. The group sold its Zimbabwe, Angola and Sierra Leone banking subsidiaries in 2024 and its Cameroon and Gambia banking subsidiaries in 2025, and sold the wealth and retail banking business of its Tanzanian operation in 2025 while retaining Standard Chartered Bank Tanzania Limited. The wealth and retail banking businesses in Botswana, Uganda, Zambia and Sri Lanka were classified as held for sale during 2025. Some of the awards listed below therefore relate to markets in which the group no longer operates.

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Standard Chartered Awards

Global Finance Awards
Best Consumer Internet Bank (Global)
Best Trade Finance Provider Asia Pacific
Best Bank in Zambia
Best Bank in Zimbabwe
Best Bank in Sierra Leone
Best Bank in Gambia
Best Bank in Cote d’Ivoire

Triple A Islamic Finance Awards 2014
Best Islamic Investment Bank, Middle East
Best Islamic Private Bank
Best Islamic Loan House of the Year

The Banker Transaction Banking Awards 2014
Best Global Transaction Bank 2014
Best Transaction Bank for Cash Management 2014
Best Transaction Bank from Europe 2014

EMEA Finance Best Bank Awards
Best bank in Botswana
Best bank in Gambia
Best foreign bank in Ghana
Best foreign bank in Kenya
Best foreign bank in Zambia
Best foreign bank in Zimbabwe

Head office address:
1 Basinghall Avenue London
EC2V, 5DD
United Kingdom
Phone number: +44 (0)20 7885 8888
Fax: +44 (0)20 7885 9999
Website: www.sc.com

USA
1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036

1101 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20004

3 Riverway, Suite 1330
Houston, Texas 77056

Two Gateway Center, 13th Floor
Newark, NJ 07102

50 Fremont Street
San Francisco, CA 94101

1111 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1100
Miami, Fl 33131

Canada
Standard Chartered (Canada) Ltd
20 Adelaide Street East, Suite 1105
Toronto, ON, M5C 2T6, Canada

Australia
Sydney Head Office
Level 5, 345 George Street
Sydney NSW 2000

South Africa
5th Floor, No. 4 Sandown Valley Crescent
Sandton 2196, Gauteng Province