X-Nico

3 unusual facts about Standard Chartered


Blind in Business

Blind in Business was established as a charitable trust with the backing of the Royal National Institute for the Blind and with several high profile supporters serving as its trustees, including Bank of England associate director Pen Kent, Standard Chartered chairman Rodney Galpin and Conservative MP Emma Nicholson.

Economy of Chittagong

All major banks like HSBC, Standard Chartered, Citibank, Mercantile Bank Limited, Premier Bank Limited, Dutch Bangla Bank, BRAC Bank, Dhaka Bank Limited, Bangladesh Bank, Eastern Bank, Sonali Bank, Rupali Bank and all other banks operating in Bangladesh have offices in and around the city.

Foo Mee Har

Standard Chartered’s Priority Banking has a presence in 26 markets across Asia, Africa and the Middle East, providing a total banking relationship programme to cater to the financial needs of affluent individuals.


Samsung iMarketKorea

Its customer base has expanded beyond the Samsung Group and iMarketKorea currently provides services for over 349 clients including the CJ Corporation, Hansol, Rockwell Automation, ING, Standard Chartered, Woori Bank and Union Steel.

The Arab Sustainability Leadership Group

Regional Members - Current active members of the ASLG include Abraaj Capital, Aramex, Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, HBS International Ltd, JorAMCo, Jordan River Foundation, National Commercial Bank, Paltel, SEKEM, Shell Jordan, Standard Chartered Jordan and Sustainability Excellence.


see also

Banknotes of Zimbabwe

The Standard Chartered series was a series of emergency bearer cheques issued by the Standard Chartered Bank (hence the title on the top of these cheques) and the Cargill Cotton Group.

Scotia-Mocatta

Subsequent to 1957, the firm was managed by Edward Mocatta, with involvement and shareholdings variously from Hambros Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Henry Jarecki, Scotiabank, the Mocatta family and others.

Swaran Singh

He was a member of the eminent persons group on South Africa sponsored by the Commonwealth Institute that consisted of Malcolm Fraser who had been Prime Minister of Australia for eight years, General Obasanjo of Nigeria, Lord Barber who had been Edward Heath's Chancellor of the Exchequer and was also chairman of the Standard Chartered Bank, Dame Nita Barrow, Reverend Scott and John Malecela, a Tanzanian former government minister.