HONG KONG, Aug 4 - Standard Chartered Bank on Tuesday said its first-half pretax profit increased 10 percent to $2.84 billion, beating a consensus forecast of $2.49 billion. The bank said it planned to raise...
Standard Chartered<2888> is in negotiations with Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to acquire the latter's assets in China and India, said a source with direct knowledge of the matter, Reuters reported on Wednesday.RBS, which is 70% held by the British government, is trying to dispose of its retail and...
DHAKA, May 5 - U.K. based Standard Chartered Bank <STAN.L> launched a home loan business in Bangladesh on Tuesday based on Islamic non-interest banking principles. Under the Saadiq (truthful) home finance scheme, the bank will...
Dec. 1, 2008 (China Knowledge) - U.K.-based lender Standard Chartered PLC<2888><STAN> announced that it has officially opened its first mainland rural bank in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, in an effort to further tap the rural...
Nov. 12, 2008 (China Knowledge) - Stanard Chartered Bank (China) Co Ltd opened its branch in Nanchang on Tuesday, capital of Jiangxi Province, sources reported. The Nanchang branch, with 20 employees, is the first outlet...
The Standard Chartered Bank's China research department said in its latest report released recently that China may still keep increasing its holdings of US treasury bonds, though in an unnoticeable way. According to official data from the US Treasury Department, China cut its holdings of US Treas...
SINGAPORE, Nov 24 - Standard Chartered is planning a $3 billion rights issue to boost its capital reserves and ease investors' concerns about its ability to weather a severe economic downturn, the Financial Times reported...
SINGAPORE, Nov 24 - Standard Chartered is planning a $3 billion rights issue to boost its capital reserves and ease investors' concerns about its ability to weather a severe economic downturn, the Financial Times reported...
Nov. 14, 2008 (China Knowledge) - Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd, the city's third-largest mortgage lender, has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of Cazenove Asia, said U.K.-based lender Standard Chartered PLC on...
Nov. 7, 2008 (China Knowledge) - Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong), the city's third-largest mortgage lender, has raised its mortgage rates by 50 to 100 basis points to between 3.5% and 4.5% for new home...