Standard Chartered Bank
Barclays mulls merger with Standard Chartered: report
24 May 2018
Barclays says it has been talking about combing with various lenders including Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and DBS, as well
Four big banks join Invoicemart TReDS platform
20 Feb 2018
Stanchart reports first annual loss in 26 years as India NPAs swell
24 Feb 2016
The impairment losses on loans in India are more than double the $611-million hit it took due to credit losses in the UK
StanChart to cut 15,000 jobs, raise $5.1 bn in fresh capital
03 Nov 2015
The Asia focused bank said it will axe 17 per cent of its workforce to pare costs by $2.9 billion and also sell or restructure $100 billion of loans
StanChart to sack another 2,000; to quit equity business
08 Jan 2015
Standard Chartered Plc is closing its institutional equities business and plans to cut 2,000 more staff as group nchief executive officer Peter Sands tries to turn the UK bank around
StanChart in talks to buy Morgan Stanley India wealth unit
10 May 2013
Morgan Stanley's India wealth unit manages approximately $1 billion, including loans
Standard Chartered in talks to buy Morgan Stanley's private wealth management business in India
28 Feb 2013
StanChart being victimised, says UK banking regulator
09 Aug 2012
Standard Chartered Bank admitted to violation of US sanctions law (not terror funding) in about 300 transactions from 2001 to 2007, but said these were errors rather than calculated fraud
StanChart row may hit Indian back-office firms
08 Aug 2012
Standard Chartered refutes US regulator’s charges
07 Aug 2012
StanChart stands accused of hiding over 60,000 transactions with terrorists, weapon dealers and drug kingpins, involving at least $250 billion, over a period of 10 years
India operations most profitable for Stanchart
02 Mar 2011
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