About us
Standard Chartered in Singapore is part of an international banking group with an extensive network of over 1,750 branches (including subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures) in more than 70 countries in the Asia Pacific Region, South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, the United Kingdom and the Americas.
Standard Chartered has a history of 150 years in Singapore, opening its first branch here in 1859 and in October 1999 was among the first international banks to receive a Qualifying Full Bank (QFB) licence, an endorsement of the Group’s long-standing commitment to its businesses in the country.
It serves both Consumer and Wholesale Banking customers. Consumer Banking provides credit cards, personal loans, mortgages, deposit taking and wealth management services to individuals and small to medium sized enterprises. Wholesale Banking provides corporate and institutional clients with services in trade finance, cash management, lending, securities services, foreign exchange, debt capital markets and corporate finance.
The Bank employs over 5,500 people in Singapore and has a network of 18 branches, 28 ATMs, and 6 Priority Banking centres. Standard Chartered is the only international bank to offer NETS service, giving its customers access to EFTPOS at over 17,000 outlets islandwide. The Bank’s global businesses - Consumer and Wholesale Banking - are managed out of Singapore, as is its global Technology & Operations function.
Key awards/achievements
- Leading the way through product innovation, for example, MortgageOne, e$aver, CashOne, Business Instalment Loan, Business$aver, FamilyLink & LinkOne.
- First Singapore $100 million Fixed Rate Note bond offering by The Central American Bank for Economic Integration, a Latin American issuer
- Launched first Singapore Dollar Islamic Deposit for the Islamic Development Bank of Brunei
- Xtra$aver named “Best Deposit Product in Asia Pacific and Gulf States” (Asian Banker Journal - 2007)
- Best Loan House in Singapore (IFR Asia Awards - 2006)
- Best Structured Product Deal – for START CLO (Finance Asia Achievement Awards - 2006)
- Singapore Deal of the Year – START CLO III US$1.5 billion (The Banker, Deals of the Year – 2007)
- Best Debt House in Singapore (The Asset Triple A Awards - 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008)
- Best Trade Finance Bank in Singapore (Global Finance – 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
- Top rated Major Markets Agent Bank in Singapore (Global Custodian - 2006)
- Best Trade Finance Bank in Singapore (Trade Finance Awards – 2008)
- Retail Bank of the Year (Asian Banking and Finance - 2007, 2008)
- Best credit card initiative - Platinum Access (Asian Banking and Finance – 2007)
- Best branch initiative - Vivo City branch (Asian Banking and Finance – 2007, 2008)
- Best self-service Initiative - Online banking (Asian Banking and Finance – 2008)
- Best core banking system initiative - Virtual banking relationship centre (Asian Banking and Finance -2008)