Standard Chartered ... lender opened a branch in Egypt in January last year as it views it as a pivotal gateway to Africa and the Middle East. The bank remains risk-on in South Africa, Egberink ...

Standard Chartered will close up to 100 bank branches next year in Asia, Africa and the Middle East in an attempt to improve its profitability. The UK bank plans to cut about 8% of its global ...

Its name is derived from the two banks from which it was formed in a merger in 1969: The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, and Standard Bank of British South Africa. Its headquarters ...