Standard Chartered PLC Company History and Annual Growth Details

Standard Chartered Bank was formed in 1969 through the merger of two separate banks, the Standard Bank of British South Africa and the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China.

These banks had capitalised on the expansion of trade between Europe, Asia and Africa.

The Chartered Bank

The Chartered Bank was founded by James Wilson following the grant of a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria in 1853.

The bank opened in Mumbai (Bombay), Kolkata and Shanghai in 1858, followed by Hong Kong and Singapore in 1859.

The traditional trade was in cotton from Mumbai, indigo and tea from Kolkata, rice from Burma, sugar from Java, tobacco from Sumatra, hemp from Manila and silk from Yokohama.

The bank played a major role in the development of trade with the East following the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 and the extension of the telegraph to China in 1871.

In 1957 Chartered Bank bought the Eastern Bank, together with the Ionian Bank's Cyprus Branches and established a presence in the Gulf.

The Standard Bank

The Standard Bank was founded in the Cape Province of South Africa in 1862 by John Paterson, and started business in Port Elizabeth in the following year.

The bank was prominent in financing the development of the diamond fields of Kimberley from 1867. It later extended its network further north to the new town of Johannesburg when gold was discovered there in 1885.

The bank expanded in Southern, Central and Eastern Africa and had 600 offices by 1953.

In 1965, it merged with the Bank of West Africa, expanding its operations into Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.

In 1987 Standard Chartered Bank sold its stake in the Standard Bank, which now operates as a separate entity.

Headquarters
Standard Chartered Bank
1 Basinghall Avenue
London, EC2V 5DD
United Kingdom

2010
-Standard Chartered PLC announces the public filing of a Draft Red Herring Prospectus in India
-Standard Chartered PLC launches first-ever Indian Depository Receipt "IDR" offer
-Standard Chartered PLC sets Indian Depository Receipt price band
-Standard Chartered Bank & DHL launch 'Doorstep Trade Service'

2011
-Standard Chartered Bank launches 'Bonus Points' - final rel
-Standard Chartered launches Go Forward
-Standard Chartered launches AIP
-Standard Chartered launches Co-branded card

2012
-Standard Chartered Bank goes Digital - Launches India's first instant online Credit Card approval solution
-Standard Chartered Bank wins the Dun & Bradstreet Bank Award 2012 in three key categories
-Standard Chartered launch India's First Travel Cashback cum Reward Card
-Standard Chartered Bank goes Digital - Launches India's first instant online Personal Loan approval solution

2013
-Standard Chartered launches new full-service branch at Trivandrum
-Standard Chartered launches new full-service branch at Chhindwara
-Standard Chartered launches new full-service branch at Agra
-Standard Chartered Bank launches a unique fund-raising initiative

2014
-Standard Chartered Bank enters into a bancassurance tie up with Max Bupa

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