FTSE 100 news / Companies and sectors / Standard Chartered / 2 October 2026

Standard Chartered (STAN): news on Friday 2 October 2026

+4.0 positive

Coverage was mostly about the bank's new DeFi and Ethena research coverage, plus awards and funding for women-led startups. A weaker share price day and a mention in Huawei testimony over the HSBC split tempered the tone.

What drove it

crypto research coverage
awards and community funding
share price slip

The 15 stories

Each headline's own score, strongest first. Links go to the publisher.

+5.8 Standard Chartered is building an institutional research universe for DeFi Crypto Briefing
Building institutional DeFi research universe, positive innovation
+5.0 Sky Surges 5.43% as Standard Chartered Adds DeFi Coverage CoinMarketCap
Bank expanding DeFi research coverage
+5.0 Standard Chartered Sets $2 ENA Target, $40B USDe by 2028 CryptoRank
Bank's research sets Ethena target, gaining crypto visibility
+5.0 StanChart recognised at ESGBusiness Awards The Daily Star
Recognised at ESG awards
+5.0 Standard Chartered Starts Research Coverage for Ethena Crypto News Australia
Initiating crypto research coverage
+5.0 Standard Chartered awards Ksh.9M to seven women-led startups Citizen Digital
Funding women-led startups, positive community reputation
+5.0 Standard Chartered sets $2 target for Ethena's ENA token, forecasting USDe stablecoin supply to hit $40B by 2028. pluang.com
Bank's research sets Ethena target
+5.0 Standard Chartered Sees ENA at $2, USDe at $40B by 2028 finanzen.net
Bank's research sets Ethena target
−3.3 Huawei Misled Standard Chartered Bank Executive on HSBC Split: Witness mb.ntd.com
Named party in Huawei witness testimony over HSBC split
+3.3 Standard Chartered projects Viet Nam’s 2026 GDP growth at 9.5% en.baochinhphu.vn
Bank's economists publish bullish Vietnam growth forecast
+3.3 Standard Chartered Executives Reinvest Dividends Into Shares TipRanks
Executives reinvesting dividends into shares, mild confidence
−2.5 Standard Chartered slips Thursday, underperforms market MarketWatch
Shares slipped and underperformed market
+2.5 Standard Chartered Visa Infinite extends 50,000 miles sign-up bonus Mainly Miles
Credit card sign-up bonus extended; minor product news
+1.7 Why the B2A era could be the next growth engine for AI sc.com
Bank's own thought-leadership content on AI
+1.7 Corridors in focus: Egypt-Japan sc.com
Bank's own trade corridor content

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