FTSE 100 news / Companies and sectors / Standard Chartered / 12 October 2026

Standard Chartered (STAN): news on Monday 12 October 2026

+4.5 positive

Coverage was mildly positive, centred on the bank's expansion into crypto custody in Singapore and a new wealth management centre in Nyali. Meetings with a Korean regulator chief and India's finance minister, plus a bitcoin forecast, added to the upbeat tone.

What drove it

crypto custody expansion
wealth centre opening
government engagement

The 5 stories

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

+6.7 Standard Chartered Expands Toward Crypto and Tokenized Asset Custody in Singapore: BTCPressWire on Institutional Adoption StreetInsider
Expansion into crypto and tokenised asset custody in Singapore.
+5.0 Standard Chartered opens Nyali wealth management centre Capital FM Africa
Opens new wealth management centre in Nyali, growth.
+3.3 Korea's FSC Chief Discusses AI Transformation With Standard Chartered Seoul Economic Daily
Regulator chief meets bank on AI; mildly positive engagement.
+3.3 Sitharaman discusses trade finance, cross-border banking with Standard Chartered CEO OrissaPOST
Indian finance minister meets CEO on trade finance.
+2.5 Standard Chartered Says Bitcoin Could Hit $100K By Year-End In Its ‘Shallowest’ 4-Year Cycle Ever Amid Rally To $72K Stocktwits
Bank's research bitcoin forecast; modest reputational positive.

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