FTSE 100 news / Companies and sectors / Standard Chartered / 15 October 2026
Standard Chartered (STAN): news on Thursday 15 October 2026
+4.0 positive
Coverage was mainly about Standard Chartered opening Bitcoin and Ether trading to wealthy UAE clients and its RLUSD custody role, which reflect well on it. A smaller strand reported its $2 trillion stablecoin forecast being pushed back to 2030, which tempers the tone.
What drove it
- UAE crypto trading launch
- RLUSD custody
- stablecoin forecast delay
The 29 stories
- +6.0 Standard Chartered Opens Bitcoin and Ethereum Trading to Wealthy UAE Clients
Bitcoin and Ethereum trading opened to wealthy UAE clients. - +6.0 Standard Chartered Opens Bitcoin, Ether Trading to Wealthy UAE Clients
Bitcoin and Ether trading opened to UAE clients. - +5.8 Standard Chartered Debuts Bitcoin Trading For Wealthy UAE Clients
Bitcoin trading debut for wealthy UAE clients. - +5.8 Standard Chartered Launches Bitcoin, Ethereum Trading for Affluent UAE Clients
Launch of Bitcoin and Ethereum trading for affluent UAE clients. - +5.8 Standard Chartered opens crypto trading from bank accounts for wealthy UAE clients
New crypto trading service for wealthy UAE clients. - +5.8 Standard Chartered Brings Bitcoin Trading and Custody to Affluent UAE Clients
Bitcoin trading and custody launched for affluent UAE clients. - +5.7 Standard Chartered Opens Bitcoin, Ether Trading To UAE Wealth Clients
Crypto trading opened to UAE wealth clients. - +5.7 Standard Chartered launches direct Bitcoin and Ethereum trading for wealthy UAE clients.
Direct Bitcoin and Ethereum trading launched for wealthy UAE clients. - +5.5 Standard Chartered Crypto Trading Opens to UAE Wealth Clients
Crypto trading opened to UAE wealth clients. - +5.3 Standard Chartered Brings RLUSD Custody to XRPL in 3-Way Institutional Custody Program
RLUSD custody brought to XRPL in institutional programme. - +5.0 Ethereum Price Prediction: Standard Chartered Opens ETH
Bank opens Ethereum trading to clients; expands offering. - +4.2 Crypto Treasury Management: Standard Chartered’s RLUSD Move
RLUSD treasury role shows bank active in digital assets. - +4.2 Crypto Bull Run Sign: Standard Chartered Opens Bitcoin to UAE Clients as Pepeto Buyers Pass $11.2M
Bitcoin access for UAE clients; coverage promotional for another token. - +4.2 Crypto Update: Standard Chartered Lets UAE Clients Buy Bitcoin, While Pepeto Holders Wait on a 100x Forecast
UAE Bitcoin purchases enabled; article partly promotional. - +3.3 Did RLUSD Custody Role Just Shift Standard Chartered's (LSE:STAN) Investment Narrative?
RLUSD custody role may enhance investment narrative. - −2.5 Standard Chartered pushes $2 trillion stablecoin market forecast to 2030 as supply growth stalls
Forecast pushed back as stablecoin supply growth stalls. - +2.5 Standard Chartered’s Agata Banas and Lewis Shaw on the making of Business, Belonging and Beyond podcast
Positive staff and culture podcast feature. - +2.5 Crypto Update: Standard Chartered Moves Into RLUSD as Buyers Skip XRP and BNB for Pepeto's 100x Run
RLUSD move noted; article mainly promotional for another token. - +2.5 XRP News: Standard Chartered Now Holds RLUSD as XRP Waits at $1.32, and Analysts Eye 100x for Pepeto
Bank holds RLUSD, though article mostly promotional for other tokens. - −2.0 Standard Chartered delays $2 trillion stablecoin forecast to 2030
Forecast delayed to 2030; minor setback for research view. - +2.0 Why Standard Chartered Is Keeping Crypto Inside the Bank
Commentary on bank's in-house crypto strategy; mildly positive. - +1.7 Can Standard Chartered scale its markets technology while improving operating efficiency?
Analysis of markets technology and efficiency; neutral to mildly positive. - −1.7 Standard Chartered pushes $2T stablecoin forecast to 2030 as transaction volumes grow
Stablecoin forecast pushed back, though volumes growing; mildly negative. - +1.7 Standard Chartered Sees Stablecoin Market Reaching $2 Trillion by 2030
Bank sees stablecoin market reaching $2 trillion; bullish outlook. - −1.7 Standard Chartered Pushes Back $2 Trillion Stablecoin Target to 2030
Stablecoin target pushed back to 2030. - +1.7 USDC for payments, USDT for savings: Standard Chartered on stablecoin battleground
Bank's stablecoin views featured; neutral to mildly positive. - −1.7 Standard Chartered Shifts $2T Stablecoin Target to 2030
Stablecoin target shifted to 2030. - −1.3 Standard Chartered Says USDC Faces Competition In Payments, Delays $2T Stablecoin Forecast
Forecast delayed and USDC competition noted; mildly negative. - +0.3 Daily Navigator- 14/10/2026 – Market Outlook
Routine bank market outlook publication; neutral.
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