April 16, 2018 @ 10:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Standard Chartered announced on Monday it has opened its latest innovation lab, the eXellerator, in Hong Kong. The new lab will be located in the bank’s building in Kwun Tong and is designed and created by WeWork. While sharing more details about the lab, Mary… Read More

January 17, 2018 @ 1:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Standard Chartered announced it has established a new business unit, SC Ventures, to lead its digital innovation by investing in fintechs and other start-up companies, along with promoting rapid testing and implementation of new business models. According to Standard Chartered, SC Ventures will be… Read More

January 14, 2018 @ 9:20 am By JD Alois  |  

This should come as no surprise but SelfKey’s public token sale closed in just 11 minutes.  According to the company, the public portion of the initial coin offering (ICO) hit its cap of $5.94 million in mere minutes. SelfKey’s pre-sale easily raised its cap of… Read More

January 13, 2018 @ 11:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Following a successful pre-sale where organizers reportedly raised $15 million, the SelfKey public Initial Coin Offering will start tomorrow (January 14th @ 12 AM UTC). Founded by Edmund Lowell, SelfKey’s tech stack is already in use.  In fact SelfKey may find itself in use with some big… Read More

December 24, 2017 @ 7:33 am By JD Alois  |  

SuperCharger FinTech Accelerator launched first in Hong Kong but it is pushing into other markets bringing its unique brand of combining established and innovative Fintech startups. Earlier this month, SuperCharger celebrated the end of the SuperCharger Kuala Lumpur program as 9 Fintech start-ups from around the… Read More

December 19, 2017 @ 1:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

International banking group Standard Chartered Bank announced on Monday it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with digital financial service provider Ant Financial Services Group. The company reported that under the terms of the MOU it will combine its banking expertise and insights in emerging… Read More

February 14, 2017 @ 11:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Standard Chartered announced last week it has launched its Open Banking Application Programming Interface (API) Developer Portal. The company stated that the launch of the portal will enable the Bank to further its digitization agenda and increase collaboration with a wide spectrum of partners including corporates,… Read More

January 13, 2017 @ 8:30 am By Jessica Pham  |  

UK-based Crowdsurfer has secured over £1 million (over $1.2 million) in its latest funding round with angel investors.  Backers included Mustard Seed — which backed the company last July — as well as individual investors including the following: Former Global CEO of Standard Chartered Peter Sands; Former Deputy… Read More

November 7, 2016 @ 1:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

SuperCharger Fintech Accelerator 2.0 has kicked off Hong Kong Fintech Week with the announcement of 8 finalists for their program. For a second year in a row, SuperCharger, which aims to help the most promising Fintech start-ups and scale-ups grow in Asia, states it has surpassed… Read More

September 23, 2016 @ 3:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

San Francisco fintech company, Ripple, announced on Friday that six major have teamed up to launch a new blockchain network on distributed financial technology. Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Santander, UniCredit, Standard Chartered, Westpac Banking Corporation, and Royal Bank of Canada have teamed up to… Read More

September 21, 2016 @ 10:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Standard Chartered Bank and Supercharger, a Hong Kong-based accelerator, have opened up applications for global Fintech firms to participate in the  “SuperCharger FinTech Accelerator 2.0”, a 12-week innovation programme aimed at helping promising FinTech companies grow their footprint in Asia. The very first round saw 160… Read More

August 24, 2015 @ 9:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Dianrong, a Chinese peer to peer lending platform, has received a new funding round in the amount of $207 million led by Standard Chartered with  participation from China Fintech Fund and Bohai Leasing.  The Series C funding was declared the largest ever for the direct… Read More