Headquarters of Standard Chartered Bank in Karachi | |
Company type | Public |
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Traded as | PSX: SCBPL KSE 100 component |
Industry | Banking |
Founded | March 1863; 161 years ago (1863-03) |
Headquarters | Principal Office Karachi-74000, Pakistan |
Key people | Rehan Muhammad Shaikh CEO |
Products | Loans, credit cards, debit cards, savings, consumer banking, business banking, and Islamic banking |
Revenue | Rs. 107.48 billion (US$370 million) (2023) |
Operating income | Rs. 89.22 billion (US$310 million) (2023) |
Net income | Rs. 42.62 billion (US$150 million) (2023) |
Total assets | Rs. 1.00 trillion (US$3.5 billion) (2023) |
Total equity | Rs. 96.22 billion (US$330 million) (2023) |
Number of employees | 2,072 (2023) |
Parent | Standard Chartered |
Website | sc |
Standard Chartered Pakistan (Urdu: اسٹینڈرڈ چارٹرڈ پاکستان) is a Pakistani commercial bank headquartered in Karachi. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of British multinational bank Standard Chartered and is one of the oldest foreign commercial bank in Pakistan.
History
The history of Standard Chartered in Pakistan dates back to 1863, when the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China first established its operations in Karachi.
In December 2002, Grindlays ANZ's operations in Pakistan were merged into Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan. The merger followed Standard Chartered Bank's acquisition of Grindlays' Middle Eastern and South Asian operations from ANZ Banking Group on July 31, 2000. At the time of the merger, Standard Chartered was the largest foreign bank in Pakistan and operated in all four provinces, maintaining a network of 21 branches.
In 2006, Standard Chartered Bank acquired Union Bank in Pakistan. On 30 December 2006, Standard Chartered merged Union Bank with its own subsidiary, Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan), to create Pakistan's sixth largest bank.
FinCEN
Standard Chartered was named in FinCEN leak, published by Buzzfeed News and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). It had four suspicious transactions flagged.
See also
References
- ^ "SCB PK Annual Report 2023" (PDF). www.sc.com.pk. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- "Standard Chartered Pakistan - Annual Report 2022" (PDF). Standard Chartered Pakistan. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "Grindlays merged in Standard Chartered". DAWN.COM. December 1, 2002.
- "MEED | Standard Chartered adds bulk with ANZ Grindlays deal".
- Treanor, Jill (April 28, 2000). "Standard Chartered snaps up Grindlays" – via The Guardian.
- "Standard Chartered Acquisition of 95.37% Interest in Union Bank Ltd" Standard Chartered, 6 September 2006
- "Standard Chartered acquires Union Bank" The Dawn, 5 September 2006
- "Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Limited | EMIS "securities.com
- Report, Monitoring (2020-09-21). "Six Pakistani banks named in FinCEN leak". Profit by Pakistan Today. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
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