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Retail Asia08/05/2020

Standard Chartered defended its pro-environmental credentials after facing fresh attacks from activist group Urgewald. German environmental and human rights organization Urgewald called out Standard Chartered for being the largest British financier of coal expansion since the Paris Agreement. According to Urgewald, the bank has provided $8.5 billion in funding to coal plant developers, mainly in […]

Retail Asia13/01/2020

Its investment aims to enhance its joint supply chain ecosystem proposition and provide suppliers with access to affordable and convenient financing. Standard Chartered has made a strategic investment into Linklogis – the bank’s first investment in a supply chain platform in China, as well as the first global bank investor in Linklogis, the bank announced […]

Retail Asia29/08/2019

The bank is on a recruitment spree in Hong Kong and Singapore as it hopes to increase its private banking assets by 50 percent to $100 million in the next three to five years. The U.K.-based bank will be hiring 30 to 40 private bankers per year in Hong Kong and Singapore, where it derives most […]

Retail Asia05/03/2019

With the rapid development of 4K TV, online gaming and smart homes, statistics from Broadband Forum show that more than 1 billion users now have access to fixed broadband, and Wi-Fi has become an essential part of broadband services provided by operators. Operators are increasingly providing service packages featuring Wi-Fi to enhance the home broadband […]

Retail Asia02/11/2016

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has instructed the market’s fixed line operators to guarantee a minimum download speed of 512kbps at all times. In a new directive, Trai set the minimum required speed to be considered broadband at 512kbs and ordered the nation’s operators not to reduce their speeds below this even when […]

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StanChart Defends Climate Change Credentials

StanChart Invests in Chinese Supply Chain Platform

Standard Chartered in Hiring Push to Grow Private Banking

Broadband Forum releases home Wi-Fi test standard

India’s Trai sets 512kbps broadband speed minimum