The story
The history of Standard Chartered in Hong Kong dates back to 1859, when The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China opened a branch in Hong Kong. The Bank started issuing banknotes of the Hong Kong dollar in 1862, and still does so today.
In 2000, Standard Chartered acquired Hong Kong–based retail banking business of the Chase Manhattan Bank, including Chase Manhattan Card Company Limited. In 2010, Standard Chartered acquired the Hong Kong consumer operations of GE Capital.
An office tower, the Standard Chartered Bank Building, in Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong Kong is named after the bank. The building is now owned by Hang Lung Group, although the latter's SC main operation office is now located in Millennium City 1, Kwun Tong.
The Chairperson of the Board is Katherine Tsang, younger sister of former Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Donald Tsang, and formerly chairwoman for Greater China operations. She took up the top job on 1 January 2011, succeeding Chow Chung-Kong, who held the post from 2004.
In January 2022, Standard Chartered announced an agreement to acquire 100% ownership of RBC Investor Services Trust Hong Kong Limited from RBC Investor & Treasury Services, expanding its custodian business to MPF and ORSO schemes trusteeship business in Hong Kong.
In April 2026, Anchorpoint Financial (a joint venture with Standard Chartered Bank (HK), Animoca Brands, and HKT) has been awarded Hong Kong’s one of the first two stablecoin issuer licences by Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the other one being The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
From Wikipedia’s article on Standard Chartered Hong Kong, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3