STANDARD CHARTERED
With a ground-breaking virtual bank in the pipeline , Standard Chartered is showing it ’ s a true digital disruptor
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A re you a leader or a laggard ? Will you disrupt your sector or will you be disrupted ?’ These are just some of the pressing questions facing businesses across the globe , particularly in the fast-moving fintech sector . On the road ahead , it ’ s clear that innovation is set to maintain its blistering pace in the banking industry . In fact , Gartner has even warned that digitisation will ‘ make most heritage financial firms irrelevant ’ by 2030 . For many businesses , it ’ s a matter of pushing yourself to evolve before someone else does – and that ’ s exactly what ’ s on the cards for financial titan Standard Chartered .
With over a century ’ s worth of experience in the banking sector , Standard Chartered has a presence in 60 countries as well as more than 86,000 employees to its name . It has deep roots in the burgeoning Asian , African and Middle Eastern markets and as a result , Samir Subberwal , Managing Director & Regional Head of Retail Banking , Greater China & North Asia , contends the firm is poised for vast growth . “ Whether it ’ s in Taiwan or India , China or Hong Kong , we are present in areas where the middle class and wealth are growing ,” he enthuses . “ We ’ ve played to our strengths in the
SEPTEMBER 2019