India & South Asia 

Standard Chartered India & South Asia offers expertise and services in the following areas:

• Trade finance
• Commodity trade finance
• Cash management
• Custody
• Foreign exchange
• Debt capital markets
• Corporate finance
• Supply chain finance
• Islamic banking
 

In detail

Standard Chartered has a long and proud history in South Asia. In 1858 we established our first branch opening in Kollkata – then the most important commercial city in India and the centre of the jute and indigo trades.  We have gone on to become the largest international bank in India in terms of branch network and profits.

Today we number many of the emerging Indian multinationals amongst our clients and are expanding our strategic and advisory capabilities to keep pace with their financial needs and aspirations. Standard Chartered’s long presence in this key market has giving us a deep understanding of the evolving needs of our clients. 

This is backed by our strong capabilities across all product segments with a particular regional emphasis on convertible bonds and commodity derivatives, as well as project and asset backed finance, and cross-border M&A business.

We now have 83 branches in India, as well as a presence in Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Standard Chartered is Sri Lanka’s second largest international bank and the most profitable among its peers for wholesale banking. We have consistently been Nepal’s most profitable bank.

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