Standard Chartered Americas
- We offer specialized banking products in Asia, Africa and the Middle East to Latin America and US based Multinational Corporations, Financial Institutions and Development Organizations with key products including trade finance services, cash management, foreign exchange and derivatives, commodity finance, and structured import and export finance services.
- We have a history of over 100 years in the United States and nearly 40 years of correspondent banking experience in Latin America.
- Standard Chartered Americas is headquartered in New York City with a presence in California, Texas and Florida in the USA. We are also present in Canada, Cayman Islands, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru.
- We employ over 1,200 people in the U.S and Latin Americas representing over 35 nationalities.
- Standard Chartered was one of the first foreign banks to be invited to join the Clearing House Interbank Payment System (CHIPS). Standard Chartered currently ranks seventh in volume on the CHIPS system, clearing about US$195 billion on an average day. The acquisition of American Express Bank doubled the US dollar clearing business and gave Standard Chartered a direct Euro and Yen clearing capability.
- Standard Chartered is the number one non-SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area) clearer and is one of the top trade banks globally.
- We aim to maximize on business opportunities from growth in trade activity between Latin America and Asia.
Standard Chartered in the US
- We have been in the US since 1902.
- We employ approximately 1,100 people in the U.S.
- We have an office each in New York City and New Jersey. We also have offices in San Francisco & Los Angeles, California; Houston, Texas; and Miami, Florida.
- Standard Chartered in the US offers Wholesale Banking. Key products in Wholesale Banking include trade finance services, cash management, treasury, foreign exchange and interest rate products, commodity finance, and structured import and export finance services.
- Standard Chartered in the US does not service any retails customers and is not Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insured.
