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title: "Standard Chartered Bank: Banking Services"
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# Standard Chartered Bank: Banking Services

Open accounts, save, borrow and invest in Kenya & Nigeria; plus trade finance and cross‑border banking for businesses across 12 African markets.

## Breadcrumbs

- [Banking](/categories/banking)
- [Standard Chartered Bank](/standard-chartered-bank)

## Summary

Retail, wealth, and corporate banking across African markets

An international bank offering retail, wealth, corporate, and institutional banking to individuals and businesses in Kenya, Nigeria, and other African markets.

## Product details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Website | https://www.standardchartered.com/ |
| Tagline | Retail, wealth, and corporate banking across African markets |
| Primary country | Kenya |
| Platforms | Web, Android, iOS, API |
| Average rating |  |
| Published reviews | 0 |
| Verified listing | No |

## About the product

Standard Chartered Bank is a UK-headquartered international banking group that serves individual customers, wealth and private banking clients, small and medium enterprises, large corporates, governments, and financial institutions across Africa and the other regions where it operates.

Key capabilities include:
- **Retail and wealth banking** for personal and priority banking customers, covering everyday accounts, savings, loans, and investment products
- **SME and business banking** support for small and medium-sized enterprises
- **Corporate, commercial, and institutional banking** for large businesses, governments, banks, and development organizations, including trade finance and cross-border banking
- **Digital and mobile banking** through country-specific apps such as SC Mobile

Available on **Web**, **Android**, and **iOS**, with the specific app and features varying by market.

In Africa, the bank has operated for more than **170 years**, and it names **Kenya** and **Nigeria** as its most prioritized African markets for full retail, wealth, and corporate banking. It also runs **corporate, commercial, and institutional banking** in **Ghana**, **Tanzania**, **Uganda**, **Zambia**, **Côte d'Ivoire**, **Botswana**, **South Africa**, **Egypt**, **Morocco**, and **Mauritius**, though it has been selling or winding down retail and wealth banking in several of these markets. Since 2022, it has fully exited consumer banking in **Cameroon**, **Angola**, **The Gambia**, **Sierra Leone**, and **Zimbabwe**, and has sold or agreed to sell retail and wealth operations in **Uganda**, **Zambia**, **Ghana**, **Botswana**, **Tanzania**, and **Côte d'Ivoire** to banks including **Access Bank**, **Absa**, **FNB**, **Coris Bank**, and **FBC Holdings**, while generally keeping corporate and institutional banking in those markets.

Standard Chartered is listed on the **London** and **Hong Kong** stock exchanges, with total assets of roughly **$920 billion** globally.

## Features

- [Banking](/categories/banking): Category
- [B2B](/tags/b2b): Product feature or technology
- [B2C](/tags/b2c): Product feature or technology
- [Commercial Bank](/tags/commercial-bank): Product feature or technology
- [Botswana](/countries/botswana): Market
- [Côte d'Ivoire](/countries/cote-divoire): Market
- [Egypt](/countries/egypt): Market
- [Ghana](/countries/ghana): Market
- [Kenya](/countries/kenya): Market
- [Mauritius](/countries/mauritius): Market
- [Morocco](/countries/morocco): Market
- [Nigeria](/countries/nigeria): Market
- [South Africa](/countries/south-africa): Market
- [Tanzania](/countries/tanzania): Market
- [Uganda](/countries/uganda): Market
- [Zambia](/countries/zambia): Market

## Related pages

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- [Reviews](/standard-chartered-bank/reviews)
- [Transparency](/standard-chartered-bank/transparency)

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