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Standard Chartered aims to sustain earnings growth amid global tensions
Standard Chartered says it expects to sustain strong earnings growth as global finance changes.
The London-based bank sees rising wealth in Asia and the Middle East as an opportunity.
CEO Bill Winters also pointed to growing demand for cross-border financial services and the digitisation of money.
The bank has moved away from traditional lending towards fee-generating services, including trade finance, capital markets advice and wealth management.
These changes matter because geopolitical tensions are reshaping global finance, creating demand for new ways to move and manage money.
Winters said the bank will seek to build on these trends, but gave no specific forecast or timetable.
Standard Chartered expects to sustain strong earnings growth, group chief executive Bill Winters said.
The bank plans to benefit from rising wealth in Asia and the Middle East and growing demand for cross-border financial services.
Winters also cited the digitisation of money and geopolitical tensions reshaping global finance.
The London-based lender has shifted away from traditional lending towards fee-generating services.
These services include trade finance, capital markets advisory and wealth management.
- Who
- Standard Chartered and its group chief executive, Bill Winters.
- What
- The bank expects to sustain strong earnings growth by pursuing opportunities in changing global finance.
- When
- Winters spoke on Friday. The article was published on 2026-11-09.
- Where
- At a media round table in Hong Kong.
- Why
- The bank aims to benefit from rising wealth in Asia and the Middle East, demand for cross-border financial services, and the digitisation of money amid geopolitical tensions.
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- CEO
- Bill Winters
- Media round table
- Hong Kong
- Business base
- London
- Growth opportunities
- Rising wealth in Asia and the Middle East
- Fee-generating services
- Trade finance, capital markets advisory and wealth management
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