Standard Chartered FX
Standard Chartered FX provides Tier-1 liquidity with a focus on emerging markets.
Standard Chartered PLC (banking via Standard Chartered Bank) · London, UK · last re-checked 2026-09 · evidence score 87/100
Licence, read on the register
| Regulator | Licence number | Jurisdiction | Tier | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCA (Standard Chartered Bank) | 114276 | UK | tier-1 | open source ↗ |
| SEC/FINRA (BrokerCheck, Standard Chartered Securities North America LLC) | 8-66397 | US | tier-1 | open source ↗ |
Tier classification follows the same scale as the retail register: tier-2 means real supervision and client-money segregation, without an investor compensation scheme. Rows without a tier are recorded without classification rather than guessed.
Where the published model fits
- Emerging market transactions
- Cross-currency solutions
- Institutional digital-asset trading
Watch for
- Self-measured FX volume claims
- Limits of FCA tier-1 license
- Firm's long-standing market presence
Standard Chartered FX, a Tier-1 bank established in 1853, offers a range of FX products to institutional clients. The firm operates under FCA and SEC/FINRA licenses, ensuring compliance in key markets. Its self-measured FX volume claims should be verified for accuracy.
Testable claims
- Standard Chartered's FX trading network stretches across emerging markets in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, transacting since doors opened in Mumbai, Kolkata and Shanghai in 1853 (sc.com fx-capabilities page)
- SC PrismFX is the bank's cross-currency transactional FX solutions suite for Financial Institution, NBFI, PayTech and Corporate clients globally (sc.com press release)
- Institutional digital-asset trading launched through its UK entity as an FCA-registered cryptoasset firm, with clients accessing cryptoassets through familiar FX interfaces (sc.com press release)
Claims that remain the venue's own measurement
- FX volume / market-position claims (self-measured)
www.sc.comen/corporate-investment-banking/global-markets/fx-capabilities
