VENUE FILE · filed 2026-09 · last re-checked 2026-09
Standard Chartered FX — the liquidity layer, one venue at a time
Standard Chartered FX plays a significant role in market structure by providing tier-1 FX liquidity with a strong presence in emerging markets.
Standard Chartered PLC (banking via Standard Chartered Bank) · London, UK · 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 — never misread it as tier-1 protection.
The claims ledger
Claims specific enough to be falsified — and the ones that remain the venue's own measurement.
- 3testable claims
- 1venue-measured claims
- 0named data centres
- 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 we cannot verify from outside
- FX volume / market-position claims (self-measured)
Perimeter and coverage
| Asset classes | Venues | Connectivity | Clients accepted | Explicitly refused |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FX spot, FX forwards, FX swaps, NDFs, FX options | SC PrismFX transactional FX suite, multi-dealer e-FX platforms | Financial institutions, Non-banking financial institutions, PayTech firms, Corporates | Retail clients (institutional FX lines) |
A firm that publishes its own negative space — who it refuses, where it is not licensed — is materially easier to assess than one that doesn't. The refusal list is treated here as disclosure, not as a defect.
What the desk watches next
The follow-up plan attached to this file — each item re-checked on a future pass, dated and kept falsifiable.
- Self-measured FX volume claims
- Limits of FCA tier-1 license
- Firm's long-standing market presence