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London-headquartered bank will reduce back-office jobs and aims to move some workers to new roles Business live – latest updates Standard Chartered plans to cut more than 7,000 jobs over the next four years as it increasingly uses artificial intelligence. The London-headquartered lender is one of the first major global banks to lay out plans to cut thousands of jobs, citing AI as a driver to make its operations slimmer as it seeks to increase its profitability and tackle competition. Continue reading...
Read full articleStandard Chartered expects DeFi protocols to gain importance as $4 trillion in tokenized assets move on-chain. The bank says stablecoins and real-world assets could expand protocol activity through deposits, lending, and capital efficiency. Tokenized Assets Put DeFi Protocols in Focus Standard Chartered Bank forecast in a report published on May 18 that tokenized assets on […]
Bill Winters’ new strategy aims to ‘drive sustainable growth’ at Asia-focused lender
Standard Chartered projects $4 trillion in tokenized assets onchain by 2028, with mature DeFi protocols as the main beneficiaries. Standard Chartered projects that $4 trillion in tokenized assets will sit onchain by the end of 2028, evenly split between stablecoins…
Standard Chartered will absorb Zodia Custody’s regulated business and spin out Zodia Solutions as banks build crypto custody in-house.
Standard Chartered will absorb Zodia Custody’s regulated crypto business and spin out Zodia Solutions, as big banks move to own core digital asset custody in-house.
Standard Chartered's acquisition of Zodia Custody's crypto business strengthens its position in the competitive digital-asset custody market. The post Standard Chartered plans to acquire Zodia Custody’s crypto business appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
[PRESS RELEASE – London, United Kingdom, May 18th, 2026] Quantography Labs announced the early-access release of Lock.com, a hardware-free crypto wallet built around an isolated, air-gapped security approach. Lock.com is now available to early access users. The platform separates private key storage from network-connected systems, removing the need for dedicated hardware wallet devices. Hardware wallets […]
