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Banknotes. Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited is one of the three commercial banks licensed by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to issue banknotes in Hong Kong, the other two being the Bank of China (Hong Kong) and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. The Bank has been issuing banknotes since the 1860s (as The Chartered Bank ...
Developer. Standard Chartered Bank. Main contractor. Gammon-Nishimatsu JV. The Standard Chartered Bank Building ( Chinese: 渣打銀行大廈) is a skyscraper located in Central, Hong Kong. The tower rises 42 storeys and 191 metres (627 ft) in height. The building was completed in 1990. It was designed by architectural firm P & T Architects ...
Standard Chartered has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It has secondary listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the National Stock Exchange of India, and OTC Markets Group Pink. Its largest shareholder is the Government of Singapore -owned Temasek Holdings.
The Clearing House Automated Transfer System, or CHATS, is a real-time gross settlement (RTGS) system for the transfer of funds in Hong Kong. It is operated by Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited, a private company jointly owned by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the Hong Kong Association of Banks. Transactions in four currency ...
Standard Chartered, one of Hong Kong's three currency-issuing lenders, said it plans to fully exit seven markets in Africa and the Middle East and focus solely on corporate and institutional ...
In 1985, 20-dollar notes were introduced, whilst, in 1993, a 10-dollar coin was introduced and the banks stopped issuing 10-dollar notes. In 1994, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), gave authority to the Bank of China to issue notes. The 1-cent note issued by the Government was demonetised and ceased to be legal tender on 1 October 1995.
Peter Wong Tung-shun, JP ( Chinese: 王冬勝 born November 1951, in British Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong banker associated with the HSBC, StanChart and Citi. He retired as CEO of HSBC Asia-Pacific and became non-executive chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, effective 7 June 2021. [1] He holds a BComm degree from the ...
1860s, 1977-present (various years depending on banks) The one thousand-dollar note is the highest-valued banknote in circulation in Hong Kong. Currently, this note is issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), Standard Chartered Hong Kong, and the Bank of China. Due to its gold-colored theme, this note was nicknamed ...