Standard Chartered Launches Cross Border Banking Service Across East Africa

Standard Chartered Bank has introduced cross border banking aimed at providing seamless banking services to its SME customers across East Africa. With this new service, customers can transact freely within East Africa as if they were in their home country and at no extra cost. A customer will be able to access their funds throughout

StanChart To Launch Islamic Banking In Kenya, Indonesia

Standard Chartered Plc will start offering Islamic banking in Kenya as a springboard into the rest of Africa and it may expand services in Indonesia, its global head of Islamic consumer banking said. Shariah-compliant banking makes up two percent of Kenya’s banking industry, split between two Islamic lenders and conventional banks with Shariah-compliant products, like