Standard Chartered
Private Bank

Standard Chartered claims to help clients manage, protect and grow their wealth.

Standard Chartered's banking services are primarily divided into two categories:

1. Individual banking:

Standard Chartered claims to have a few options for clients looking for international banking, easy access and service. These include:

• Personal banking:
  Standard Chartered provides savings accounts, educational funds, mortgages and more to their personal banking clients. It also offers rewards, smarter banking and other solutions for clients banking needs.
  
  
• Priority banking:
  Under this, Standard Chartered provides wealth management solutions like investing, asset protection and real estate advice to clients. As a priority banker, they give you a dedicated relationship manager and 24-hour service.
  
  
• Private banking:
  Standard Chartered say that high-net-worth clients have unique wealth management needs and goals that need tailored solutions. They offer these clients exclusive banking benefits and other financial services (as discussed in this review). They also have a team of advisors that help connect private clients to opportunities that can help grow and protect their wealth.

2. Corporate banking:

Standard Chartered provides banking solutions that supports business needs and provides services like employee banking, expert access to market insights, lending and other global services.

Additionally, Standard Chartered also provides Islamic banking and deep Shariah expertise.

Wealth management solutions:

Standard Chartered claims that their wealth management services help clients align their goals to their portfolio and their advisory team can provide insights and recommend investment strategies that are free of cognitive biases.

These wealth management services provided by Standard Chartered Bank include:

• Managed investments:
  They claim to combine their market knowledge with their funds selection to create personalised, diversified portfolios that reduce risk exposure and can deliver good results (we would recommend reading the 'expert verdict' section of this review).
  
  
• Financial markets:
  Standard Chartered allows you to invest in a wide range of investment options like fixed income, equities, precious metals and access to all major stock markets.
  
  
• Bancassurance:
  Standard Chartered claims to have partnerships with global insurance providers that can offer the right solutions for clients health, retirement and legacy.
  
  
• Credit solutions:
  It also offer a range of lending solutions in multiple currencies to help clients maximise their wealth and diversify their investment portfolio while maintaining liquidity.

NOTE:

We would highly recommend reading the 'expert verdict' section of this review to make an informed financial decision.

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