The UK bank has issued over CNY1 billion (US$153.9m) notional of equity-linked deposits in China in the first half of 2021 on its electronic trading platform, which went live in December 2020.
The platform is equipped with real-time pricing through an open architecture set up which Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) China developed over a 10-month period with an approximate cost of US$3m. The bank’s clients can access underlying price charts and market news in addition to their daily portfolio mark-to-market on the platform, which is accessible through the bank’s mobile banking application and online banking site. New energy vehicles, healthcare and technology have be