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Standard Chartered Pakistan () is a Pakistani
banking A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets. Becau ...
and financial services company in Pakistan and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of British multinational bank Standard Chartered. It is Pakistan's oldest and largest foreign commercial bank. It employs over 2,200 people in its 40 branches in 10 cities of Pakistan.


History

The history of Standard Chartered in Pakistan dates back to 1863, when the
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China (informally The Chartered Bank) was a bank incorporated in London in 1853 by Scotsman James Wilson, under a Royal Charter from Queen Victoria.
first established its operations in
Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former c ...
. In 2006, Standard Chartered Bank acquired Pakistan's Union Bank. On 30 December 2006, Standard Chartered merged Union Bank with its own subsidiary, Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan), to create Pakistan's sixth largest bank.


FinCEN

Standard Chartered was named in FinCEN leak, published by Buzzfeed News and the
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Inc. (ICIJ), is an independent global network of 280 investigative journalists and over 140 media organizations spanning more than 100 countries. It is based in Washington, D.C. with ...
(ICIJ). It had four suspicious transactions flagged.


See also

* Banking in Pakistan *
Union Bank (Pakistan) Union Bank was a Pakistani bank based in Karachi, Pakistan. It was established in 1991 with its headquarters in Lahore, Pakistan. In 2000 the bank relocated its headquarters to Karachi. Prior to the merger with Standard Chartered Bank in 2006, it ...


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Standard Chartered Pakistan
{{Authority control Banks of Pakistan Companies listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange Standard Chartered Pakistani subsidiaries of foreign companies