Standard Chartered Plc · LSE:STAN
Standard Chartered — Investor Day (May 2026)
15 slides from Standard Chartered's investor day presentation, May 21, 2026
Slide 1: Investor Event: Digital Assets
Investor Event Digital Assets Connecting traditional finance and the emerging digital economy Geoff Kot Margaret Harwood-Jones Global Head, CIB Business Platforms & Global Head, Financing & Enterprise Co-Head of AI Securities Services Rene Michau Global Head, Digital Assets 21 May 2026
Slide 2: Key growth drivers in the face of emerging structural shifts
Key growth drivers in the face of emerging structural shifts Structural trends changing client needs play to our trusted competitive advantages, reinforcing the logic of our strategy The emergence of Digital transformation The changing role Rising wealth The transition a multi-polar and and evolving
Slide 3: What you will hear today
What you will hear today What Digital Assets Our digital asset journey; Structural shifts that How we are generating are and why from exploration to Digital Assets are value today, as deepening blockchain matters scalable client-led driving across client relationships solutions financial markets tra
Slide 4: What are Digital Assets?
What are Digital Assets? Digital Assets (DA): representations of value or rights on blockchains – “on chain” – facilitating faster, programmable settlement Stablecoins Tether Circle Anchorpoint Cryptocurrencies Tokenised Deposits Programmable bank deposits Bitcoin Ethereum Digital Assets Tokenised A
Slide 5: Why do Digital Assets matter?
Why do Digital Assets matter? Existing Blockchain Customer benefits infrastructure • Fragmented • Shared, programmable ledger • Atomic settlement • Programmable assets • Sequential • Enabling near-real time: • Straight-through lifecycle management o trade execution • Reconciliation heavy o asset own
Slide 6: We have a broad range of Digital Asset capabilities…
We have a broad range of Digital Asset capabilities… The key to sustainable growth will be expanding these across our footprint 2016-2021 2021-2025 2026 onwards Exploration Foundation Scaling & Integrating Portfolio of ecosystem solutions Building institutional-grade capabilities Portfolio of ecosys
Slide 7: …including strategic investments through SC Ventures
…including strategic investments through SC Ventures Tokenise Settle Custodise Trade Lend How can we tokenise real- How do we settle digital How can we secure and How do we safely and How can we enable credit world assets? assets in real-time? transfer digital assets? reliably trade digital assets?
Slide 8: Digital Assets are driving structural shifts across financial markets
Digital Assets are driving structural shifts across financial markets Digital asset (DA) markets are small but growing rapidly; clients increasingly engaging with the asset class and technology 1 2 Money is increasingly digitised & moving outside traditional rails Tokenisation remains modest but gro
Slide 9: Digital Assets are driving structural shifts across financial markets
Digital Assets are driving structural shifts across financial markets Digital Asset (DA) markets are small but growing rapidly; clients increasingly engaging with the asset class and technology 3 4 Financial intermediation is being re-wired The convergence of Agentic AI & DA unlocks a new ecosystem
Slide 10: Our competitive advantages, that translate to value
Our competitive advantages, that translate to value Banking the Digital Ecosystem Providing regulated banking, payments, liquidity and risk infrastructure for digital asset firms to operate at institutional scale This three-pronged approach: • Defends and grows our core banking franchise revenues Bl
Slide 11: We bank the digital ecosystem
Banking the Digital Ecosystem We bank the digital ecosystem We are a Super-Connector for interaction across ecosystem participants, creating network effects as client participation scales Cryp lecoin to Exc Nati b Sta suers han ve ge Is s s r ye A Fu Man ss rce & pla et nd h eCom inTec s an gers me
Slide 12: Blockchain as infrastructure: interoperability across networks
Blockchain as Infrastructure Blockchain as infrastructure: interoperability across networks • Public blockchains • Cross-border payments • Public permissioned blockchains • DA Trading • Private blockchains We are a Super-Connector delivering • Tokenised Real-World Assets institutional-grade, network
Slide 13: Enabling access to Digital Assets as an asset class
Digital Assets as an asset class Enabling access to Digital Assets as an asset class Creating client propositions to access, transact and safely hold Digital Assets as an asset class within a bank-grade framework Access Custody SC Research: Dedicated Digital Assets Research desk Custodial services a
Slide 14: In conclusion
In conclusion We have been early Institutional adoption of Emergence of new Value is being generated movers in building Digital Assets is moving networks on blockchains is today as deepening client digital asset from early adoption to a significant opportunity relationships translates capabilities t
Slide 15: Important notice
Important notice Forward-looking statements The information included in this document may contain ‘forward-looking statements’ based upon current expectations or beliefs as well as statements formulated with assumptions about future events. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, pro