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Standard Chartered brings crypto into private banking

By The Korea Herald

Standard Chartered plans to extend its digital asset offering to affluent clients this year, a move that adds a new dimension to the bank's push to deepen its wealth management business in South Korea and broader Asia. Samir Subberwal, Standard Chartered Bank's global head of wealth solutions, retail products and data and analytics, said the bank sees custody, rather than simple access to crypto, as the core differentiator as digital assets move further into mainstream wealth conversations. "Ban