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Bill Winters

Bill Winters
The latest news and top stories on Bill Winters. A distinguished banker, he has led Standard Chartered as Group Chief Executive since 2015. His tenure includes significant investment in wealth management and a strategic partnership with Alibaba Group, providing tailored banking services for their global expansion and accelerating AI adoption in finance. Previously, he was Co-Chief Executive of JP Morgan’s investment bank and founded Renshaw Bay. Winters is also a key figure in climate finance, chairing the Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets. He received a CBE in 2013.
Net profit climbed to a record US$3.37 billion, according to Standard Chartered. Photo: Reuters
Banking & finance

Standard Chartered posts 10% profit rise, launches US$1b buy-back

Share price surges on 38 per cent rise in wealth-management revenue, even as Middle East tensions and bad debt temper profit growth.

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Banking & finance

Amid lay-offs in the financial sector, how can banks best integrate AI?

Artificial intelligence

Most Asia-Pacific firms use AI for tasks without cutting jobs: survey

Banking & finance

Standard Chartered CEO apologises for ‘lower-value human capital’ remarks

Winters expresses regret for his choice of words describing how AI would replace some workers at the lender.

Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Singapore

Singapore’s AI-job cuts debate flares over ‘lower-value human capital’ remark

Economists say the challenge faced by Singapore is whether AI training can keep pace with job losses and work redesign.

Banking & finance

HSBC’s CEO says AI will both create and destroy financial industry jobs

Georges Elhedery says HSBC is focused on embracing future challenges, while analysts warn of 7,000 job losses at Standard Chartered by 2030.

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Banking & finance

Standard Chartered bets on Hong Kong as it raises long-term earnings goals

Bank refines 2030 profit plans, citing city’s role as a superconnector in wealth and global capital flows, with automation trimming costs.

Hong Kong is Standard Chartered’s biggest and fastest-growing market, says Bill Winters. Photo: Enoch Yiu
Banking & finance

Standard Chartered’s 19% first-quarter profit jump beats estimates

Wealth management gains support earnings, but margin pressure from lower rates and rising credit costs weigh on overall performance.

Banking & finance

Standard Chartered’s 2025 profit jumps 16% buoyed by wealth management growth

The London-based bank’s underlying pre-tax profit stood at US$7.9 billion last year, versus a gain of US$6.8 billion in 2024.

China trade

What has UK PM Starmer achieved in China – and what next for Sino-British ties?

The British leader’s trip has so far yielded tariff cuts and agreements on trade and investment.

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Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer shakes hands with President Xi Jinping, ahead of a bilateral meeting in Beijing on January 29. Photo: Reuters
Fintech

Hong Kong reaps the fruits of fintech seeds sown nearly 10 years ago

Hong Kong’s rise as a fintech hub is due to the concerted regulatory push, with the city competing with Singapore for regional leadership.

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Banking & finance

Hong Kong central to Standard Chartered’s digital finance strategy: CEO

Fintech-friendly regulations have convinced the bank to anchor its digital-asset ventures in the city, Bill Winters says.

Family offices

Ultra-rich families focus on impact ‘across generations’ in legacy planning

Family offices at Standard Chartered forum in Dubai concerned with geopolitical instabilities, digital disruptions and social changes.

Standard Chartered Bank

Standard Chartered’s profit rises on trade loans, wealth management

Net profit rose to US$1.03 billion, or 44.5 US cents per share, in the quarter that ended in September, the London-based bank said in a filing.

People pass by the logo of Standard Chartered at a banking and financial conference in Toronto, Canada. File photo: Reuters
Fintech

Hong Kong FinTech Week expects investment ‘action’, InvestHK says

The November event, held jointly with the StartmeupHK festival, is expected to attract more than 37,000 attendees and 700 exhibitors.

A scene from Hong Kong FinTech Week 2024. Photo: Matt Haldane
Wealth management

Standard Chartered banker urges diversification amid correction risks

‘There could be another correction. These things happen,’ Standard Chartered’s Judy Hsu says.

Banking & finance

StanChart aims to convert depositors into investors with digital platform

Investors can put as little as HK$100 into four funds via the SC Invest platform, helping them gain some investment experience.

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Banking & finance

Standard Chartered to launch digital platform aimed at young investors

The digital platform is part of the lender’s planned US$1.5 billion investment in the wealth management business over the next five years.

Mary Huen Wai-yi, CEO of Hong Kong, Greater China and North Asia for Standard Chartered, poses at the bank’s headquarters in Central on August 1, 2025. Photo: Enoch Yiu
Artificial intelligence

Alibaba, Standard Chartered partner to accelerate AI adoption in banking sector

The British multinational bank will leverage AI solutions from Alibaba Cloud to boost operational efficiency and elevate customer experience.

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