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Business Protection

Protecting your business

While risks are an integral part of any business, you can protect your business against unforeseen events through effective risk management strategies.

In order to turn business risks into profits, it is important to incorporate the right risk management strategies into your business plans. This ensures your bottom line is protected from the unexpected.

Providing solutions to unpredictable situations

Recent events have shown that risk management and protection solutions can make or break the success of a business, depending on the appropriateness of these solutions. There are many considerations before deciding on the optimal risk management solutions:

What can potentially disrupt your business? Fire? Burglary? Adverse FX movements?
What is your business risk profile and risk management approach?
What are the alternative solutions that can mitigate your business risks?

These risk management solutions need to be incisive, cost effective and practical. They should be delivered easily so that they have a direct and immediate benefit to your business. So your business will be protected from the fluctuating conditions in the market place.

Providing innovative solutions to protect your business

As a leader in the financial markets, we deliver award-winning and innovative solutions to meet all your risk management and protection needs. Our dedicated team of specialists will customise cost-effective risk management solutions and protection alternatives through in-depth analysis across various types of instruments.

Each solution is catered to your specific business plan and strategy.

Business Protection Solution: SME Treasury Services

Saadiq Solution: Saadiq SME Treasury

Electronic Banking Service: Straight2Bank

SME Treasury Services

At Standard Chartered SME Banking, we invest time to understand your business & provide solutions on foreign exchange requirements as you continue to expand in international markets. You can select from a wide range of products, from simple spot and forward foreign exchange transactions to complex derivative structures. These products help you manage risk on currency and interest rate exposures as well as provide yield enhancement opportunities on your deposits.

Saadiq SME Treasury

As your business expands into international markets, the need for currency risk management and capitalizing on investment opportunities, which doesn't compromise on your beliefs, becomes a priority. At Standard Chartered Bank, we understand your concern and provide a wide range of world-class treasury solutions in compliance with Shariah principles. It is reviewed and approved by the Bank's independent Shariah Supervisory Committee.

Straight2Bank

Straight2Bank provides you with a fully integrated end-to-end electronic platform across our cash, trade, foreign exchange and securities services. This gives you a single point of access for your transaction, hedging and information needs, allowing you to streamline your workflow processes. It is also able to scale according to your need for product simplicity or sophistication, and can be adapted for a corporation or financial institution.