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Standard Chartered Markets Review: Is It Legit and Regulated?

Standard Chartered Bank

GB Since 1853
AKA Straight2Bank

FindMyFX score

critical risk

3.8/10

0 Score out of 10 10
Independent assessment Updated 2026-07-28

Contact & regulation

Official website
sc.com
Address
1 Basinghall Avenue, London, EC2V 5DD, United Kingdom
Contact
1 Basinghall Avenue, London, EC2V 5DD, United Kingdom
Primary license
PRA/FCA · Unverified

Missing values mean the information has not been verified or published yet—not that the broker does not provide it.

Quick verdict

Is Standard Chartered Markets legit and regulated?

FindMyFX has license records for Standard Chartered Markets, but none is currently presented as fully verified. Check each entity, jurisdiction, source, and verification date before depositing.

This is a source-limited research summary, not a safety guarantee or investment recommendation.

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Broker-provided company information

Standard Chartered Markets is Standard Chartered's proprietary single-dealer platform for corporate and institutional foreign-exchange products.

Professional broker overview

FindMyFX editorial summary

Standard Chartered states that its FX business covers 130 currencies and 5,000 pairs, including spot, forwards, swaps, NDFs, options and algorithms. These products are available through the Standard Chartered Markets platform and voice channels. The legal notice identifies Standard Chartered Bank under reference ZC18 and names PRA and FCA oversight, while standardized client spreads and leverage were not published.

Prepared from reviewed sources for informational purposes. This is not investment advice.

Editorial note: Product availability and regulatory protections vary by office and jurisdiction; this record does not establish a universal retail offering.

Operational status
active
Broker type
unknown
Execution model
Single-dealer electronic and voice execution for corporate and institutional FX products.
Support hours
Not verified

Support languages: English

Documented advantages

  • The official page documents broad developed, emerging and frontier FX coverage.
  • Multiple spot, forward, swap, NDF, option and algorithmic products are listed.

Documented limitations

  • The legal notice states that products and protections vary by jurisdiction.
  • No standardized retail pricing, leverage or account schedule was located.
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Published profile coverage

8 of 8 core information groups currently contain published data. This measures data availability, not broker quality or safety.

Company structure

Legal entities

Registered companies associated with this broker profile.

1 entity

Standard Chartered Bank

Primary
GB ZC18

Markets and instruments

FX algorithms

unverified

FX forwards

unverified

FX options

unverified

FX spot

unverified

FX swaps

unverified

NDFs

unverified

Non-deliverable swaps

unverified

Additional and historical websites

Licenses and regulators

PRA/FCA

ZC18

unverified

Last verified: Not shown

Type: Bank
Client class: Not shown
Compensation: Not shown
Segregated funds: Unknown
Negative balance protection: Unknown

Score components

Regulation and licenses

5.0/10 · 35%

The bank's official legal notice states PRA authorization and FCA/PRA regulation, but no regulator-register extract was captured.

Security and track record

2.5/10 · 20%

A long-established legal entity is documented, but a complete authoritative incident history was not reviewed.

Trading conditions

5.0/10 · 15%

The official page documents product breadth, currency coverage and the proprietary platform, but not standardized client pricing.

Company transparency

7.5/10 · 10%

The legal notice discloses the entity, charter reference, principal office and regulatory authorities.

Service quality

0.0/10 · 10%

No independently verified service-quality dataset was located.

Verified user reviews

0.0/10 · 10%

No inspectable verified-user-review dataset was located.

Profile update history

Broker profile was published.

2026-07-28