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License type. Standard Chartered Bank is licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore under the Banking Act. Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited is an HKMA-licensed bank and an EnsembleTX Tokenised Deposit Bank. Institutional digital-asset custody is offered through Zodia Custody, a separate legal entity (Hong Kong TCSP TC009245 under AMLO; UK FCA Money Laundering Regulations registration; Luxembourg CSSF crypto-asset service provider). Zodia Custody (Singapore) Pte Ltd has notified MAS of an intent to apply for a Major Payment Institution licence and is not PSA-licensed on Zodia's published licence page. Standard Chartered has announced a proposed acquisition of Zodia's custody business, subject to regulatory approvals. Not a public retail crypto-trading CASP.

Jurisdictions. Singapore (Project Guardian Industry Group; MAS-licensed bank) and Hong Kong (EnsembleTX Annex A Tokenised Deposit Bank). Zodia custody booking: United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Hong Kong TCSP, ADGM (Tungsten Custody Solutions Ltd); Singapore entity is not PSA-licensed as of Zodia's licence page.

Crypto Adoption Score. 28% · Strategy Bitcoin Bank Adoption Index (public information as of 10 Jul 2026; approximate; Strategy has not published the scoring methodology). Not an AML score.

3 service rows in the CSV.

Services in the directory

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  Interbank Payments Payments & stablecoin

  HKMA EnsembleTX tokenised-deposit issuance and interbank settlement (Annex A, 13 Nov 2025).

  EnsembleTX Tokenised Deposit Bank — provide tokenised deposits to Hong Kong customers and settle interbank tokenised-deposit transactions via EnsembleTX in a real-value setting.

  • Transaction Screening
  • Monitoring & Alerts
  • Investigations & Filing

  Service Availability in Coutries. Hong Kong EnsembleTX pilot through 2026. Initial HKMA focus: tokenised deposits in tokenised money-market-fund transactions and real-time liquidity / treasury. Interbank settlement starts on the HKD RTGS system.

  Requierments. Hong Kong customer of Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited. Bank KYC, AML and sanctions screening. EnsembleTX is a controlled HKMA pilot, not a public retail crypto exchange.

  Directory cites [4], [5] — URLs are not in data/crypto_asset_service_providers.csv.

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  Tokenization Infrastructure Tokenization & DLT

  Project Guardian Industry Group and Wholesale Network (MAS official lists).

  Official Project Guardian Industry Group member. MAS also names Standard Chartered on the Guardian Wholesale Network.

  • Graph & Forensics
  • Research

  Service Availability in Coutries. Singapore Project Guardian Industry Group and Guardian Wholesale Network. Institutional counterparties.

  Requierments. Existing Standard Chartered institutional relationship. Bank KYC, AML and sanctions screening.

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  Institutional Custody Custody & servicing

  Zodia institutional custody (separate entity; HK TCSP TC009245; CSSF CASP; FCA MLR).

  Digital-asset custody through Zodia Custody, a separate legal entity backed by Standard Chartered — not a Standard Chartered Bank CASP licence.

  • Wallet Screening
  • Address Verification
  • Entity & VASP Intelligence
  • Monitoring & Alerts
  • Investigations & Filing

  Service Availability in Coutries. Institutional clients via Zodia entities: UK (FCA MLR registration), Luxembourg (CSSF CASP), Hong Kong (TCSP TC009245), ADGM (Tungsten Custody Solutions Ltd). Singapore entity is not PSA-licensed as of Zodia's licence page. Proposed integration into Standard Chartered's Financing and Securities Services is subject to regulatory approvals.

  Requierments. Institutional Zodia / Standard Chartered relationship. KYC, AML and sanctions screening at the booking entity. Confirm the live legal entity before applying; Zodia Singapore is not an MPI on the published licence page.