As 90% of brands expand into new-language markets, at All That Matters 2025, marketers say bold risks, cultural authenticity and fan-driven creativity are now table stakes.
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Playing it safe won’t cut it: Heineken and Standard Chartered on bold marketing in APAC
Can a bank sell 'balance'? Inside Standard Chartered’s first wellness play with CMO Haymans Fung
In a new three-episode, long-form video series, StanChart urges clients to look after more than just their financial health and well-being.
Asia-Pacific Power List 2025: Haymans Fung, Standard Chartered
Blending agency roots with enterprise impact, Fung brings creative rigour and digital agility to Standard Chartered’s global marketing agenda.
How a media strategy bridging old and new worlds won MediaWorks 2024
Team Manju tapped Standard Chartered’s legacy while targeting a modern audience of cultural innovators as a strategy for bringing in new customers.
Banking on sound: Standard Chartered gets a new sonic identity
The project developed between the London and Singapore offices will echo through the bank's 52 international markets.
TBWA CEO redefines objectives for a new era
Troy Ruhanen outlines key roles for Asia, design, and consulting as clients face economic challenges.
Behind the 'overly successful' launch of Trust Bank in Singapore
The marketers behind the new digital bank by Stanchart and FairPrice Group explain how accessibility, incentives and attention to user journeys ignited astronomical success that 'most other banks take a year to achieve'.
Publicis Groupe bags Standard Chartered's global creative business
The win follows a competitive three-way tussle and wrests business from incumbent TBWA.
Women to Watch Greater China 2022: Aileen Yuan, Standard Chartered
A dedicated and energetic B2B marketing expert, Yuan has consistently delivered major initiatives and has helped to achieve new heights for Standard Chartered Bank.
Dentsu defends Stanchart global media review, wins five-year extension
EXCLUSIVE: Client cites sustainability commitments in renewing the bank's remit for media planning, buying and strategy across global markets.
Standard Chartered to use Dentsu Curate to drive 'Here for good' global campaign
This win follows a pilot project across 30 markets using a made-in-APAC programmatic solution, which resulted in a more than twofold improvement in both campaign efficiency and video completion rate, according to the agency.
Standard Chartered launches delightful animation about egg fried rice
For the production, TBWA Singapore teamed up with the animation director behind films by Wes Anderson and Tim Burton.
COVID actions pay off in favourability for banks
Definitive action and the ability to project stability in uncertain times helped Citibank, DBS, HSBC, Standard Chartered and others achieve favourable perceptions, according to a report from Carma Asia.
Standard Chartered shows empathy with homebound families (and also promotes its apps)
With TBWA Hong Kong, the bank has launched a breezy look at a family living, and banking, under lockdown.
Nielsen digs deep for digital consumer insight
Accelerating Digital Transformation event offers a grandstand for developments in user experience and future-proofed research technology.
Time to seek 'Zen-like harmony' in a disrupted industry: WFA president
Highlights from the World Federation of Advertisers' Global Marketing Week in Tokyo, including its president's call for restoring balance in a troubled industry.
Don’t 'throw away' your brand equity: StanChart marketing head
Too many times marketers think revolution, not evolution, when it comes to brand identity and messaging, said Emma Sheller.
On your marks, get set…cliché
‘Good enough will never change the world’ says Stanchart, and neither will their ad.
Standard Chartered joins TBWA in crowdsourcing platform launch
The agency claims Flare Studio enables agency-controlled content production at the scale needed to feed brands' 'insatiable' demand.
Pinball wizardry: Standard Chartered makes a game out of credit-card rewards
Impressive animation makes a credit-card spot way more fun than you'd expect.
Carat wins global Standard-Chartered media pitch
Following a six-month pitch process, the Singapore office will handle media duties across more than 60 markets.
Photos: Standard Chartered Arts in the Park
TBWA launches VR game for children to create their own versions of Midsummer Night's Dream.
Standard Chartered invites Liverpool fans to virtual Anfield
Virtual tour of Anfield aims to bring Liverpool’s Asian fans closer to the club.
Unilever at MIS: Brands must accept failure if they seek to innovate
SINGAPORE – Brands need to make room for failure if they want to spur innovation and embrace an entrepreneurial approach to solving problems.
Standard Chartered appoints new global head of digital marketing
SINGAPORE – Standard Chartered Bank today announced the appointment of Damien Cummings as Global Head of Digital Marketing. He will join the Bank in June 2015 and be based in Singapore, reporting directly to Sanjeeb Chaudhuri, Group Head of Brand and Chief Marketing Officer.
Photos: Standard Chartered Arts in the Park Mardi Gras 2014
More than 3,500 young people and artists participated in Standard Chartered's annual Arts in the Park event in Hong Kong's Victoria Park this weekend. The event's Grand Finale Parade included more than 600 young people, 11 gigantic puppets up to 12-feet tall, 60 rod puppets and more than 1,000 costume pieces all created by the students and artists. Co-organised by the Cultural and Leisure Services Committee of the Wan Chai District Council, the parade also featured 125 dancers performing original choreography.
Standard Chartered HK: Sensible in banks, quirky online
HONG KONG - In line with its 'Good life' motto, Standard Chartered Bank of Hong Kong has launched a social-driven campaign that highlights relatively unknown shopping 'gems' in the city in an attempt to connect with a young audience.
TBWA\Taiwan launches ‘New Level’ Priority Banking campaign for Standard Chartered Bank
TBWA\Taiwan has recently launched ‘New Level’, Standard Chartered Bank’s first Priority Banking (PiB) and Wealth Management campaign in Taiwan.
Standard Chartered appoints group head of brand and chief marketing officer
Standard Chartered has appointed Sanjeeb Chaudhuri to the newly created role of group head of brand and chief marketing officer. This appointment is effective 1 April 2014.
Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon boosts charity donation drive with Facebook activation
HONG KONG - This Sunday will mark the 18th Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon at Victoria Park. The event is hugely popular and highly anticipated amongst Hong Kong people, inspiring community spirit as well as raising funds for local charities.
Standard Chartered promotes mobile services with international drama
HONG KONG - Standard Chartered Hong Kong has launched a new TVC through TBWA Hong Kong to promote its 'Breeze' mobile-banking services with a long-distance, mother-daughter story.
Banking on fragrance and music to attract customers
ASIA-PACIFIC - Don't be surprised to find your bank filled with the aroma of the finest white rose or citrusy tangerine while Beethoven plays in the background, as banks in the region are increasingly using music and fragrance to attract consumers and differentiate their brands.
Standard Chartered Bank signs on as presenting partner for NBA 3X Singapore 2013
SINGAPORE - The National Basketball Association (NBA) today announced Standard Chartered Bank as presenting partner of the inaugural NBA 3X Singapore 2013, which will take place at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza from June 21 – 23.
Standard Chartered to test ‘Breeze’ on Mount Everest
SINGAPORE – Standard Chartered Bank has launched a social-media campaign, created by TBWA’s Digital Arts Network Singapore, to test its Breeze suite of mobile banking and lifestyle applications on Mount Everest.
Standard Chartered taps into social GPS app for credit-card acquisitions
KUALA LUMPUR - Standard Chartered Bank has leveraged the increasing popularity of social GPS application Waze for its ‘Travel smart’ campaign.
STB launches ‘Only in Singapore, Right Now’ campaign in Jakarta
SINGAPORE - Following the series of differentiated marketing campaigns launched in China, Australia and India, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) has launched another initiative aimed at Indonesian travellers.
BRAND HEALTH CHECK: Can Standard Chartered regain the high ground?
Recent events show cracks in the bank’s façade. It needs to find a way to rebuild credibility.
Standard Chartered campaign promises lasting relationships
Standard Chartered Bank has released an interactive campaign to announce the launching of its new securities trading offer, which gives customers free brokerage on buy trades for up to five years.
Standard Chartered Bank uses mobile gaming to drive credit card usage in mall
HONG KONG - As part of its ongoing ‘Good Life’ interactive marketing platform, Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong has partnered with Harbour City to launch a new mobile gaming initiative promoting use of the bank’s credit cards to shoppers in the Harbour City shopping mall.
Ex-Standard Chartered global brand head Susan Ho joins Brunswick as partner
HONG KONG - Susan Ho, formerly head of group brand development and group corporate affairs at Standard Chartered, has joined Brunswick's Hong Kong office as a partner.
OPINION: Singapore Marathon’s brand partners are running on empty
The Official Singapore Marathon is on Sunday 4 December and you would expect the sponsors and partners to be aggressively marketing the tie up but unbelievably none of them really are.
Standard Chartered sponsors six-part series on BBC World News
HONG KONG – Standard Chartered has sponsored a six-part series on BBC World News entitled Ideas that Changed the World. Airing pan-regionally on BBC World News from 30 October, the series comprises six 30-minute episodes, plus a dedicated microsite at BBC.com.
Standard Chartered defends Liverpool FC sponsorship
GLOBAL - Banking giant Standard Chartered has defended its record £80m (US$126 million) sponsorship of Liverpool Football Club, despite the Premier League side suffering their worst start to a season for 57 years.
Winner unveiled at MediaWorks
HO CHI MINH – MediaWorks reached its climax on Saturday with a total of three shortlisted finalists making a final, in most cases hastily polished, pitch presentation to all fellow delegates, mentors and judges.
Winner unveiled at MediaWorks
HO CHI MINH – MediaWorks reached its climax on Saturday with a total of three shortlisted finalists making a final, in most cases hastily polished, pitch presentation to all fellow delegates, mentors and judges.
BEHIND THE SCENES with Standard Chartered's 'Here for good' campaign
SINGAPORE - TBWA, the agency behind Standard Chartered's 'Here for good' campaign, takes us behind the scenes for a look at the alternative talent they recruited for the making of this campaign.
BEHIND THE SCENES with Standard Chartered's 'Here for good' campaign
SINGAPORE - TBWA, the agency behind Standard Chartered's 'Here for good' campaign, takes us behind the scenes for a look at the alternative talent they recruited for the making of this campaign.
BEHIND THE SCENES with Standard Chartered's 'Here for good' campaign
SINGAPORE - TBWA, the agency behind Standard Chartered's 'Here for good' campaign, takes us behind the scenes for a look at the alternative talent they recruited for the making of this campaign.
Standard Chartered | Little Champions | Singapore
Standard Chartered has rolled out its 'Little champions' campaign to support young soccer talent and the UEFA Champions League.