business areas<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cWe delivered a record first-half performance in 2026, with double-digit growth in Wealth Solutions and Global Banking. Our performance demonstrates the strength of our differentiated international network and the disciplined execution of our strategy.<\/p>\n
\u201cClients continue to turn to us to facilitate trade, investment and wealth flows across the world\u2019s most dynamic markets.\u201d<\/p>\n
Winters said the bank\u2019s decision to raise its income guidance and introduce a $1 billion share buyback programme showed confidence in its future performance.<\/p>\n
The bank\u2019s Group Chief Financial Officer, Manus Costello, said Standard Chartered would continue to invest in improving its operations while maintaining control over costs and capital.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are continuing to invest in building a simpler, faster and more connected bank while remaining disciplined on costs and capital. These strengths give us confidence in our ability to deliver exceptional growth and sustainably higher returns.\u201d<\/p>\n
Standard Chartered maintained a strong balance sheet during the period, with its Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio standing at 14.2%.<\/p>\n
The bank\u2019s board also approved an interim dividend of 20.4 cents per share, a 66% increase from the previous year.<\/p>\n
Following the performance, Standard Chartered now expects operating income growth in 2026 to come in around the middle of its 5\u20137% target range at constant currency.<\/p>\n
The bank said its full financial results for the first half and second quarter ended 30 June 2026 are available through its Investor Relations platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Standard Chartered has raised its 2026 income outlook after reporting record financial results for the first half of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[21387],"tags":[714,34611,1498,31263,20177,22914,20677,28249],"class_list":["post-92796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-standard-chartered","tag-banking","tag-banking-industry","tag-business-news","tag-corporate-finance","tag-financial-results","tag-global-banking","tag-standard-chartered","tag-wealth-solutions"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/117002632055948755","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}