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Transaction banking boosts profits at Standard Chartered

But investment banking revenues were flat for the quarter and its markets business was hit by low volatility

Wednesday 1 November 2017 at 13:20

Transaction banking boosts profits at Standard Chartered

London-listed Standard Chartered has reported a jump in profits in the third quarter of the year from the same period in 2016, as a 20% rise in transaction banking revenues helped offset relatively flat investment banking income.

Group revenues of $3.6bn in the third quarter were 4% higher than a year earlier, the bank said in its interim management statement today. Underlying pre-tax profits of $814m were up 78%.