Standard Chartered PLC is a British multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in London, England. It operates a network of more than 1,200 branches and outlets (including subsidiaries, associates, and joint ventures) across more than 70 countries and employs around 87,000 people. It is a universal bank with operations in consumer, corporate, and institutional banking, and treasury services. Despite its UK base, it does not conduct retail banking in the UK, and around 90 percent of its profits come from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

Americas at a Glance:

• Exclusive focus on facilitating trade and investment flows between the Americas and the Group’s key geographies of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East for corporates and institutions.
• Strong balance sheet with high asset quality, diversified funding source, high levels of liquidity.
• Key products include:
  -Transaction Banking: trade finance services, treasury and cash management, securities services.
  -Financial Markets: Foreign Exchange, rates and credit products, commodities, and capital markets.
  -Corporate Finance: project finance, structured finance, financing solutions, loan syndications, mergers & acquisitions.
• Deep expertise in industries such as oil and gas, metals and mining, agricultural commodities, and technology, media, and telecommunications.

Internship and Graduate Program:
Internships are 10 weeks (June to August in the United States), and are open to candidates who are available to start full-time in August 2019. For the UK internship roles, the business areas currently recruiting for interns are global banking, transaction banking, financial markets, risk, and compliance.