Standard Chartered Bank (Uganda)

Standard Chartered Bank (Uganda)
Type Private
Industry Financial Services
Founded 1912
Headquarters 5 Speke Road, Kampala, Uganda
Key people John Elangot, Chairman
Lamin Manjang, Managing Director
Products Loans, Checking, Savings, Investments, Debit Cards
Revenue Aftertax: US$31.74 million (UGX:73 billion) (2010)
Total assets US$782.6 million (UGX:1.2 trillion) (2010)
Employees 600+[1]
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Standard Chartered Bank (Uganda) Limited, commonly known as Stanchart Uganda, is a commercial bank in Uganda. It is one of the banks licensed by the Bank of Uganda, the national banking regulator.[2]

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Overview

Stanchart Uganda is a large bank, serving large corporate clients, upscale retail customers and medium to large business enterprises. As of December 2010, it is the second largest commercial bank in Uganda, by assets, with an estimated asset base of US$782.6 million (UGX:1.8 trillion), behind Stanbic Bank.[3] The bank owns an estimated 16% of total bank assets in the country and maintains approximately 2.5% of all bank branches in Uganda.[4]

History

Founded in 1912, Standard Chartered Bank (Uganda), is the oldest commercial bank in the country.

Ownership

Stanchart Uganda is a subsidiary of the Standard Chartered Bank Group, an International financial services conglomerate, headquartered in London in the United Kingdom, with operations in more than seventy countries and a network of over 1,700 branches, employing in excess of 73,000 people.[5]

Branch network

As of March 2010, the bank has a network of ten (10) interconnected branches at the following locations:[6]

  1. Head Office - 5 Speke Road, Kampala
  2. City Branch - 9 William Street, Kampala
  3. Lugogo Branch - Lugogo Mall, Kampala-Jinja Highway, Kampala
  4. Garden City Branch - Garden City Mall, 64 - 84 Yusuf Lule Road, Kampala
  5. Jinja Branch - 2-4 Grant Road, Jinja
  6. Mbale Branch - 37 Republic Street, Mbale
  7. Mbarara Branch - 24 High Street, Mbarara
  8. Ntinda Branch - Ntinda Shopping Mall, 1 Kimera Road, Ntinda
  9. Kikuubo Branch - 15 Nakivubo Road, Kampala
  10. Gulu Branch - 3 Andrea Olal Road, Gulu
  11. Mortgage Branch - Garden City Mall, 64-84 Yusuf Lule Road, Kampala (Specializes in mortgage products)

Management Board

The Managing Director of Standard Chartered Bank (Uganda) is Lamin Manjang, a native of the Gambia, who has been with the Standard Chartered Group since 2000.[7]

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