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RMB leadership across markets and solutions

Standard Chartered has won 29 RMB awards, recognising its strengths across markets, client solutions, liquidity management and FX.

6 May 2026

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As Renminbi (RMB) adoption deepens across global trade and finance, corporates and FIs are looking beyond access to the currency itself. Increasingly, the focus is on how RMB can be used more effectively across trade, treasury, liquidity and financing.

Standard Chartered has been recognised in The Asset Triple A Treasurise Awards as a leading RMB bank globally, with 29 awards spanning 20 markets and multiple solution categories in 2026.

This recognition reflects more than scale. It highlights the Bank’s ability to deliver end-to-end renminbi solutions across trade, treasury, liquidity and financing, helping corporates and financial institutions move from simple currency access to fully integrated RMB execution.

As RMB adoption moves into its operational phase, leadership is defined by how effectively institutions can deploy RMB across real-world use cases – from working capital optimisation to cross-border trade efficiency. The following examples demonstrate how this capability is being delivered in practice across sectors and markets.

RMB internationalisation continues to create new opportunities for clients across trade, treasury and financing. These awards reflect the strength of our network and our focus on delivering practical solutions that help clients operate more effectively across borders.
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Karen Ng
Global Head of China Opening & RMB Internationalisation, Standard Chartered

Strength across the globe

We were named Best Renminbi Bank in 20 individual markets, underlining the strength of our on-the-ground RMB capabilities across Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Europe.

The recognised markets span:

Award-winning RMB solutions in action

At the heart of this recognition are six Best Renminbi Internationalisation Solution awards. These mandates show how RMB solutions are being used in practical, commercially relevant ways across sectors including automotive, shipping, metals, energy and industrials.

01

Funding and working capital optimisation

RMB financing solutions are enabling corporates to align funding structures with operating currency exposure –  reducing costs and improving balance sheet efficiency.

For Zhejiang Leapmotor Technology, we structured a limited recourse, selective turnover-based receivables purchase facility financing RMB-denominated cross-border receivables with tenors of up to 181 days. The solution helped unlock working capital, reduce funding costs and manage FX risk more effectively.

For HBIS Group Co., Ltd., we enabled the refinancing of sight letters of credit into longer-tenor funding, helping secure more stable iron ore procurement and support medium- to long-term offtake contracts.

For Singapore (Cogeneration) Steel, we delivered a first-to-market CNH export LC discounting solution with a periodic interest-rate reset, providing a cost-effective alternative to traditional financing while helping optimise balance sheet liquidity.

Together, these examples show how RMB financing solutions can support stronger funding alignment and more efficient working capital management; and as a result, RMB is increasingly being used as a funding currency, supporting more aligned and efficient capital structures.

02

Cross-border trade execution and efficiency

RMB solutions are improving the speed, cost and simplicity of cross-border trade, particularly across China-linked corridors.

For Cosco Shipping Development Co., Ltd., we implemented a cross-border RMB lending solution that provides competitive funding and supports the growth of China’s maritime ecosystem.

For Sinopec Century Bright Capital Investment (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., the bank delivered a bespoke cross-currency import financing solution that achieved same-day funding with zero additional documentation, improving execution speed and reducing operational friction.

For Singapore (Cogeneration) Steel, we delivered a first-to-market CNH export LC discounting solution with a periodic interest-rate reset, providing a cost-effective alternative to traditional financing while helping optimise balance sheet liquidity.

These mandates reflect a wider shift in RMB internationalisation, where solutions that combine funding access with operational simplicity and faster cross-border execution are increasingly valued. This is enabling faster, lower-friction cross-border execution – particularly where trade, funding and FX intersect.

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Integrated treasury and liquidity management

RMB is becoming embedded in treasury design, supporting more centralised, real-time liquidity management across markets.

For Shell Treasury Centre Limited, we implemented a robust CNH liquidity structure integrating domestic pools with automated cross-border sweeping to China and intra-day facilities. This enabled more centralised, real-time treasury management and more efficient settlement of large-value transactions.

The mandate shows how RMB is becoming more embedded in treasury design, as treasurers look for more connected ways to centralise liquidity and manage funds across entities and markets.

In practice, this is positioning RMB as an increasingly integrated treasury currency within multi-entity, multi-market liquidity frameworks.

Regional strength in liquidity management and FX

We were also recognised with two Best Renminbi Bank for regional awards in Liquidity Management and FX.

These awards signal an increasingly important dimension of RMB internationalisation. As RMB flows become more integrated into day-to-day business, clients need the supporting infrastructure to manage them effectively.

In liquidity management, that means helping treasurers centralise balances, mobilise funds efficiently and improve visibility across markets. In FX, it means helping clients manage currency exposures with greater confidence as RMB use expands across trade and financing activity.

Together, these awards reinforce the bank’s ability to connect RMB flows with broader treasury, funding and risk management priorities.

Leadership in RMB internationalisation

Karen Ng’s recognition as Renminbi Banker of the Year further underscores our longstanding commitment to RMB internationalisation.

The award highlights her leadership in helping shape the bank’s RMB franchise and in supporting clients as RMB becomes more relevant across trade, treasury and financing decisions. It also speaks to the broader strength of the platform behind that leadership: market insight, client focus and execution across the bank’s network.

What this means for clients

The significance of these awards lies not only in the recognition itself, but in what they signal about the market.

RMB is becoming more relevant across a wider set of client needs, from trade settlement and cross-border financing to treasury centralisation, liquidity structures and FX risk management. As a result, clients are increasingly looking for banking partners that can help them move from access to implementation.

That requires more than product availability alone. It requires practical solutions built around business objectives, local market understanding and the ability to connect trade, treasury, financing and FX needs across borders.

Our latest recognition reflects that broader capability. Across markets, regional platforms and client mandates, it highlights how Renminbi solutions are being applied in ways that help clients operate more efficiently, manage complexity and capture cross-border opportunities.

As RMB internationalisation continues to evolve, the focus for many clients will increasingly be on how to embed RMB more strategically into their operating models. We remain committed to supporting that journey with solutions that are connected, practical and grounded in real business needs.

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