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  • Standard Chartered India ropes in P.D. Singh as new CEO from April 2025

    Standard Chartered India ropes in P.D. Singh as new CEO from April 2025

    MUMBAI: Standard Chartered has announced the appointment of P.D. Singh as its chief executive officer (CEO) for India, effective 1 April 2025. Singh will succeed Zarin Daruwala, who is set to retire on 31 March 2025, after an illustrious tenure at the helm.

    Bringing nearly 30 years of experience in banking and finance, Singh holds a double MBA alongside an engineering degree. His career spans leadership and coverage roles across top European and American banks, making him a formidable force in the industry.

    Before joining Standard Chartered, Singh served as CEO of JP Morgan Chase Bank NA India. Prior to that, he spent a decade at HSBC, where he held multiple leadership roles in corporate and commercial banking.

    With deep industry knowledge and a track record of steering financial institutions to success, Singh’s leadership is expected to drive innovation, strengthen client relationships, and accelerate Standard Chartered’s growth in India. His global exposure positions him well to navigate the evolving financial landscape while ensuring continuity and stability.

    As Daruwala prepares to retire, Standard Chartered acknowledges her significant contributions to the bank’s success in India. Under her leadership, the bank witnessed remarkable expansion and innovation, solidifying its position in a competitive market.

    Singh’s appointment signals a bold step towards the future, reinforcing Standard Chartered’s commitment to leadership in India’s dynamic banking sector.

  • Castrol India enrolls over 1.5 lakh mechanics and retailers on a unique digital incentive platform

    Castrol India enrolls over 1.5 lakh mechanics and retailers on a unique digital incentive platform

    MUMBAI: Castrol India Limited, the leading automotive and industrial lubricant manufacturing company in the country, announced that
    Castrol Fast Scan – its unique digital incentive platform for key stakeholders including mechanics and retailers has already reached 1.5 lakh users. Standard Chartered Bank is the banking partner for this industry-first solution. 

    Castrol Fast Scan currently helps retailers and mechanics to earn, track and redeem rewards, and receive them instantly in their bank account using IMPS, leading to significant simplification and shortening of the incentive payment cycle from months to minutes.

    Castrol Fast Scan has acquainted many mechanics and retailers to banking on the go, besides inculcating a savings mindset. Castrol Fast Scan has witnessed initial success and widespread acceptance with the current average daily transactions pegged at over one lakh transactions amounting to INR 6 crores being reimbursed monthly. 

    Commenting on the announcement, Omer Dormen, Managing Director, Castrol India Limited, said, “Castrol Fast Scan reinforces our commitment to our key stakeholders like mechanics and retailers to continue to add value to their respective businesses. Designed and developed in-house by Castrol India team and working on a robust
    back-end system, Castrol Fast Scan delivers a premium customer experience along with simplification and creates a significant differentiation by helping our stakeholders in financial inclusion and digital upskilling.”    

    Zarin Daruwala, CEO, Standard Chartered Bank, said, “Technology is disrupting the way our clients operate and as a bank, we endeavour to work closely with them to develop customised eco-system solutions to drive their strategic growth.This solution has not only addressed a market need, but also delivered on a larger digital agenda for India, whereby now Castrol can facilitate incentive payments to various stakeholders round the clock, in an instant and cashless manner. We truly believe that this partnership is one of its kind as it unlocks options where client-bank collaboration can provide exciting possibilities through transformation across industries.”

    As next steps, Castrol Fast Scan aims to double its users in the next 12 months. It is an avenue for collaboration for other corporate partners looking to reach and reward various stakeholders in a transparent and secure manner.

    Castrol Fast Scan offers numerous possibilities to enable sustained and customised engagement programmes for a variety of stakeholders. This will play a big role in enlarging their awareness and industry knowledge along with technical upskilling and capability building.