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  "id": 16844966,
  "title": "StanChart third-quarter profit surges 27%, lifts income target",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/stanchart-third-quarter-profit-surges-27-lifts-income-target",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-28T04:16:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
    "slug": "channel-news-asia",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/stanchart-third-quarter-profit-surges-27-lifts-income-target-6498871"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Standard Chartered reported a significant surge in its third-quarter pretax profit, with an impressive 27% increase. The bank attributes this growth to robust client activity amidst market volatility, which led to a rise in revenue for its wealth and global markets divisions. Furthermore, the company has raised its full-year income growth target for 2026, projecting growth to exceed 7% from the earlier estimate of 5-7%. StanChart's primary revenue streams come from Asia and Africa, and for the July-September quarter, pretax profit reached $2.25 billion, surpassing the $1.77 billion recorded in the same period last year and the $1.99 billion average forecast by 16 analysts.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "StanChart's third-quarter pretax profit surged 27%",
    "Revenue grew in wealth and global markets divisions",
    "Full-year income target raised to exceed 7% growth"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Capitalizing on market volatility through wealth and global markets divisions signals a shift toward more aggressive growth expectations for the bank's core operations in Asia and Africa.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "StanChart lifts full-year targets after quarterly profit jump trounces forecasts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/stanchart-lifts-full-year-targets-after-quarterly-profit-jump",
        "published": "2026-10-28T04:30:26.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "StanChart third-quarter profit surges 27%, lifts income target",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/stanchart-third-quarter-profit-surges-27-lifts-income-target-16853687",
        "published": "2026-10-28T05:03:48.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "StanChart lifts full-year targets after quarterly profit trounces forecasts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/stanchart-lifts-full-year-targets-after-quarterly-profit-trounces-16857168",
        "published": "2026-10-28T06:16:07.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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