{
  "id": 16846524,
  "title": "Standard Chartered beats forecast as wealth business powers third-quarter profit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/standard-chartered-beats-forecast-as-wealth-business-powers-third",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-28T04:28:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SCMP Business",
    "slug": "scmp-business",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3372386/standard-chartered-beats-forecast-wealth-business-powers-third-quarter-profit"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Standard Chartered’s third-quarter net profit rose 46 per cent as strong growth in cross-border trade loans and wealth management buffered one of Hong Kong’s three note-issuing banks from provisions linked to geopolitical tensions. Net profit increased to US$1.5 billion, or 68.9 US cents per share, in the quarter that ended on September 30, compared with US$1.03 billion a year earlier, the…",
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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."
}