Standard Chartered is channeling over S$4.5 million into Gen AI and data training to future-proof its workforce and sharpen its competitive edge across ASEAN.
The investment is part of the bank’s aim to harness technology to drive innovation, improve efficiencies and build a skills-based organisation that equips employees to navigate rapid technological change.
In Singapore, the bank launched an AI Learning Hub in November 2024 featuring a foundational AI literacy course aligned with IBF’s Future-Enabled Skills framework and accredited by the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF).
Employees can also pursue further upskilling through SkillsFuture@SC, a learning initiative funded by the bank.
So far, more than 15 percent of Singapore-based staff have completed at least one AI-related programme, with more expected to join in the next two years.
Earlier this year, Standard Chartered rolled out its own generative AI tool, SC GPT, across several markets including Singapore in March 2025, said to be one of the largest enterprise deployments of its kind in banking.
It also introduced the interactive, multi-phase Data Management Learning Marathon (DMLM), a multi-year programme designed to deepen understanding of data quality, the data lifecycle and responsible AI.
Patrick Lee, CEO, Singapore and ASEAN, Standard Chartered Bank, said,
“Standard Chartered prides itself on being a skills-based organisation.
As part of our skills development journey, we aim to empower our people through continuous learning, enabling them to transform the work they do, stay ahead of the changing landscape and help the bank to deliver on our business and people goals.”
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