Standard Chartered Uganda

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Standard Chartered Bank (Uganda)
Private
Industry Financial Services
Founded 1912
Headquarters 5 Speke Road, Kampala, Uganda
Key people
Robin Kibuuka PhD[1]
Chairman
Herman Kasekende
Managing Director[2]
Products Loans, Checking, Savings, Investments, Debit Cards
Revenue Increase Aftertax: US$41.04 million (UGX:114 billion) (2014)[3]
Total assets US$936 million (UGX:2.6 trillion) (2014)[3]
Number of employees
568 (2014)[4]
Website www.sc.com/ug

Standard Chartered Uganda, whose official name is Standard Chartered Bank (Uganda) Limited, but is often referred to as Stanchart Uganda, is a commercial bank in Uganda. It is one of the banks licensed by the Bank of Uganda, the central bank and national banking regulator. [5]

Overview

Stanchart Uganda is a large bank, serving large corporate clients, upscale retail customers, and medium to large business enterprises. As of December 2014, it was the second largest commercial bank in Uganda by assets, with an estimated asset base of US$936 million (UGX:2.6 trillion),[3] behind Stanbic Bank. As of December 2012, shareholders' equity stood at approximately US$142.5 million (UGX:372 billion).[6] As of June 2013, Stanchart Uganda owned an estimated 16.2 percent of total bank assets in the country.[7]

History

Founded in August 1912, Stanchart Uganda is the oldest commercial bank in the country and has maintained a continuous banking presence in the country since its founding.

In 1998, Stanchart Uganda acquired four branches of former Uganda Cooperative Bank.

As of November 2013, Stanchart Uganda had a network of 13 branches amd 32 automated teller machines and employed over 600 people.[8]

Ownership

Stanchart Uganda is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Standard Chartered Bank Group, an international financial services conglomerate, headquartered in London in the United Kingdom.[9]

Branch network

As of June 2014, the bank had a network of interconnected branches at the following locations, arranged alphabetically:[10]

  1. Acacia Branch - Acacia Shopping Mall, Kololo, Kampala[11]
  2. City Branch - 9 William Street, Kampala
  3. Freedom City Branch - Freedom City Mall, 4010 Entebbe Road, Namasuba
  4. Garden City Branch - Garden City Shopping Mall, 64 - 84 Yusuf Lule Road, Kampala
  5. Gulu Branch - 3 Andrea Ola Road, Gulu
  6. Jinja Branch - 2-4 Grant Road, Jinja
  7. Kikuubo Branch - Kikuubo Lane, Kampala
  8. Lugogo Branch - Forest Mall, 2-8 Lugogo Bypass Road, Kampala
  9. Mbale Branch - 37 Republic Street, Mbale
  10. Mbarara Branch - 24 High Street, Mbarara
  11. Mortgage Branch - Garden City Mall, 64-84 Yusuf Lule Road, Kampala (Specializes in mortgage products)
  12. Naalya Branch - Shop #83, Metroplex Mall, 103 Kampala Northern Bypass, Naalya
  13. Ndeeba Branch - 1156 Masterwood Plaza, Ndeeba
  14. Speke Road Branch - 5 Speke Road, Kampala Head Office

Governance

The chairman of the board of directors is Robin Kibuuka.[1] The managing director is Herman Kasekende, a native of Uganda, who has been serving as the regional head of small and medium enterprises products and solutions at Standard Chartered Group's regional headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.[12]

See also

References

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