These milestones have extended the customer base, geographic reach and broadened the product range that Standard Chartered offers. The bank has strongly focused on developing its franchises in Asia, Africa and the Middle East through concentration on consumer, corporate and institutional banking. In Kenya, the bank focuses on two core business divisions, Wholesale banking and Consumer banking.
With regard to its financial operations in Kenya, the bank as at March 2011, was among the top 6 banks with an asset portfolio of Ksh.149 billion, thereby commanding a market share of 7.9 percent. Customer deposits stood at Ksh.105 billion being supported by a capital base of Ksh.21 billion, while loans and advances amounted to Ksh.72 billion.