<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><shares><share isin="GB0004082847" symbol="STAN" industry="Banks & other credit institutions" sector="Financial" name="Standard Chartered plc" address="1 Aldermanbury Square, London, EC2V 7SB, UK" website="www.standardchartered.com" summary="Standard Chartered PLC is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the Company is engaged in the business of banking and the provision of other financial services. It has two segments: Wholesale Banking and Consumer Banking. Wholesale Banking provides corporate and institutional clients with services in trade finance, cash management, lending, securities services, foreign exchange, debt capital markets and corporate finance. It provides a range of products and services, such as credit cards, personal loans, mortgages, deposit taking and wealth management services to individuals, and small and medium enterprises (SMEs). In January 2007, the Company's subsidiary, Standard Chartered Bank, disposed of its entire stake in Standard Chartered Trustee Company Private Limited and Standard Chartered Asset Management Company Private Limited. In February 2008, American Express Company announced that it has completed the sale of its international banking subsidiary, American Express Bank Ltd."></share></shares>