Scope International, the Global Shared Services Centre of the Standard Chartered Group, is a pioneer in off-shoring knowledge-based services in the banking industry. The company was incorporated in 2000 and commenced actual operations in Chennai from 2001. In a span of eight years, Scope has grown from zero to over 7500 employees. It services most of the 75 countries of the Group and processes over 80 million transactions a year in banking operations alone. Scope International is housed in world-class facilities across four campuses in Chennai and one campus in Bangalore. Its flagship, Scope Centre, is in the heart of the city and stretches across nearly 6 acres of prime real estate space. Scope International has robust disaster recovery practices; it has an 800-seat disaster recovery site about 35 km away from its main centre. Scope International handles a wide range of value-added and complex services from Banking Operations to supporting global HR processes, Finance and Accounting services, Software Development and maintenance, and providing IT Service and Helpdesk support to the Group globally. Scope is a critical component of the Bank; it provides the Group scale, efficiency and talent while enabling superior service to the end customer. In tandem with the Banks robust growth, Scope has also expanded and has added more complex processes to its offering in areas such as Basel, Anti-Money Laundering, Compliance, Legal, Credit Analytics, etc. Scope embraces the Standard Chartered Groups values. The Corporate Responsibility (CR) initiatives for Scope International are in line with those of the Standard Chartered Group which has a strong history of supporting the communities in which it operates. Scope focuses on programs that are long term and sustainable in the areas of health, education, the differently abled and the environment. Its Diversity and Inclusion initiatives focus on women empowerment and getting the best out of the broadest spectrum of people to sustain strong business performance and competitive advantage. Scope International is the Right Partner to the Bank in its strategic journey of becoming the worlds best international bank leading the way in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
