HONG KONG: Standard Chartered PLC (StanChart) said its first-quarter profit tumbled 12%, as the emerging markets-focused bank boosted provisions against bad loans as the coronavirus crisis hammers its borrowers.
Pre-tax profit for January-March was US$1.22bil, versus US$1.38bil in the same period a year earlier, the London-headquartered bank said in a stock exchange filing.
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