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 | | Standard Chartered Bank was formed through the friendly merger in 1969 of two British overseas banks: the Standard Bank of British South Africa and The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. |
 | | In 1975 Standard Chartered acquired Union Bank in California, which brought with it branches in Guam, Saipan, Brazil, and Venezuela. |
 | | In the late 1980s, Lloyds Bank of the UK launched a hostile takeover bid for Standard Chartered, but this was resisted. |
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