StanChart to be 1st Foreign Bank to Launch Operation at GIFT City

Current context: UK-based Standard Chartered will be the 1st foreign bank to launch operations at IFSC GIFT City

• The bank has received in-principle regulatory approvals to set up its IFSC Banking Unit in GIFT city, Gujarat
• The bank is expected to start its operations by this year-end
• The Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) is envisaged as a hub to bring offshore financial transactions
• The GIFT city is working with organisations to help build a hub for aircraft leasing and financing within GIFT City
• The banking business at GIFT IFSC has already seen a 167% jump in just 2 years
• The cumulative banking transaction has reached $22 billion this year while it was $6 billion in 2016-17
• Data shows that IFSC Banking Units (IBUs) have contributed around 8% of total External Commercial Borrowings (ECBs) availed by Indian corporates in 2017-18 in GIFT IFSC

Question: 

Q.1 Which is the 1st foreign bank to launch operations at IFSC GIFT City, Gujarat?
a. Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
b. Bank International Indonesia
c. Standard Chartered
d. Antwerp Diamond Bank