<div id="readability-page-1"><div id="parent_top_div">Standard Chartered has begun evacuating staff from offices in Dubai and told them to work from home, two sources said on Wednesday, as lenders step up precautionary measures following an Iranian warning that Tehran will target US and Israeli banks in the region. British bank Standard Chartered has a large presence in the United Arab Emirates, with Dubai now a large financial hub for leading international banks including JPMorgan and HSBC , as well as law firms and asset managers. Iran will target economic and banking interests linked to the US and Israel in the region, after an attack on an Iranian bank, a spokesperson for Tehran's Khatam al-Anbiya military command headquarters said on Wednesday. Many staff at foreign and local businesses had been told by their employers to work from home following US and Israeli attacks on Iran, which prompted Tehran to fire missiles at targets across the Middle East, causing damage and deaths across the Gulf and travel chaos. The creation of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) in 2004 kickstarted Dubai's push to draw financial firms. By the end of 2025, DIFC hosted more than 290 banks, 102 hedge funds, 500 wealth management firms and 1,289 family-related entities. Like many international lenders such as StanChart, HSBC has also sought to expand across the Gulf, and has highlighted the region as key to its wider group strategy of capitalising on inter-regional global deal and capital flows to boost the bank's overall profitability. Georges Elhedery, HSBC's CEO, said on Monday that the bank's &#34;conviction in the GCC's (Gulf Cooperation Council) fundamentals and its future is unchanged&#34;, in some of the first comments from an international bank boss on the growing crisis. &#34;The safety of our colleagues and customers remain our top priority,&#34; HSBC said in a statement on Wednesday. &#34;We are actively following government guidelines alongside our internal plans to manage working arrangements. We are communicating safety advice with colleagues as appropriate.&#34; Separately, HSBC closed all branches in Qatar until further notice, according to a customer notice. A spokesperson for JPMorgan declined to comment</div></div>

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渣打银行已从其迪拜办公室撤离员工，并指示他们在家工作，原因是由于伊朗对美国和以色列银行的威胁导致安全担忧加剧。这一预防措施是在该地区紧张局势升级的背景下采取的，包括伊朗的导弹攻击。其他银行，如汇丰，也在调整运营，强调安全并遵循政府指引。迪拜国际金融中心已成为金融机构的重要枢纽，汇聚了众多银行和公司。汇丰已关闭其在卡塔尔的分行，直至另行通知，作为其安全措施的一部分

Standard Chartered evacuates staff from offices in Dubai: Report

- 标准渣打银行已开始撤离迪拜办公室员工，要求居家办公。  
- 这一决定是由于伊朗威胁将针对美国和以色列的银行采取行动。  
- 外资和本地企业的员工已被要求居家工作，响应中东地区的安全局势。

据报道，渣打银行从迪拜的办公室撤离员工