WP Tavern #173 – Tom Willmot and Jon Ang on Building a Global Bank Website
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Jun 18, 2025 
Tom Wilmot, co-founder of Human Made, and Jon Ang, an experienced professional at the same agency, dive into the complexities of building Standard Chartered Bank’s global WordPress platform. They discuss managing compliance and accessibility while serving 70 countries and hundreds of millions of monthly views. The duo highlights the rising acceptance of WordPress in enterprise environments, agile collaboration strategies, and the importance of multilingual support. Their insights reveal how partnerships and customizations can transform large-scale financial projects into seamless user experiences.
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Standard Chartered Scale
- Standard Chartered is a global bank with 85,000 employees across 70 countries and 500 CMS users.
- They serve hundreds of millions of page views monthly, using WordPress as their primary web platform.
Internal Champions Unlock WordPress
- Convincing large enterprises WordPress is serious required showing major brands using it extensively.
- Internal champions at companies are key to gaining initial trust in WordPress.
Pitching No Vendor Lock-In
- Emphasize no vendor lock-in to build trust with enterprise clients.
- Open source platforms keep the client's platform portable and independent of any single agency.