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26 May 2025
Standard Bank named Africa’s Most Admired Financial Services Brand for 2025
Standard Bank, Africa’s biggest bank by assets, has been named as Africa’s Most Admired Financial Services Brand for 2025. The accolade was conferred as part of Brand Africa's 15th annual Africa's Best Brands report, based on an independent study conducted across 31 countries throughout the continent.
31 Mar 2025
The Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 37) reaffirms Mauritius’ status as a leading International Financial Centre (IFC)
The latest edition of the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 37) reaffirms Mauritius’ status as a leading International Financial Centre (IFC) in the region. The GFCI 37, which evaluates the competitiveness of financial centres worldwide, includes 119 centres in its main index. The rankings were derived from 140 instrumental factors combined with 31,314 financial centre assessments provided by 4,946 respondents to the GFCI online questionnaire.
28 Mar 2024
Standard Bank ranked as Africa’s most valuable banking brand for a third consecutive year
Standard Bank has been ranked as the most valuable banking brand in Africa in 2024. This is the third consecutive year that Standard Bank has been ranked first in Africa Brand Finance’s annual ranking of the world’s Top 500 Banking Brands.
17 Oct 2023
Standard Bank concludes first nature conservation financing loan in Africa
An African market first, Standard Bank acted as Sustainability Structuring Agent and Sole Lender, providing tailored financing to assist and support Wilderness (previously Wilderness Safaris) accelerate entrance into new markets and ultimately conserve larger areas of land.
12 Oct 2023
Standard Bank included in Forbes World's Best Employers for 2023
Standard Bank Group is pleased to announce its inclusion in Forbes' prestigious list of the World's Best Employers for 2023. This accolade is a testament to the organisation's unwavering commitment to its employees, its customers, and its steadfast focus on Africa.
10 Mar 2023
Standard Bank ranked as South Africa and Africa’s most valuable banking brand for a second year
Standard Bank has been ranked as the most valuable banking brand in South Africa, and on the African continent, for 2023 for a second year in Brand Finance’s annual ranking of the world’s Top 500 Banking Brands.
21 Oct 2022
Standard Bank arranges largest syndicated sustainability-linked Real Estate debt facility in Sub-Saharan Africa for GRIT Real Estate Income Group
Standard Bank has successfully syndicated a multimillion-dollar sustainability-linked debt refinancing facility for London Stock Exchange & Stock Exchange of Mauritius listed pan-African impact real estate investment and management company, GRIT Real Estate Income Group (GRIT). The syndicated facility – aligned to GRIT’s ESG goals – was structured and exclusively led by Standard Bank.
28 Jun 2022
Investors should be heartened by Africa’s economic resilience in a trying global environment - By Goolam Ballim, Chief Economist, Standard Bank Group
In an era of heightened geopolitical tension and rising inflation, it is easy for investors to ‘retreat’ and eschew opportunities outside of the developed world. This can extend to Africa, and there is an air of scepticism of Africa’s economic recovery and long-term growth prospects. While not as severely impacted as the West and other developed economies, Africa’s growth was dented by Covid-19 as trade flows stuttered and tourism stalled. This has prompted the IMF to predict that Sub-Saharan Africa will grow at just 3.8% in 2022, much lower than the average performance since 2000.
21 Jun 2021
Africa Investors' Conference 2021
Standard Bank Group is bringing together international investors, policymakers and top African corporates to look ahead to the opportunities in a growing Africa. The 11th Africa Investors’ Conference (AIC), held in collaboration with the ICBC and Standard Bank, is being held over 5 days from 21-25 June.
23 Mar 2021
Standard Bank’s OneFarm Share platform provides over 1 million meals for food relief – targets 30 million in 2021
Standard Bank’s OneFarm Share initiative in South Africa, which matches requests for food relief to suppliers with good quality excess fresh produce, has, since November 9, collected and distributed more than 270 tonnes of food to accredited beneficiary organisations, providing over 1 million meals to vulnerable individuals.
8 Jul 2020
Partnership with leading global expert to launch paper on Africa’s platform economy
Standard Bank partners with leading global expert to launch paper on Africa’s platform economy. Many African organisations are well placed to drive the next wave of innovation in the global platform economy, according to the findings of a report by world-renowned platform economy expert Sangeet Paul Choudary and Standard Bank’s Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) Digital unit.
31 Oct 2019
Standard Bank to match over 90 African clients with China export opportunities at world’s largest trade expo in Shanghai
Standard Bank will host over 90 clients from six African countries at its networking activities, in partnership with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), at the upcoming China International Import Expo (CIIE) from 5-10 November in Shanghai.
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