Standard Bank Group
About Standard Bank Group
Standard Bank Group provides financial services to individuals and businesses across the African continent. The company offers transaction banking, payment processing and workforce optimisation solutions while participating in the Hedera network. Recent coverage has focused on payments modernisation, cross-border transaction security and the adoption of cloud-based infrastructure.
FF News has published 11 stories, 5 video interviews and 1 analysis piece featuring Standard Bank Group since 2020, most recently "JUMO and Standard Bank Launch Social Finance Framework to Scale Inclusive Lending in Africa" (14 September 2026).
Standard Bank Group group companies
- Stanbic Bank Tanzania subsidiary
- Diners Club South Africa subsidiary
- ICBC Standard Bank joint venture
- SBG Securities subsidiary
- Stanbic Bank subsidiary
- Stanbic Bank Botswana subsidiary
- Stanbic Bank Kenya subsidiary
- Stanbic Bank Zambia subsidiary
- Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe subsidiary
- Standard Bank Angola subsidiary
- Standard Bank Corporate and Investment Banking division
- Standard Bank Eswatini subsidiary
- Standard Bank Malawi subsidiary
- Standard Bank Mauritius subsidiary
- Standard Bank Moçambique subsidiary
- Standard Bank Namibia subsidiary
- Standard Bank RDC subsidiary
- STANLIB subsidiary
People at Standard Bank Group on FF News
- Bessy Mahopo, CIO (CIB - Transformation Programmes)
- George Karamitsos, VP of Sustainable Finance
- John McHugh, Head Regulatory Strategy, CIB Ops
- Khomotso Molabe, Group CIO - Personal and Private Banking
- Nimalan Reddy, Executive Vice President- Investments
- William Kent, Executive Head of Payment and Trade Operations
Latest Standard Bank Group news
- JUMO and Standard Bank Launch Social Finance Framework to Scale Inclusive Lending in Africa 14 September 2026
- Old Mutual Alternative Investments Appoints Gareth McElhone as Partner to Scale Hybrid Capital Strategy 25 August 2026 TradeTech Eye
- UnionPay and Standard Bank Expand E-Commerce Access Across Nine African Markets 19 August 2026 Merchants Eye
- Stanbic IBTC Bank Scales Transaction Banking with Nucleus Software FinnAxia 9.0 Upgrade 12 August 2026 Merchants Eye
- Taurus Unlocks Full Hedera Stack for 40+ Global Banks to Scale Digital Asset Tokenization 5 August 2026
- BIAN Appoints Stanbic Bank Uganda CIO Rita Apell Akot as First East African Executive Board Member 20 July 2026
- Standard Bank Partners with Volante Technologies to Revolutionize Payments Modernization Across Africa in Most Ambitious Payments as a Service Deal in History 29 October 2024
- Swift to Launch AI-Powered Fraud Defence to Enhance Cross-Border Payments 16 October 2024
- Fintech M-KOPA raises $250m to scale high-impact consumer fintech across Africa 15 May 2023
- Standard Bank selects Calabrio for its cloud-first approach to workforce optimisation and close integration with Amazon Connect 25 March 2022
- Standard Bank Group establishes Africa’s first Hedera network node 24 February 2021
Standard Bank Group video interviews
- Sajid Gani, Standard Bank - Do you have any recommendations to your industry peers? 13 December 2020
- Sajid Gani, Standard Bank - How can Intix help Standard Bank achieve operational excellence? 12 December 2020
- Sajid Gani, Standard Bank - What are typical challenges of payment processing in Africa? 9 December 2020
- Fintech Finance Presents: The Paytech Show 4.06 - How to Achieve Excellence in Payments 9 December 2020
- Sajid Gani, Standard Bank - What has changed in the last couple of years in the payments landscape? 8 December 2020