Khomotso Molabe, Standard Bank Deputy CIO Johannesburg, 16 September 2026 – The 2026 Standard Bank Group Technology Hackathon officially got underway as more than 252 innovators from across Africa answered a challenge to harness artificial intelligence and emerging technologies to solve some of the continent’s most pressing challenges. Now in its 11th year, the Standard…
Vanashree Naidoo, FNB Home and Structured Lending Product Head For many young South Africans, owning a home may feel harder to reach than it did for previous generations. Rising property prices, higher living costs, and economic pressure have changed how young people enter the property market. But FNB says that young buyers have not given…
Richard de Roos, Head of Operations for Corporate & Investment Banking at Standard Bank Standard Bank, the biggest bank in Africa by assets, and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC) have been jointly authorised by the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) to clear Renminbi (RMB) in Africa. Standard Bank is the first…
Standard Bank is proud to have acted as joint financial advisor and transaction sponsor to CANAL+ on its successful secondary inward listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) – a landmark transaction that brings a globally recognised media and entertainment group to Africa’s premier exchange and provides South African investors with direct access to a…
Standard Bank’s modern, scaled payments infrastructure is driving growth across the continent 30 March 2026 – Standard Bank processed one of the largest payment volumes on the African continent, moving more than R164 trillion in payments in 2025, across its 20 million clients and correspondent‑banking relationships. This scale means that every single minute, over R300 million…
