Standard Bank

This article is about the present South African-based bank. For the British overseas bank, now part of Standard Chartered, see Standard Bank (historic). For the Bangladeshi Bank, see Standard Bank Limited.

Standard Bank Group Limited
Company typePublic
JSE: SBK
LSE: SBK
IndustryBanking
Founded15 October 1862; 162 years ago (1862-10-15)[1]
HeadquartersStandard Bank Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
Area served
Key people
Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita
Chairperson
Sim Tshabalala
Chief Executive Officer
ProductsCommercial Banking
Foreign Currency Exchange
Insurance
Investment Banking
Investment Management
Private Banking
Consumer Banking
Wealth Management
RevenueDecrease US$ 8.61 Billion (2016)
Decrease US$ 1.54 Billion (2016)
Total assetsIncrease US$ 142.9 Billion (2016)
Number of employees
Increase 54,767 (2016)
Websitewww.standardbank.com Edit this at Wikidata

Standard Bank Group Limited[2] is a major South African bank and financial services group. It is Africa's biggest lender by assets.[3] The company's corporate headquarters, Standard Bank Centre, is situated in Simmonds Street, Johannesburg.[4]

  1. ^ Amphlett, George Thomas (1914). "I - Establishment of the Standard Bank of British South Africa, now called the Standard Bank of South Africa". History of the Standard Bank of South Africa ltd., 1862-1913. Glasgow, Printed by R. Maclehose. p. 1.
  2. ^ [1], |access date 12 April 2022
  3. ^ "Why McKinsey is under attack in South Africa". The Economist. 12 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Standard Bank South Africa". www.southafrica.to. Retrieved 1 February 2021.