Standard Bank (historic)

This article is about the historic British overseas bank, Standard Bank, now part of Standard Chartered. For the present South Africa-based bank, see Standard Bank.
Standard Bank of British South Africa Limited
Company typePublic
IndustryBanking
FoundedLondon, United Kingdom (15 October 1862 (1862-10-15))[1]
Defunct1969 (1969)
FateMerged with Chartered Bank
SuccessorStandard Chartered
Standard Bank of British South Africa in the museum town at the Kimberley Big Hole

The Standard Bank was a British overseas bank, which operated mainly in Africa from 1863 to 1969. It merged with the Chartered Bank in 1969 to form Standard Chartered.

  1. ^ Amphlett, George Thomas (1914). History of the Standard Bank of South Africa ltd., 1862-1913. Glasgow: Printed by R. Maclehose.