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Who we are

At a glance

An African-focused, client-centric, digitally enabled, integrated financial solutions provider

Overview

Standard Bank Group is the largest African banking group by assets, with a market cap of approximately R310 billion (USD23 billion) as at 30 June 2018, offering a range of banking and related financial services across Africa.

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Our strategy
Our strategy is to be an African focused, client-centred, digitally enabled integrated financial solutions provider, which drives Africa’s growth and creates value for all our stakeholders. Our clients are at the centre of everything we do. This is our central organising principle in building a digitally enabled integrated financial services organisation. It aligns our efforts to change the way we do things, develop our people and shift our culture, and ultimately create a sustainable competitive advantage in a changing industry.
Our history
We have a 155-year history in South Africa, and started building a franchise in sub-Saharan Africa almost 30 years ago. We have an on- the-ground presence in 20 countries on the African continent, and solid local knowledge required to operate a successful business in Africa.

Our presence in and connection with, global financial centres enables us to facilitate investment and development flows in Africa, and to access international capital to facilitate growth, diversification and development in Africa. We also have a strategic partnership with the largest bank in the world, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), who is a 20% shareholder in the group.

Our performance

Standard Bank Group’s headline earnings for the six months to 30 June 2018 were R12.7 billion (USD1 billion) and at 30 June 2018 total assets were R2 trillion (USD149 billion). Standard Bank employedover 54 000 people (including Liberty) across all geographies and has 1 216 branches and 9 173 ATMs on the African continent.

The long-term foreign currency ratings for The Standard Bank of South Africa, the single largest operating entity within the Standard Bank Group, are: Fitch Ratings BB+ (stable) and Moody’s Baa3 (stable). The group has been listed on the JSE since 1970, with share code SBK, and the Namibian Stock Exchange, share code SNB.

  • Our strategy
  • Our history
  • Our performance

Our strategy is to be an African focused, client-centred, digitally enabled integrated financial solutions provider, which drives Africa’s growth and creates value for all our stakeholders. Our clients are at the centre of everything we do. This is our central organising principle in building a digitally enabled integrated financial services organisation. It aligns our efforts to change the way we do things, develop our people and shift our culture, and ultimately create a sustainable competitive advantage in a changing industry.

We have a 155-year history in South Africa, and started building a franchise in sub-Saharan Africa almost 30 years ago. We have an on- the-ground presence in 20 countries on the African continent, and solid local knowledge required to operate a successful business in Africa.

Our presence in and connection with, global financial centres enables us to facilitate investment and development flows in Africa, and to access international capital to facilitate growth, diversification and development in Africa. We also have a strategic partnership with the largest bank in the world, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), who is a 20% shareholder in the group.

Standard Bank Group’s headline earnings for the six months to 30 June 2018 were R12.7 billion (USD1 billion) and at 30 June 2018 total assets were R2 trillion (USD149 billion). Standard Bank employedover 54 000 people (including Liberty) across all geographies and has 1 216 branches and 9 173 ATMs on the African continent.

The long-term foreign currency ratings for The Standard Bank of South Africa, the single largest operating entity within the Standard Bank Group, are: Fitch Ratings BB+ (stable) and Moody’s Baa3 (stable). The group has been listed on the JSE since 1970, with share code SBK, and the Namibian Stock Exchange, share code SNB.

OUR PURPOSE

Africa is our home, we drive her growth

OUR VISION

To be the leading financial services organisation in, for and across Africa, delivering exceptional client experiences and superior value

OUR VALUES

Serve as beacons for the behaviour and qualities that define us at our best as we execute our strategy
Our values in more detail

We believe in: Being proactive, Growing our people, Constantly raising the bar, Working in teams, Delivering to our stakeholders, Respecting each other, Serving our clients and Upholding the highest levels of integrity.

A diversified and integrated financial solutions offering

Personal & Business Banking

Banking and other financial services to individual customers and small-to medium-sized enterprises in South Africa, the Africa Regions and the Channel Islands.

Corporate & Investment Banking

Corporate and investment banking services to clients, including governments, parastatals, larger corporates, financial institutions and multinational corporates.

Wealth

Wealth services and product offerings, including insurance, investment, fiduciary, bespoke banking and multi-generational wealth preservation solutions to high net worth, retail, business and commercial, and corporate clients across the group’s footprint.

Liberty

Life insurance and investment management activities of the group companies in the Liberty Holdings Group.