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Standard Bank calls for rule changes to enable trade digitisation

Standard Bank says it is talking to regulators in multiple markets about amending regulations during the Covid19 crisis to make digital trade easier.

21 May 2020

News/cloud

Standard Bank SA makes SAP and Microsoft Azure cloud move

Standard Bank South Africa is moving its core SAP Cloud Platform services to Microsoft Azure in a move the bank says will have a significant effect on customer experience.

05 March 2020

Finextra TV/Sibos

FinextraTV @ Sibos2019 – The Big Themes #1: The Impact of AI

FinextraTV reports from Sibos 2019 in London on Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services. In this, the first of three Sibos reports, we learn about AI: the areas it is having the greatest impact, the challenges and concerns that surround it, and how the industry will use the technology in coming years. ING, Deutsche Bank, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Crown Agents Bank, Standard Bank, SEB, Nordea and BNP Paribas are among the many leading institutions to share their views exclusively with Finextra Research.

03 October 2019

News/wholesale

Banks join forces on digital platform to help firms trade globally

A group of 14 banks - including Santander, RBC and MUFG - has launched a digital platform designed to tackle international trade barriers.

01 October 2019

News

HSBC launches trade finance API

HSBC has launched a trade finance API that lets partner financial institutions and their clients see the status of their bank guarantees in real time from their own platforms.

27 September 2019

Company announcement/inclusion

Standard Bank signs UN Principles for Responsible Banking

Standard Bank, Africa’s largest financial services organisation, has become a founding signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Banking – a framework aimed at driving sustainable economic development and ensuring the prosperity of current and future generations.

23 September 2019

News

Standard Bank leads $4 million round in mobile finance startup Nomanini

Standard Bank has led a $4 million investment in Nomanini, a mobile pint-of-sale and data analytics service for merchants operating in typically cash-based economies.

27 August 2019

Company announcement

Standard Bank working with ICC to build global best practice in Sustainable Trade Finance

As the International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) celebrates its centenary at the ICC Banking Commission Annual Meeting in Beijing from 8 – 11 April, an important milestone on the journey to achieve a globally accepted Sustainable Trade Finance framework will be reached.

10 April 2019

News

BNP Paribas and Standard Bank join $12 million round in digital banking venture Rewire

Israeli fintech Rewire, which has developed a cross-border international banking service for migrant workers, has secured $12 million in a funding round led by Viola Fintech and including contributions from BNP Paribas and strategic banking partner Standard Bank.

27 March 2019

News

Standard Bank contracts with AWS for mass migration to the cloud

Standard Bank of South Africa is to adopt a cloud-first approach to its business, contracting with Amazon Web Services for a mass-migration of its IT architecture in a bid to drive its digital transformation strategy.

27 March 2019

Company announcement

Standard Bank: Technology steadily deepening international trade as global power shifts East

Underscored by the United States’ trade war with China, the continued fragmentation and shift of global soft power from the developed West to Asia tends to dominate global headlines.

12 March 2019

News

FSS acquires 46% stake in Standard Bank subsidiary Ecentric

Indian-headquartered Financial Software and Systems (FSS) has acquired a 46% stake in Standard Bank's South African payment processing subsidiary Ecentric.

11 March 2019