Standard Bank

91 results about this entity

Period: 11 Oct 2004 - 20 Mar 2024

Standard Bank builds PlayRoom to push startup culture

South Africa's Standard Bank has opened an innovation centre in Johannesburg in an effort to foster a startup culture.

Standard Bank deploys IBM's Watson to crunch customer data

Standard Bank of South Africa has become the latest financial institution to enlist IBM's Watson cognitive computing platform to help it make the most of customer data.

Standard Bank selects Eagle as enterprise technology platform

Eagle Investment Systems LLC, a leading provider of financial services technology and a subsidiary of BNY Mellon, today announced that Standard Bank South Africa, will implement Eagle's accounting and enterprise data management solutions across its Private Clients business. The technology solutions will be hosted on Eagle ACCESSSM, Eagle's secure private cloud.

Standard bank selects Fundtech for corporate payments

Fundtech, a market leader in global transaction banking solutions, today announces that Standard Bank has selected Fundtech’s cash management solution, Global CASHplus, to provide real-time liquidity management, cash flow forecasting, and balance reporting services to its corporate customers.

Matchi opens global fintech challenge

Innovation matchmaking platform Matchi has launched a global fintech innovation challenge, inviting aspiring startups to pitch working prototypes to a pool of global banks.

Standard Bank launches QR code-based mobile payment scheme

Standard Bank of South Africa has publicly launched SnapScan, a QR code-based mobile payment system that has been under development for almost a year.

Standard Bank tests current account-linked bitcoin wallet

Standard Bank has begun piloting a current-account linked bitcoin wallet developed by South African outfit Switchless.

Standard Bank issues dual-function transit-ticketing and debit card

South Africa's Standard Bank has issued a multifunction payments card, offering pre-paid transit ticketing alongside contactless debit card functionality.

Standard Bank draws fire for FNB tweets

Standard Bank's decision to tell the Twitterverse that it planned to take rival FNB to South Africa's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) appears to have backfired, drawing scorn on the social networking site.

Absa to trial NFC mobile payments

South African bank Absa is to launch live user trials of NFC technology on mobile phones.

Durban buses go contactless

The South African city of Durban is preparing to pilot a contactless payments system for its bus network.

Pre-paid vouchers to kill off mobile wallet prospects in South Africa - Standard Bank

Explosive growth in pre-paid money vouchers in South Africa has killed the mobile wallet as a viable payment instrument says Herman Singh, CEO of Beyond Payments, the payment innovation arm of Standard Bank.