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- 28 Oct 2021
Standard Bank Group Selects Flutterwave to Drive Digital Transformation Efforts Across Africa
Standard Bank, Africa’s largest bank by assets, has partnered with Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, to enhance digital payments experiences for its customers in Nigeria,…
- 10 Jul 2012
Standard Bank Group, JP Morgan Finance Acquisition of Oil Mining Lease
The Standard Bank Group and JP Morgan have provided instrumental support in financing the acquisition price of oil mining lease in Nigeria (OML 30). Standard Bank will further provide the permanent…
- 14 Jul 2016
Standard Bank Steps Up Digital Banking Innovations
Standard Bank said it is on a committed journey of rapid digitization across the continent, offering its customers more convenient ways to interact with their personal banking services. The latest…
- 24 Feb 2025
AfDB, Standard Bank Unite to Support SMMEs and Boost Trade
The African Development Bank Group and Standard Bank Group (SBG) on Monday signed a landmark financial agreement to enhance funding for small, medium, and micro enterprises (SMMEs) and expand trade…
- 29 Mar 2010
Standard Bank Express Confidence in Banking Industry
Standard bank has expressed confidence in the Nigerian banking industry as well as commend the current banking sector reforms embarked upon by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Despite the impact of…
- 10 May 2021
Bank Wars: Access Bank, Standard Chartered, FCMB Off to Winning Start
Visitors to the Tech Experience Centre, Africa’s cutting-edge technology and lifestyle hub on Saturday, May 8, 2021 were treated to exciting, high-scoring matches in the opening day of Bank Wars, a…
- 13 Nov 2020
Standard Bank Propels Contactless Payments Across Africa
Standard Bank Group, Africa’s largest financial services organisation by assets, is driving the mass adoption of contactless payments across Africa, as consumers look for safer ways to pay in the…
- 18 Aug 2026
Standard Bank Targets Stake in OPay Ahead of IPO – Report
Africa’s largest bank by assets, Standard Bank Group is in negotiations with Nigerian fintech company OPay ahead of the latter’s planned initial public offering (IPO) in the United States.
- 19 Jun 2026
Standard Bank Targets $15.4b SME Growth in Nigeria, Others with Trade Expansion Drive
Standard Bank Group has identified Nigeria and four other markets as strategic growth hubs as it seeks to tap into $15.4 billion revenue opportunity driven by expanding small and medium-sized…
- 1 Sept 2016
Standard Bank Predicts Increased M&A Activity in African Telecom, Media
Standard Bank, Africa’s largest bank by assets, is partnering with international news and events provider TMT Finance for the inaugural TMT Finance Africa in Lagos 2016 Conference, which is bringing…
- 18 Aug 2024
Standard Bank Plans Expansion in Nigeria, Angola Businesses
Standard Bank is looking to boost its stakes in businesses in Angola and Nigeria, the bank’s CEO Sim Tshabalala said over the weekend. “In Nigeria we are again wanting to increase our…
- 6 Aug 2019
Ecobank Appoints New Group Consumer Banking Head
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, ETI, the Lomé-based parent company of the Ecobank Group, announce appointment of Nana Araba Abban as Group Consumer Banking Head with immediate effect. Nana will…
- 15 Jan 2014
Etisalat Hires Standard Bank for Nigeria Tower Sale
Etisalat, the Gulf's top telecom operator, has hired Standard Bank as an advisor for the planned sale of transmitter towers by its Nigerian affiliate, three banking sources aware of the matter said.…
- 25 Sept 2020
Stanbic IBTC, Standard Bank, Listed Among Top African Corporate Brands
Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC and its parent company, Standard Bank, have emerged amongst the top winners of the 2020 Tech Times’ Africa LinkedIn Corporate Brand Awards. The Stanbic IBTC Group emerged…
- 1 Jul 2015
Standard Bank's Chief Information Officer Visits CWG Plc
Klaas Kruger, Chief Information Officer of Standard Bank, PBB Rest of Africa, and his team visited Computer Warehouse Group (CWG Plc) headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria recently. The visit was aimed at…
- 9 Aug 2012
Oduoza, UBA Boss Call for Strong Ethical Standard in Banking Industry
Mr. Phillips Oduoza, group managing director and chief executive officer, UBA Plc, has said that very high ethical standards supported with robust corporate governance, is imperative to sustain…
- 21 Sept 2021
Africa Prepares to Become World’s First Cloud-native Continent
Standard Bank and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have expanded their strategic relationship and announced the intention to build an African Innovation Lab - an incubator and accelerator of large-scale…
- 1 Jun 2014
Banks Get 3 Years to Implement Data Centre Standard
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has given money deposit banks in the country till 2017 to adopt tier 3 data centre standard, a global standard based on availability specifications for data centres,…
- 17 May 2021
Union Bank Starts Off on Losing Note in Bank Wars
Action in the augural edition of Bank Wars, a FIFA 21 Gaming competition for leading Nigerian banks, got underway in Group B on Saturday, May 15, 2021 as Sterling Bank and Fidelity thrashed rivals,…
- 14 Jul 2023
Standard Chartered Affirms its Commitment to Nigeria while Entering into Sales Agreements with Access Bank Plc in Five African Countries
Standard Chartered Bank and Access Bank Plc (Access) have entered into agreements for the sale of Standard Chartered’s shareholding in its subsidiaries in Angola, Cameroon, The Gambia, and Sierra…
- 2 Dec 2019
UBA Group Emerges African Bank of the Year for Second Year Running
The Banker Magazine has once again selected leading African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc as the “African Bank of the Year 2019”. This is the second time, UBA has…
- 4 Dec 2020
Standard Chartered Appoints Yetunde Oni as CEO Sierra Leone Operation
Yetunde Bolanle Oni has been appointed the Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bank Sierra Leone. Her appointment became effective November 2020. Yetunde joined Standard Chartered Bank in…
- 7 Mar 2022
Software Group Launches Fast-track Agency Banking in Nigeria
Software Group, a global financial technology provider, has launched its Fast-track Agency Banking software for Nigerian banks that want to expand their reach at speed and competitive cost.…
- 15 Oct 2015
Stanbic IBTC Bank Launches Automated Cash Deposit, Recycling Solution
To deepen the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s cashless policy, Stanbic IBTC Bank, a member of Standard Bank Group, has implemented the usage of an Automated Cash Deposit and Recycling solution to…
- 22 Mar 2010
Stanbic IBTC Commences Full Operations in Ado-Ekiti
Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, a member of the Standard Bank Group, in line with its ongoing nationwide branch expansion programme, has opened a full service branch in Ado, the Ekiti State capital. The…
- 4 Apr 2012
MTN, Stanbic IBTC Bank Join Hands for Mobile Money Services
MTN Nigeria, leading telecommunications service provider, and Stanbic IBTC Bank, a member of Standard Bank Group, have signed an agreement on the provision of mobile money services to Nigerians.…
- 14 Apr 2009
Stanbic IBTC Pledges Support for Customers
Stanbic IBTC Bank, a member of the Standard Bank Group, has pledged to continue to avail its business customers with ongoing robust support in order to enhance their growth and sustainability…
- 15 Jul 2026
Helios Towers Secures $29m Facility to Expand Across Africa
Standard Bank has partnered with Helios Towers to provide a $29 million Social Documentary Credit Facility. According to the financial services company, this transaction marks Standard Bank's first…
- 10 May 2022
Standard Chartered Acts as Sole Arranger of US$50M Step-up for Access Bank
Standard Chartered Bank acted as Sole Arranger and Sustainability Structuring Agent of a US$50 million Reg S Step-Up Puttable Green Notes due 2027 for Access Bank Plc in the international capital…
- 11 Jun 2013
Core Group, Stanbic IBTC Offer Nigerians 0% Interest iPad Deal
Core Group Africa, Apple's official distributor for Nigeria has signed a major partnership deal with Stanbic ITBC Bank, which offers Nigerians the opportunity to pay for an iPad, interest free over…