Rather than limiting the celebration of Africa Day to a single date on the calendar, Standard Bank Malawi dedicated an entire week to honouring the continent’s rich heritage, cultural identity and shared aspirations, engaging communities across the country in a vibrant campaign that celebrated what it means to be Malawian. Under the theme “We’re in…
Businesses that have been relying on individual Creative Cloud licences can now upgrade to Teams. (Image: Dax Data) As creative demands increase, small creative teams often outgrow the tools they started with. Free applications, non-genuine software, disconnected workflows and manual processes often leave work spread across personal accounts and manual handoffs. This slows delivery and…
As the global gemstone market becomes increasingly complex with fraud on the rise, The Gem Lab is setting a new benchmark for trust, transparency, and authenticity with the introduction of its “Gem Lab Approved” standard. Founded and led by Jeremy Rothon FGA, one of South Africa’s most experienced and respected gemmologists, The Gem Lab has…
Standard Bank has provided an update on its data breach. Hackers have publicly released data stolen from Standard Bank, escalating what appears to be a serious cyber security breach and raising urgent concerns over customer privacy and the bank’s digital defences. The big-four bank this week provided an update on the data breach that it…
Standard Bank has acknowledged that client data stolen in a cyber incident first disclosed on 23 March 2026 “now appears to have been published” online, marking a significant escalation in what appears to be one of South Africa’s most serious financial services data breaches. The data involved includes client names, ID and company registration numbers,…
Standard Bank has suffered a data breach. Standard Bank, Africa’s biggest bank by assets, has informed its business clients of a data breach that exposed their personal information. “We are writing to inform you of a recent incident that involved unauthorised access to certain data within the Standard Bank of South Africa’s environment,” says the…
Sim Tshabalala, Standard Bank Group CEO. Standard Bank Group witnessed growth in digital retail clients in South Africa, for the 2025 financial year. This, as the JSE-listed financial services group reported headline earnings of R49.2 billion and delivered a return on equity of 19.3%. According to results released today, the bank’s digital retail clients grew…
Standard Bank Group’s annual financial results, published on Thursday, have revealed that Africa’s largest bank by assets spent more than R14-billion on cloud, software and technology in 2025 — an 8.7% year-on-year increase that far outpaced the growth in its overall cost base. The “cloud, software and technology” line item in the group’s operating expenses…
Named Kukura, the programmable humanoid robot says its role is to demonstrate present and future technologies, assist in training the bank’s staff, and appear at various events, activations and functions. Kukura, Standard Bank Group’s newly-unveiled programmable humanoid robot, says its role is to “help people do their jobs better”, rather than take people’s jobs. This,…
Standard Bank’s Bill Blackie Standard Bank has rolled out a substantially upgraded business banking platform that shifts greater control to customers, allowing businesses to manage their own electronic payment limits, user entitlements and fraud protections without calling a relationship manager. The R1-billion re-platforming project, built in collaboration with vendor Backbase, represents the bank’s bid to…
