Articles about Standard Bank

Standard Bank staff are ‘active’ GenAI users

The big-four bank’s half-year results show 72% of employees were active users of GenAI tools, with 87 approved use cases.

Agentic AI takes centre stage in SAP's autonomous enterprise push

The enterprise software giant positions GenAI copilot Joule as the nerve centre for managing AI agents across business systems.

Standard Bank extends R479m facility to Helios

The facility will support the procurement and importation of telecommunications infrastructure and related services across Africa.

AI makes financial ecosystem ‘robust, accessible’

The financial services sector emerges as one of the fastest adopters of AI, quickly moving to operational deployments.

SA banks back Bridgement with R330m to fuel AI-driven loans

RMB and Standard Bank have put R330 million behind Bridgement's AI-driven push to get SA's SMEs funded faster.

Smart ID rollout hits 200 bank branches

Home Affairs expands smart ID replacement, processing more than 250 000 transactions in just over three months.

Standard Bank Connect joins eSIM space

The bank’s mobile virtual network operator introduces an eSIM offering, starting with customers with existing mobile plans.

Home Affairs smart ID drive hits 118 000 in eight weeks

By year-end, 750 bank branches will offer smart ID services, and doorstep delivery is coming as the DHA cracks the whip on fraud.

Capitec expands AWS training to close critical tech skills gap

The bank accelerates efforts to build in-house cloud expertise, signalling a strategic shift towards greater self-sufficiency in critical digital skills.

Crypto non-compliance could land South Africans in jail

National Treasury wants to bring crypto assets formally within SA’s forex framework, despite an ongoing court case around their status.

Slow AI adoption fuels dangerous ‘shadow AI’ inside companies

Efforts to slow AI roll-outs in the name of governance may be creating bigger risks, warns Standard Bank’s Sibusiso Ngubeni.

Fintech data offers real-time view of consumer pressure

Inflation data lags consumer behaviour, excludes the informal sector and misses the fuel price shock already being felt.