Standard Bank Group Limited (SBK.JO) is Africa's largest bank by assets and a leading provider of integrated financial services across personal and private banking; business and commercial banking; corporate and investment banking; and insurance and wealth management. The group offers onshore and offshore savings and investments, home loans, personal loans, vehicle and asset finance, credit cards, forex solutions, transactional banking including digital wallets, payments and transfer platforms, merchant services, trade finance, business solar solutions, advisory and risk management services, long- and short-term insurance, health insurance, asset management, and fiduciary activities to individual consumers, SMEs, corporates, institutions and governments. Founded in 1862 and headquartered at Standard Bank Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, it operates through over 1,100 branches, 5,500 ATMs and digital channels in more than 20 sub-Saharan African countries including South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana, as well as four global centres and two offshore hubs serving clients worldwide with Stanbic Bank subsidiaries across Africa and a strategic 20% shareholding by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC). Recent developments include becoming the first African bank to offer China's cross-border interbank payment system in November 2025 to enhance trade between Africa and China; pursuing acquisition of NCBA Bank in Kenya announced in October 2025 to bolster East African fintech and digital banking; structuring a landmark R5 billion debt capital market transaction for Transnet and a payment guarantee facility for NOA Trading's 349MW solar PV project in June 2025 supporting South Africa's energy transition; and maintaining multiple 2024 awards for investment banking, transaction banking and ESG-related loans across Africa.