The group at a glance

Our holding company is publicly owned, headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa and is listed on the JSE Limited (share code SBK) and on the Namibian Stock Exchange (NSX) (share code SNB).

• Standard Bank Group is the largest South African bank by assets and earnings.
• Our history dates as far back as 1862.
• Represented in 33 countries: 17 in Africa and 16 in five other continents.
• More than 6 500 points of representation (including branches and offices) in Africa - making us one of the biggest banking networks in the continent.
• We have over 600 branches in South Africa and over 400 outside of South Africa.
• We employ more than 50 000 people worldwide, of which 34 891 are in South Africa.
• Customers have access to approximately 4 800 ATMs in South Africa and 1100 outside of South Africa
• Our brand is consistently one of the most recognised in South Africa.
• In 2009, Standard Bank and its subsidiaries spent R99 million on corporate social investment initiatives.

Our major subsidiaries

• The Standard Bank of South Africa
• Standard Bank - Africa and Stanbic Africa Holdings (in some countries)
• Standard International Holdings
• Standard Bank Offshore Group
• Liberty Holdings (53.7%)

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