Tag: Standard Bank

Standard Bank Enters Its 17th Decade As Africa’s Largest Financial Services Business

In October 1862 in the city of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, what was to become Africa’s largest financial services business was birthed. Standard Bank, then known as The Standard Bank of British South Africa started doing business in a tent in Johannesburg, then known as Ferreira’s Camp, defying many odds […]

Ghana’s Macroeconomic Outlook Positive – Financial Giants

Economists of financial giants in Africa, Standard Bank and Barclay Bank have posted a positive macroeconomic outlook for the country. According to the research desk of Standard Bank, the parent company of Stanbic Bank Ghana, Ghana is likely to experience improved economic performance and narrowing of the current account deficit […]