{"id":817819,"date":"2025-03-24T07:18:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T05:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=817819"},"modified":"2025-03-24T07:18:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T05:18:56","slug":"standard-bank-named-africas-most-valuable-banking-brand-for-fourth-consecutive-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/817819\/standard-bank-named-africas-most-valuable-banking-brand-for-fourth-consecutive-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Standard Bank named Africa\u2019s most valuable banking brand for fourth consecutive year\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Standard Bank, Africa\u2019s biggest bank by assets, has once again been ranked as Africa\u2019s Most Valuable Banking Brand for 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in the month, the bank was acknowledged as South Africa\u2019s Most Valuable Banking Brand in the South Africa Top 100 Brands report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardbank.co.za\/southafrica\/personal?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_term=March+2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here for more information about Standard Bank<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This accolade marks the fourth consecutive year that Brand Finance\u2019s annual ranking of the Global Top 500 Banking Brands has acknowledged the bank, reflecting the high standing in which it is consistently held.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year, Brand Finance assesses 5 000 of the biggest brands across the world, and publishes nearly 100 reports, ranking brands across different sectors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The world\u2019s top 500 most valuable and strongest banking brands are included in the annual Brand Finance Global 500 Banks ranking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are very pleased and honoured to receive these prestigious accolades for a fourth consecutive year. This acknowledgement reflects the trust that we have built and our commitment to providing consistently excellent service to our clients,\u201d says Sim Tshabalala, Standard Bank Group Chief Executive.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Standard-Bank-BT-in-article-IMAGE-1200X675.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Standard-Bank-BT-in-article-IMAGE-1200X675-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-817820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Standard-Bank-BT-in-article-IMAGE-1200X675-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Standard-Bank-BT-in-article-IMAGE-1200X675-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Standard-Bank-BT-in-article-IMAGE-1200X675-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Standard-Bank-BT-in-article-IMAGE-1200X675.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Sim Tshabalala, Standard Bank Group Chief Executive<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Group is the continent\u2019s largest financial services provider by assets and has a brand presence in 20 African countries that have a combined population of just under 800 million people.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfrica is our home, and we strive to drive her growth every day, a commitment which these awards reaffirm. We believe that these important awards reflect the uncompromising commitment of our people to deliver services to our diverse client base and driving value for all stakeholders,\u201d concludes Margaret Nienaber, Standard Bank Group Chief Operating Officer. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Standard Bank, Africa\u2019s biggest bank by assets, has once again been ranked as Africa\u2019s Most Valuable Banking Brand for 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":817828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[10335,499],"class_list":["post-817819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-banking","tag-standard-bank"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817819"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":817829,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817819\/revisions\/817829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}