Financial Institutions
We have an in-depth knowledge of often challenging and complex financial and regulatory environments across Africa. We are a respected partner, providing robust and reliable services to financial institutions, across bank sector clients and non-bank financial institutions, with a focus on Africa. As a leading African bank, we have the experience and capability to support escalating trade and investment flows, and increasingly sophisticated financial needs of these clients and their stakeholders.
Some of benefits
Regulatory requirements
Our specialist experts will guide you to navigate the regulatory requirements within your sector
Reduce risk
As your local partner of choice, we help you mitigate compliance risk
Innovative solutions
Our deep industry and country insights help us provide you with innovative solutions and connect you to the right partners
Established African presence
For over 150 years we have connected the relevant players across the African continent
What we offer
Our product specialists develop innovative and flexible solutions for clients, leveraging our full capabilities where needed.
Our solutions span across:
Investment Banking
- Corporate finance and advisory services
- Structured and term financing solutions
Transactional Products and Services
- Transactional banking
- Trade services
- Electronic banking solutions for cash, custody and foreign exchange
- Custodial and trustee services
- Securities lending
- Futures clearing
Global Markets
- Money markets
- Foreign exchange
- Bond trading
- Commodity trading and hedging
- Interest rate trading and structuring
- Equities trading and structuring
- Credit trading and syndications
Our expertise
Global bank Sector
- The goal of our global bank sector team is to become the preferred African partner for international banks, supporting cross-border and regional relationships between our clients. International banks recognise us as the preferred gateway bank into Africa, as we are able to replicate structures across the continent, manage risk and support the business needs of their clients’ African growth strategies. We offer all our clients the expertise and understanding of a local bank with international reach.
Non-bank Financial Institutions
- Our non-bank financial institutions team supports regulated financial services entities in Africa such as asset managers, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds and stockbrokers. We work internationally where needed, for example in trading risk products such as corporate or government bonds. We help clients with pure money market investments with the flow of funds between them and their investments, and with cross-border flows. Our team can structure solutions to de-risk and hedge clients’ positions. As the leading custody provider on the continent, we offer global and regional custody solutions for client assets.
Why talk to us
A leader in Africa
- With deep experience in African markets, we understand financial systems at different levels of maturity and markets at different stages of development.
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What we offer
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Transactional Products and Services
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Global Markets
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Our expertise
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Why talk to us
Our product specialists develop innovative and flexible solutions for clients, leveraging our full capabilities where needed.
Our solutions span across:
Investment Banking
- Corporate finance and advisory services
- Structured and term financing solutions
- Transactional banking
- Trade services
- Electronic banking solutions for cash, custody and foreign exchange
- Custodial and trustee services
- Securities lending
- Futures clearing
- Money markets
- Foreign exchange
- Bond trading
- Commodity trading and hedging
- Interest rate trading and structuring
- Equities trading and structuring
- Credit trading and syndications
Global bank Sector
- The goal of our global bank sector team is to become the preferred African partner for international banks, supporting cross-border and regional relationships between our clients. International banks recognise us as the preferred gateway bank into Africa, as we are able to replicate structures across the continent, manage risk and support the business needs of their clients’ African growth strategies. We offer all our clients the expertise and understanding of a local bank with international reach.
Non-bank Financial Institutions
- Our non-bank financial institutions team supports regulated financial services entities in Africa such as asset managers, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds and stockbrokers. We work internationally where needed, for example in trading risk products such as corporate or government bonds. We help clients with pure money market investments with the flow of funds between them and their investments, and with cross-border flows. Our team can structure solutions to de-risk and hedge clients’ positions. As the leading custody provider on the continent, we offer global and regional custody solutions for client assets.
A leader in Africa
- With deep experience in African markets, we understand financial systems at different levels of maturity and markets at different stages of development.
We also offer
Trade
We understand your need to manage the risks inherent in cross-border trade, across multiple jurisdictions. We provide you with expert advice and trusted solutions to manage the complexities, regulations and risks across your trade finance requirements. As one of the leading banks in terms of assets and earnings, we are uniquely placed to provide you with access to trade finance solutions in our presence countries in Africa.
Real Estate Financing
Our Real Estate finance team offers the largest dedicated real estate platform of any financier in sub-Saharan Africa and our expertise extends across the continent. We tap into the vast resources and expertise within Standard Bank Group to provide seamless access to specialist areas within the organisation and across the globe. This facilitates the professional delivery of flexible and comprehensive funding solutions positioning our clients at the forefront of their real estate-related initiatives. With an established track record in South Africa, our services have been extended to several countries on the continent. Our footprint across Africa and on-the-ground expertise means that we can structure solutions for clients in various organisations, industries and countries
Client Solutions
Running a public or national enterprise/business can be stressful without a reliable bank. Our expert teams excel at crafting structured and innovative solutions across multiple asset classes to corporates, state-owned enterprises, governments and institutional investors in Uganda and parts of Sub-Sharan Africa. Consideration is given to all aspects of proposed solutions including capital and regulatory issues, documentation, timing of execution, accounting, and tax and exchange control. We leave nothing to chance.