The  Global Finance’s 28th annual awards for the World’s Best Banks has recognized Standard Bank as the best bank in Africa, namely Standard Bank South Africa and Stanbic Bank Uganda in their respective markets.

Winners of this year’s awards are banks that attended carefully to their customers’ needs in difficult markets and accomplished strong results while laying the foundations for future success, according to Global Finance, which has a circulation of 50,000 and readers in 189 countries.

Last year, the Standard Bank Group was awarded the 2020 Innovation in Digital Banking Award (Africa), by The Banker publication. The Banker’s Innovation in Digital Banking Awards recognises excellence and innovation in financial technology. Standard Bank was recognised by the publication for its Quantum Leap programme, a future-looking Transaction Banking business model that collaborates with clients on their journey for growth.