Standard Bank

Our 20+ year partnership with Africa's largest bank

75% Reduction

In delivery timelines for a payments solution, through an AI-accelerated development approach.

100%

Unified cross-border transaction data into a single intelligent view.

Days to minutes

Cross-border payment processing times reduced through near real-time payments enablement.

Banking

Standard Bank is the largest bank in Africa by assets, with a market capitalisation of R478 billion and over 160 years of history as a catalyst for growth across the continent. As Africa's largest financial services provider, Standard Bank is known for delivering simple, effective financial solutions that empower individuals and businesses to thrive.

Entelect's team helped us cut through complexity to identify practical solutions for some of our toughest challenges. Their approach left us with clear insights and tangible solutions to fast-track key product innovations.

Simon Just Profile picture Simon Just Group Head Payments & Digital Assets

Our Partnership Highlights

Highlights of what
we've built together

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75% acceleration in payments project delivery

Our team implemented a cloud-native middleware solution through an agentic AI-accelerated software development lifecycle. This enabled a specification-driven approach to building payments capabilities, and reduced delivery timelines from 12 months to just 3.

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Processing billions with scalable digital banking

Our team modernised Standard Bank’s Business Online platform by consolidating legacy systems into a single, scalable digital solution with enhanced workflows, onboarding, and access control – enabling hundreds of corporate clients to securely transact billions in value.

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Millions saved in risk and penalties through AI-driven fraud detection

Our team built a fraud detection solution that proactively detects and blocks high-risk and fraudulent entities using an AI-driven risk classification solution - preventing illicit transactions before they occur.

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From days to minutes: unlocking real-time payments across Africa

Entelect helped Standard Bank transform cross-border payments by enabling near real-time processing, cutting transaction times from days to minutes. 

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Unlocking cross-border transaction insights

We assisted Standard Bank in unifying 100% of its cross-border transaction data into a single, intelligent view. The solution provides deep insights into client behaviour across markets.

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Helping facilitate trillions in trades

Our team enhanced the speed and accuracy of the bank's trading operations through a single platform that connects internal systems and global trading networks.

Entelect at Standard Bank

A partnership built on craftsmanship

For over 20 years, Entelect has been a technology partner to Standard Bank. Our engineers bring deep domain expertise, a craftsmanship mindset, and an investment in outcomes. As Africa's largest bank continues to modernise critical platforms, scale with confidence, and lead in an increasingly digital financial landscape, Entelect remains committed to being the trusted team standing alongside them. 

20

Years of working together

300

People embedded within Standard Bank teams

We've worked across multiple
critical business units

  1. 01. Business and Commercial Banking
  2. 02. Corporate and Investment Bank
  3. 03. Personal and Private Banking Group

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