Bank · South Africa
Standard Bank
Standard Bank Group Limited · standardbank.com (opens source in new tab)
Crypto readiness score
1/3 status dimensions verified · 1 initiative · last verified 2026-10-31
Only 1 of 3 status dimensions (commercial, regulatory, technical) are verified for this institution; at least 2 are required before a score is shown. We show this rather than guess.
Score breakdown
How the number above is built — every input is a verified tracker status with a dated source.
| Component | Weight | Points | Basis (verified input) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial availability | 35 | — | No verified status — not scored |
| Regulatory standing | 25 | — | No verified status — not scored |
| Technical delivery | 20 | 4 | Developing / partnership established · initiative |
| Product breadth | 15 | 5 | 1 product category with a verified status: Custody & trading |
| Recent verified activity | 5 | 5 | Last verified change 2026-04-10 |
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Initiatives (1)
Regulatory, technical and commercial status are kept separate: an authorisation is not a launch.
Custody & trading · South Africa
Standard Bank custody reserve solution for the ZARU rand stablecoin
- regulatory
- Unknown
- technical
- Developing / partnership established2026-04-10
- commercial
- Unknown
Standard Bank Group said in an April 2026 newsroom article that in 2025 it partnered to support local issuers with ZARU, a rand-denominated stablecoin, with a custody reserve solution, as part of positioning to support digital asset service providers in tokenised deposits, stablecoins and digital asset-based settlement.
Scope: Reserve custody for one rand stablecoin (ZARU); details not stated on the bank page.
In tracker · last verified 2026-10-31
Licences & registrations
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No licence or registration record in our verified data. This means “not reviewed”, not “unlicensed”.
Partners & providers
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No partner or provider named in our verified sources yet.
Regulator records & actions
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None in our verified data.
Markets (from stated target markets): South Africa
Timeline
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2026-04-10 · Status
Standard Bank says it partnered to support local issuers with the ZARU with a custody reserve solution in 2025; no further detail on the page.
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