{"id":42373,"date":"2026-08-13T10:29:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T08:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=42373"},"modified":"2026-08-13T10:29:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T08:29:23","slug":"standard-bank-profit-jumps-10-on-fee-trading-growth-lower-impairments","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/standard-bank-profit-jumps-10-on-fee-trading-growth-lower-impairments\/","title":{"rendered":"Standard Bank profit jumps 10% on fee, trading growth, lower impairments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"uSg02\">\n<div class=\"DrnCK\">\n<div class=\"HwXOf\">\n<div class=\"kcAOr t9ThB\" data-testid=\"RecipientWell\">\n<div data-tabster=\"{&quot;mover&quot;:{&quot;cyclic&quot;:false,&quot;direction&quot;:2,&quot;memorizeCurrent&quot;:false}}\">\n<div id=\"MSG_wAEnyCZggAA_TO\" class=\"___sj378o0 fly5x3f f1l02sjl f113hnb5\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\">\n<div id=\"1\" class=\"EditorClass ___18acxwi ftgm304 fr7e4de f1ids18y f1ohdurq f1fa7rqs f10pi13n f1a3p1vp fkhj508 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv fly5x3f f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f f19f4twv f1tyq0we fz5stix g7toD\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-readonly=\"true\" aria-label=\"To: Bomkazi Malobola\">Standard Bank, Africa&#8217;s biggest lender by assets, reported \u200ba 10% rise in half-year headline earnings on \u200cThursday, supported by sustained growth in fee and trading revenues, while credit impairment charges fell.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-test-id=\"mailMessageBodyContainer\">\n<div class=\"XbIp4 jmmB7 customScrollBar GNqVo allowTextSelection\">\n<div id=\"UniqueMessageBody_2\" class=\"OuGoX BIZfh\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"document\" aria-label=\"Message body\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"false\" data-fui-focus-visible=\"\">\n<div class=\"rps_d4a6\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The South Africa (SA) based bank said headline earnings \u200brose to $1.62 billion in the \u200bsix months ended June 30 from a year \u2060earlier.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In its banking operations, net interest income grew by \u200b4% to $3.1 billion, helped by healthy deal \u200bflow in its Corporate and Investment Banking unit and modest loan growth in its business and personal banking units.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Net interest margin narrowed \u200bto 472 basis points from 489 basis points, reflecting \u200bthe lower interest rate environment and competitive pricing pressures in some \u200cretail \u2060and business portfolios, the lender said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":28488,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-42373","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Standard Bank, Africa's biggest lender by assets, reported \u200ba 10% rise","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42374,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42373\/revisions\/42374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=42373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}