Standard Bank, SA’s second-largest bank by market capitalisation, missed earnings expectations in its full-year to end-December, when credit impairment charges rose almost a quarter due to the deteriorating economic performance of SA and parts of Africa.
Credit impairment charges rose 23% to R7.96bn, with the group saying it expected sustained economic weakness in SA in the absence of tangible progress by the government in pursuing its reform programmes.
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