# Investec Bank

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/investec
> research date 2026-06-01 · extracted at 2026-10-03
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [Investec — official](https://www.investec.com/)

## Overview

**Investec Bank** is **JSE: INL + LSE: INVP** + **South African + UK private wealth management + specialist commercial bank** + **Investec founder Stephen Koseff + Bernard Kantor founding partners ~5%+ + Public Investment Corporation South African pension fund ~10%+ + UK retail + institutional + foreign investors free float** + **one of South Africa's largest private wealth management banks** <sup>[1][1], [South Africa report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/ZA)</sup>.

## History

**1974 — Investec founded as Investec leasing company in Johannesburg by Larry Nestadt + Errol Grolman + Ian Kantor (Bernard Kantor joined 1978)**.

**1980s — Investec Bank rebrand**.

**Jul 22 2002 — Investec dual-listing on JSE + LSE**.

**2010 — Investec mobile banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Investec Limited Investec Bank** (South African + UK private wealth management + specialist commercial bank; JSE: INL + LSE: INVP).

**Major shareholders**: **Investec founder Stephen Koseff + Bernard Kantor founding partners ~5%+ + Public Investment Corporation South African pension fund ~10%+ + UK + South African retail + institutional + foreign investors free float**.

**Regulators**: **SARB South African Reserve Bank + Prudential Authority + PRA UK + FCA UK + national regulators across 8+ countries**.

## Technical integration

Investec mobile app (iOS + Android) + investec.com online + Investec Bank branch network across South Africa + UK + Mauritius + Ireland + US + Switzerland + Australia + India + Investec Visa + Mastercard cards; ZA IBAN + ZA PayShap (South African P2P + retail real-time payment scheme) + Faster Payments (UK) + SEPA.

## Implementations & partners

**Major South African + UK banking + payments competitors**: [Standard Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/standard-bank) (Standard Bank South Africa; JSE: SBK; Africa's largest banking group by assets) + [FNB Banking App (First National Bank)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/fnb-app) (FNB South Africa; FirstRand Group; South Africa's largest banking group + 12M+ customers + eWallet pioneer) + [Absa Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/absa) (Absa Group South Africa; JSE: ABG; South Africa's #3 commercial bank by assets) + [Capitec Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/capitec) (Capitec Bank; JSE: CPI; South Africa's largest commercial bank by customers) + [Nedbank (Nedbank Money app)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/nedbank) (Nedbank Group; JSE: NED; South African commercial bank) + [Discovery Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/discovery-bank) (Discovery Bank; Discovery Limited Group; South African digital + behavioural bank) + [African Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/african-bank) (African Bank; SA commercial bank) + [TymeBank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/tymebank) (TymeBank South African digital bank; Tyme Group South African-Singaporean fintech parent; ~10M+ South African TymeBank customers) + [Bidvest Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bidvest-bank) (Bidvest Bank; Bidvest Group; South African commercial bank) + [Old Mutual Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/old-mutual) (Old Mutual Bank South Africa; Old Mutual JSE: OMU subsidiary) + [MTN Mobile Money](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/standards/mtn-mobile-money) (MTN MoMo South African mobile money; ~75M+ MTN MoMo users across 16 African countries).

**Regulators**: SARB South African Reserve Bank + Prudential Authority + PRA UK + FCA UK + national regulators across 8+ countries.

## Status

**Active, JSE:INL + LSE:INVP + South African + UK private wealth management + specialist commercial bank + Investec founder Stephen Koseff + Bernard Kantor founding partners ~5%+ + Public Investment Corporation South African pension fund ~10%+ + one of South Africa's largest private wealth management banks** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.investec.com/ "Investec — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investec "Investec — Wikipedia"
[za-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/ZA

- [1] [Investec — official][1]
- [2] [Investec — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[South Africa report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/ZA)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/ZA-south-africa.md`

## Source

Biography extracted from [investec.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/investec). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.