# Standard Bank Namibia

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/standard-bank-namibia
> research date 2026-05-30 · extracted at 2026-10-07
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [Standard Bank Namibia — official](https://www.standardbank.com.na/)

## Overview

**Standard Bank Namibia** is **Standard Bank Group South African parent JSE: SBK** + **Africa's largest banking group by assets** + **Namibian commercial bank subsidiary** <sup>[1][1], [Namibia report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/NA)</sup>.

## History

**1915 — Standard Bank Namibia founded under colonial South African Standard Bank heritage**.

**1990 — Namibian independence + Standard Bank Namibia operates as Standard Bank Group subsidiary**.

**2014 — Standard Bank Namibia Mobile Banking app launch**.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **Standard Bank Namibia Holdings Limited** (Standard Bank Group South African parent subsidiary).

**Major shareholders**: **Standard Bank Group (JSE: SBK; Africa's largest banking group by assets) controlling + Namibian retail + institutional + foreign investors**.

**Regulators**: **BoN (Bank of Namibia)**.

## Technical integration

Standard Bank Namibia mobile app (iOS + Android) + standardbank.com.na online + Standard Bank Namibia branch network + Standard Bank Namibia Visa + Mastercard cards; NA IBAN + NAMSwitch.

## Implementations & partners

**Standard Bank Group parent**: [Standard Bank](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/standard-bank) (Standard Bank South Africa; Standard Bank Group; Africa's largest banking group by assets + 20+ African countries).

**Major Namibian banking + payments competitors**: [FNB Namibia](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/fnb-namibia) (FNB Namibia; NSX: FNB; FirstRand Group South African parent ~58.4% controlling; Namibia's largest commercial bank by assets) + [Bank Windhoek (Namibia)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bank-windhoek) (Bank Windhoek; NSX: CGP; Capricorn Group; Namibian commercial bank) + Nedbank Namibia (Nedbank Namibia; Nedbank Group South African parent subsidiary).

**Regulator**: BoN.

## Status

**Active, Standard Bank Group South African parent JSE:SBK + Africa's largest banking group by assets + Namibian commercial bank subsidiary** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.standardbank.com.na/ "Standard Bank Namibia — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Bank "Standard Bank — Wikipedia"
[na-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/NA

- [1] [Standard Bank Namibia — official][1]
- [2] [Standard Bank — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[Namibia report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/NA)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/NA-namibia.md`

## Source

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