Standard Bank is witnessing some pockets of consumer strain as interest rates continue to rise. More customers have chosen to go into debt review this year.
Standard Bank has rejected claims that it has been involved in rand manipulation, labelling the allegations as "false and inaccurate."
The bank is among two-dozen foreign and local banks that competition authorities are investigating over allegations of manipulating the value of the rand exchange rate between 2007 and 2013.
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