Bad debt, earnings weigh on Standard Bank

23 August 2020 - 00:09 By HILARY JOFFE

Presenting bleak first-half results this week, Standard Bank Group CEO Sim Tshabalala offered insights on the debt relief customers have sought from the bank - and on why there has been limited appetite for the R200bn government-backed loan guarantee scheme intended to help small and medium companies weather the Covid crisis...

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