Home affairs minister Leon Schreiber has announced that Standard Bank has signed up for the department’s new digital partnership model to expand smart ID and passport services to more bank branches.
Standard Bank is the third bank to join the partnership model after Capitec and FNB joined on Monday, 11 August 2025.
“I am proud to announce that Standard Bank has just become the third bank to sign up to our new digital partnership model,” said Schreiber.
The new partnership model aims to expand these services to…
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