摘要:Standard, founded in 1996 in South Africa, is an online trading platform that offers diverse products, including shares, futures, CFDs, and ETPs via its Standard Online Share Trading and ViewPoint platforms. A minimum deposit of R50,000.00 is required for the Money Market Account.
| Standard Review Summary | |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Registered Country/Region | South Africa |
| Regulation | FSCA (Suspicious Clone) |
| Products | Shares, Warrants, Futures, CFDs, ETPs, and Tax-Free Investing |
| Trading Platform | Standard Online Share Trading, ViewPoint |
| Minimum Deposit | R50,000.00 |
| Customer Support | South Africa: 0860 121 161 |
| International: +27 11 415 5000 | |
| Email: securities@standardbank.co.za | |
Standard, founded in 1996 in South Africa, is an online trading platform that offers diverse products, including shares, futures, CFDs, and ETPs via its Standard Online Share Trading and ViewPoint platforms. A minimum deposit of R50,000.00 is required for the Money Market Account.

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Standard's regulatory status is listed as “Suspicious Clone,” despite claiming to be regulated by South Africa's Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) under a financial services corporate license with number 26691.
| Regulatory Authority | Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) |
| Current Status | Suspicious Clone |
| Regulated by | South Africa |
| Licensed Entity | SBG Securities (Pty) Ltd |
| Licensed Type | Financial Service Corporate |
| Licensed Number | 26691 |

Standard provides various investment products, including shares, warrants, share instalments, futures, contracts for difference (CFDs), and exchange-traded products (ETPs), along with a tax-free investing option for selected JSE-listed instruments.

| Products | Costs |
| Shares | - Headline brokerage rate of 0.5% |
| - R110 minimum applies | |
| Contracts for Difference (CFD) | - Fixed brokerage fee of R50 |
| - Market-makers commission of 0.35% will be incurred per transaction | |
| - The exit leg of positions opened and closed on the same day will incur a reduced market-makers commission of 0.20% as a day trader's account | |
| Index futures | - R12.50 per contract plus VAT |
| Commodity futures | - 0.1% of the value of the underlying contract |
| - R110 minimum applies | |
| Currency futures | - R15 per contract plus VAT |
| Warrants and share instalments | - A flat brokerage fee of R50 per deal (if traded in a warrants account) |
| - Applies no matter how large your warrants deal is | |
| - NO STT is charged on warrant trades | |
| - Note: Normal shares cannot be traded in a warrants account | |
| Single stock futures (SSF) | - A brokerage rate of 0.4% will be incurred per transaction with a minimum of R110 |

| Trading Platform | Supported | Available Devices |
| Standard Online Share Trading | ✔ | Desktop |
| Standard Online Share Trading | ✔ | Tablet, Mobile |
| ViewPoint | ✔ | Web |

The minimum deposit for the Money Market Account is R50,000.00 (fifty thousand rand).
