Editing Standard Chartered (section)

====Standard Bank====
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The Standard Bank was a British bank founded in the [[Cape Province]] of [[South Africa]] in 1862 by Scot, [[John Paterson (Cape politician)|John Paterson]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Amphlett |first=George Thomas |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofstandar00amphuoft |title=History of the Standard Bank of South Africa ltd., 1862-1913 |publisher=Printed by R. Maclehose |year=1914 |location=Glasgow |page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofstandar00amphuoft/page/3 3]}}</ref> Having established a considerable number of branches Standard was prominent in financing the development of the diamond fields of Kimberley from 1867 and later extended its network further north to the new town of [[Johannesburg]] when gold was discovered there in 1885. Half the output of the second largest gold field in the world passed through the Standard Bank on its way to [[London]]. Standard expanded widely in [[Africa]] over the years, but from 1883 to 1962 was formally known as the Standard Bank of South Africa. In 1962 the bank changed its name to Standard Bank Limited, and the [[South Africa]]n operations became a separate subsidiary that took the parent bank's previous name, [[Standard Bank|Standard Bank of South Africa]] Ltd.<ref name="history" />