Have a credit card with Standard Bank? Fraudsters may be after you

Standard Bank has lifted the lid a little on the extent of a privacy breach that is believed to have affected some of its customers. South Africans who have credit accounts with the biggest lender in Africa by assets woke up to an email informing them that some of their credit card information had been compromised. This is the latest discovery by the bank following a breach that it experienced on 23 March 2026.

“We understand that trust is earned, and we are committed to being transparent and proactive in keeping you informed,” said the lender in the email to customers. Previously, the lender had said only personal information was compromised by the data breach, but now it seems their investigations keep revealing more has been leaked. According to information gathered byThe Citizenthe latest information by investigators at Standard Bank has revealed that credit card numbers and expiry dates have been compromised.

However, the email to clients only said “Credit Card Number”. Additionally, bank statements have been compromised. The bank on Tuesday referredThe Citizento an earlier update on the breach, but omitted an edit that confirmed that contact details, such as phone numbers or email addresses, and account numbers had been compromised Information given toThe Citizensuggested that the ‘majority’ of its credit card customers may have been affected, but this was completely rejected by the bank.

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The lender said only some of its 19.6 million South African customers have been affected by the breach. “In a limited number of cases, the affected information also includes credit card details, specifically card number and expiry date, but CVV numbers are not impacted,” the bank toldThe Citizen. “We are communicating directly with those clients and proactively replacing their cards as a precaution.”

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