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Job cuts pay dividends for Standard Bank

Standard Bank's job cutting initiative - that saw 1700 people lose their jobs - contributed to it's earnings rise of 11% to R6,6 billion for the first six months of its financial year according to Business Report.
Job cuts pay dividends for Standard Bank

The bank's group chief executive Jacko Maree says that there had been a 22% decline in the cost of bad debts, which had fallen to R2,97 billion and operating expenses had also fallen by 2% for the same period.

Business Report says that Standard Bank is aiming to save US$75 million (about R537 million) in annualised operating cost cuts for its international operations.

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