Standard Bank of SA Ltd

Standard Bank Instant EFT

Standard Bank Instant EFT

Add new beneficiary 

  • Select ‘payments and transfers’
  • Select ‘add new beneficiaries’
  • Enter OTP sent to your cellphone or email address
  • Enter your reference (this will display on the beneficiaries list)

Stop payments

Stop cheque and debit order payments without visiting a branch

Your message will be sent to your branch and will be actioned the following business day. All stop payments should be loaded 24hrs in advance.



  • Select ‘account services’
  • Select ‘stop payments’ in sub-menu
  • Select account to transact from
  • Enter home telephone number
  • Enter work telephone number
  • Enter cheque or debit order numbers
  • Enter amount
  • Enter date of the cheque or debit order
  • Enter beneficiary or payee name
  • Select a reason for the stop payment in drop-down menu
  • Select ‘continue’
  • Check details on confirmation screen
  • Select ‘confirm’

Payments and transfers

Inter-account transfers

Transfer funds between up to 100 linked accounts – provided your available credit balances are sufficient. Keep track of transfers with access to a 365-day history on all linked accounts. Only one MasterCard account may be linked per card registered for online banking.

  • Select ‘transfer between accounts’
  • Select account to transfer from in drop-down menu
  • Select account to transfer to in drop-down menu
  • Enter amount to transfer
  • Enter statement reference
  • Select ‘next’
  • Check transfer details on confirmation screen
  • Select ‘transfer’
  • Your electronic account payment (EAP) limit won’t be affected

Once-off payments (private)

  • Select ‘once-off payment’
  • Enter OTP sent to your cellphone or email address
  • Select account in drop-down menu
  • Enter reference for your records
  • Select beneficiary bank name
  • Enter beneficiary account number
  • Enter beneficiary reference for their records
  • Option to select ‘save beneficiary details’
  • Enter amount
  • Select ‘next’
  • Select ‘pay’

Once-off payments (company)

  • Select ‘once-off payment’
  • Enter OTP sent to your cellphone or email address
  • Select account in drop-down menu
  • Enter reference for your records
  • Search company name
  • Enter beneficiary name
  • Enter beneficiary reference for their records
  • Option to select ‘save beneficiary details’ 
  • Enter amount
  • Select ‘next’
  • Select ‘pay’

Once-off payments (single beneficiary)

Select and pay a single beneficiary. Choose to pay now, select future dates or repeat dates.



  • Select ‘pay single beneficiary’
  • Select beneficiary group or single beneficiary
  • Select account in drop-down menu
  • Enter reference number for your records
  • Enter beneficiary reference for their records
  • Enter amount
  • Choose to pay now, select future date, or repeat dates
  • Select ‘next’
  • Select ‘pay’

Optional payment confirmation

  • Tick the payment confirmation check box
  • Enter recipient name
  • Select delivery by SMS or email
  • Enter recipient details

Set up future-dated payments

Make future-dated payments using the pay multiple beneficiaries option.

  • Select ‘pay beneficiaries’
  • Select account in drop-down menu
  • Search and select beneficiary
  • Or select beneficiary group in drop-down menu
  • Edit beneficiary statement reference, if required (only for private beneficiaries)
  • Edit statement reference, if required
  • View last payment and date, if applicable
  • Enter amount
  • Select ‘next’
  • Enter dates or use the calendar to select future payment dates
  • Select ‘next’
  • Select ‘pay beneficiaries’

Manage future-dated and repeat payments

View, change and delete any future-dated or repeat payments.

  • Select ‘payments and transfers’
  • Select ‘future-dated transactions’ in second level menu
  • Select view and edit
  • Enter OTP sent to your cellphone or email address
  • Edit details as required
  • Select ‘next’
  • Select ‘pay beneficiary’

View transactional history



Access a one-year transaction history by specifying the transaction start and end dates.

  • Select ‘payments and transfers’
  • Select ‘transaction history’ in sub-menu
  • Select account in drop-down menu
  • Enter transaction period by date or using the calendar
  • Or enter the number of days to view payment and transfer history
  • View payments and transfers history

Add group payments

  • Select ‘payments and transfers’
  • Select ‘beneficiaries’
  • Select ‘create new group’
  • Enter group name
  • Select beneficiaries to add
  • Select ‘add beneficiary’
  • Save to create new group

Edit group payments

  • Select ‘payments and transfers’
  • Select ‘beneficiaries’
  • Select ‘edit/remove group’
  • Select group to edit

Delete group payments

  • Select ‘payments and transfers’
  • Select ‘beneficiaries’
  • Select ‘edit/remove group’
  • Select ‘delete’