Stanley holds a Master’s degree in Economics and a BCom. degree in Accounting from the University of South Africa, Pretoria. He has had extensive banking and IT experience, 33 of which were with the Standard Bank of South Africa. He also filled several industry level roles in South Africa. This included that of Chairman of the South African interbank PASA Risk Committee, member of the South African Clearing Bankers Association’s ERAG Group and of having represented South Africa at UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission for International Trade Law) in New York, during the 1990s in the formulation of the foundational international legal concepts for electronic banking.

He has had extensive exposure to banking practice and banking operations in a number of countries including the USA, United Kingdom, South Africa, Israel, Europe and Australia. He has also acted as advisor to a number of central banks on payment systems, oversight, policy and payments risk issues.

In recent years he spent time in the high-tech sector as a payment systems designer and consultant to a global payments software developer – having spent time in their Tel-Aviv, Jersey City, London and Melbourne offices.

From 2002 until 2022 he was a Director of Citadel Advantage Ltd., an international banking, risk management and training consultancy.

Today Stanley is an independent specialist and writer in banking, finance and fintech, providing online training and consultation services in the areas of Operations Risk Management, Fintech, Payments, Banking and Business Processes.