Equity Bank will inherit over 20,000 depositors and 3,700 loan customers in the teachers-owned Spire Bank by November after signing a buyout deal that will see Mwalimu Sacco pay Sh1.7 …
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Global economists have marginally upgraded Kenya’s growth outlook for this year following the peaceful conclusion of a closely-contested presidential vote despite soaring cost of living and mounting public debt stress. …
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AirtelBanking, Finance & InvestmentEastern AfricaEconomy
Kenya’s Third GDP is handled by Mobile money agents in six months
One in every three shillings spent by consumers, businesses, and the government in Kenya in the first six months of the year moved through mobile money, cementing the country’s position …
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Banking, Finance & InvestmentEconomyKenya
kenya Bank loan bilking cross half a trillion for the first time
Bank loan defaults have crossed the half a trillion shilling mark for the first time, setting up thousands of borrowers for property seizures in an economy hit with reduced cash …
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American digital bank UMBA recently acquired a majority stake in Daraja, a deposit-taking microfinance bank, in the latest purchase that has made the loss-making industry a target for acquisitions. The …
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Eastern AfricaEconomyINVESTMENT
Investors in Kenya hesitant to lend the State billions of shilling in a push
Investors are unwilling to lend the government billions of shillings in a push for higher interest rates, signalling a funding headache that awaits the incoming administration. The August Treasury bond …
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Banking, Finance & InvestmentBusinessEastern Africa
Q1 Private Sector Credit Growth a double-digit growth in quarter of this Year
For the first time since 2017, private sector credit growth recorded double-digit growth in quarter one of this year according to the latest data from the Central Bank of Kenya. …
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Banking, Finance & InvestmentBusinessEastern AfricaEconomy
CBK Retains Base Lending Rate at 7.5% Per Cent as global Inflation
The Central Bank of Kenya(CBK) has retained the base lending rate at 7.5 per cent even as global inflation remains elevated. CBK raised the rate from 7 per cent in …
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The Treasury will not invoke the law that allows the government to control the prices of essential goods in reaction to the surge in inflation. Treasury Principal Secretary Julius Muia …
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Banking, Finance & InvestmentBuildingBusinessEconomy
CBK Floats 18-Yr Infrastructure Bond Worth KSh 20B
The Central Bank of Kenya(CBK) has floated an 18-year Infrastructure bond worth KSh 20 billion that has been on sale between 28th June 2022 and 7th July 2022 or upon …