Tag: Kenya Banking

Absa, Unilever roll out $31 million SME finance program      

Absa Unilever SME finance program expands access to working capital for Kenyan SMEs via a $31 million supply chain facility.

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KCB eyes $54 million windfall from Prime Kenya land sale

KCB Group Plc, East Africa’s largest banking group by assets, is moving ahead with plans to raise about $54 million, or roughly Sh7 billion, from the sale of a long-disputed 2,000-acre parcel in Mavoko, Athi River. The land, tied to a past loan settlement, has become one of the bank’s most complex recovery cases in recent years.  The lender is…

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Standard Chartered to sell East Africa HQ as it scales back presence 

Standard Chartered sells its Nairobi headquarters as part of an Africa and Middle East restructuring focused on efficiency and wealth banking.

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KCB Group expands into fintech with strategic stake in Pesapal

KCB expands into fintech, strengthening its digital payments network.

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