KCB Bank Kenya Limited
commercial bank in Kenya
KCB Bank Kenya Limited is a financial services provider headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. It is licensed as a commercial bank, by the Central Bank of Kenya, the national banking regulator. The bank has also been running an agency banking model.
Overview
As of December 2015, KCB Bank Kenya was the largest commercial bank in Kenya, with assets of more than US$3.681 billion (KES:366 billion) and US$2.776 billion (KES:276 billion) in customer deposits. In August 2021, the bank recorded a customer deposit growth to USD5.47 billion (KES:601.7 billion) and had an asset base value of USD7.09 billion (KES:7.09 billion). During that time, it had 201 branches, 397 ATMs, and registered 15,273 agents and merchant outlets spread across Kenya.
History
KCB Bank Kenya began in July 1896 when its parent company, KCB Group, was formed as a branch of the National Bank of India in Mombasa. In 1958, Grindlays Bank merged with the National Bank of India to form the National and Grindlays Bank. Upon independence, the government of Kenya acquired 60% shareholding in National & Grindlays Bank. In 1970, the government took full control of the bank and renamed it to Kenya Commercial Bank Group.
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