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Equity Group’s Half-Year 2025 Results: Navigating Profit, Pressure, and Pan-African Growth

Equity Group, one of East Africa’s most influential financial institutions, has released its half-year results for 2025, painting a nuanced picture of profitability, regional expansion

East African Banking in Focus: Q1 2025 Earnings Deep Dive

At the close of the first quarter of 2025, the East African banking landscape unfolded with striking contrasts, an industry both resilient and evolving, buoyed

Digital Lending & Credit Scoring: Reimagining Trust in the Informal Economy

In a continent where cash still dominates and formal credit remains elusive for millions, digital lending has emerged as one of the most transformative forces shaping

Co-operative Bank Maintains Steady Momentum with Focus on MSMEs and Cost Discipline

Co-operative Bank of Kenya has posted a steady financial performance for the first half of 2025, with a profit after tax of KES 13.8 billion,

JCR affirms Afreximbank’s A-issuer Credit Rating

Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd. (JCR) has affirmed African Export-Import Bank’s (Afreximbank )A- issuer credit rating with a stable outlook. The rating reflects JCR’s assessment

KCB Bank Reaffirms Commitment to Driving Growth, Sustainability

KCB Bank has reaffirmed its commitment to driving growth and sustainability in Kenya’s oil and gas industry by deepening strategic collaboration across the value chain.

CBK Issues Revised Risk-Based Credit Pricing Model

Issuance of Revised Risk-Based Credit Pricing Model The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) announces the issuance of a revised Risk-Based Credit Pricing Model (RBCPM) for

StanChart Report: Growing Appetite for Transition Investing

Standard Chartered reveals growing appetite for transition investing in latest Sustainable Banking Report Newresearch shows that 87% of high-net-worth investors are interested in transition investing Barriersto investing include perception of higher risks, lack of benchmarking and perception of low returns Furtherawareness needed to bridge the knowledge gap around transition investing Standard Chartered has released new research that points to growing

CBK invites Public Comments on DCPs Regulations 2025

Invitation for Comments on the Draft Central Bank of Kenya(CBK) (Non-Deposit Taking Credit Providers (DCPs) Regulations, 2025; The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Act was