How regional Saccos will benefit from Coop Bank’s new structure

Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)-listed lender Co-operative Bank of Kenya will be reorganising its corporate structure into a Non-Operating Holding Company arrangement, separating its listed parent entity from its licensed banking operations under a group holding structure. According to a cautionary notice issued by the bank’s board and approved by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA), the…

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Coffee reforms bear fruits as farmers request to be paid in dollars

In the past year, coffee reforms have led to the auction of 496,440 bags of coffee through the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) earning the country more than KSh17 billion. The reforms steered by NCE and Capital Markets Authority (CMA) have been ranked the best as the system has been transparent to benefit the farmers in…

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Government plans to merge CMA, IRA and SASRA

The Government intends to merge three major financial regulatory bodies in the country to enhance service delivery, avoiding duplication of roles and reduce bureaucracy. According to reports, Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi said recently that the three regulatory bodies are Saccos Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA), Capital Markets Authority (CMA), and the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA)….

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