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KCB Bank grows first quarter profit by 53 per cent to KSh16 billion

Sacco ReviewMay 22, 202403 mins

Kenya’s KCB Group’s pretax profit for the first quarter of this year jumped 53 per cent, assisted by higher interest income, it announced on Wednesday, May 22. The lender, which also operates in Uganda ,Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, and Burundi, said pretax profit rose to KSh21.16 billion from KSh13.85 billion in the…

KCB to sell National Bank of Kenya

Sacco ReviewMarch 22, 2024March 22, 202402 mins

Kenya’s KCB Group has said it will sell its subsidiary National Bank of Kenya (NBK) to Nigeria’s Access Group. During an investor briefing on Wednesday March 30, the KCB’s Chief Executive Paul Russo, said the deal was struck at 1.25 times book value, but did not give the exact figure. He said, “The right thing to…