Tag: CBK

Treasury imposes hiring and cash limitations in expenditures

As part of a broad range of steps to combat the wastage of public funds…

Pain for borrowers as key lending rate is raised

It will be Pain for borrowers as key lending rate is raised highest in seven…

Shilling to fall to150 against dollar next June

According to a recent Treasury report, the nation would spend Ksh301,513,774,986 in total to purchase…

Kenyans abroad avoiding banks

According to the World Bank, the reduced exchange rate and cash transfer fees in the…

CBK approves Faraja lending product.

After nearly a year of waiting for regulatory approval, the Faraja product will be released…

Rwanda top profit earner for Kenyan banks

Rwanda contributed the highest volume of profit earnings for Kenyan bank subsidiaries in East Africa…

Four counties hold 55% of all bank branches in Kenya

Four counties account for more than half of all the bank branches in Kenya, revealing…

The shrinking shilling: What we must do to save the Hustlers economy

A memorable insight into the link between the power of economic policy and leadership came…

How Nigerian techies wired Sh276bn without CBK nod

As the world toasted Nigeria’s Olugbenga Agboola as Africa’s freshly minted tech billionaire, Kenyan authorities…

Bank dollar market rate hits record Sh134 on high demand

Retail dollar buyers are paying up to Sh134 per unit in Kenyan banking halls as the demand for the…