Central Bank of Kenya

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  Companies

  In a first, more Kenyans are on M-Pesa than on Safaricom’s mobile network

  Adonijah Ndege

  19th November 2025

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  Banking

  Kenya’s KCB Group to acquire minority stake in payments firm Pesapal

  Adonijah Ndege

  3rd November 2025

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  Regulation

  Why Kenya wants to cut M-PESA, Airtel Money transaction fees

  Adonijah Ndege

  29th September 2025

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  Analysis, Regulation

  Kenya’s Central Bank, the guard dog that won’t bite

  Adonijah Ndege

  26th September 2025

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  Analysis, Banking

  Kenya’s central bank blames hackers for mobile banking fraud, but insiders may be the real threat

  Adonijah Ndege

  17th September 2025

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  News

  Kenya’s digital lenders disburse $594 million since 2022 as regulator tightens rules

  Kenn Abuya

  5th September 2025

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  Banking, Regulation

  Kenyan bank staff will no longer enjoy cheaper loans under new CBK pricing model

  Adonijah Ndege

  1st September 2025

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  Banking, Regulation

  Kenya’s Central Bank overhauls loan pricing model with new interbank benchmark

  Adonijah Ndege

  27th August 2025

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  News

  Kenya’s Central Bank fines 11 banks for lending, capital and governance breaches

  Kenn Abuya

  11th August 2025

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  Banking

  Kenya’s central bank to licence non-bank lenders with loan books exceeding $155,000

  Kenn Abuya

  8th August 2025

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  Banking, Cybersecurity

  Kenyan bank CEOs warn of cybersecurity talent shortage as attacks surge

  Adonijah Ndege

  24th June 2025

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  Banking, Kenya

  KCB Group’s Paul Russo tops $9.3 million payday for Kenyan bank CEOs

  Adonijah Ndege

  16th June 2025

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  News, Regulation

  Kenya proposes ban on cashless-only payments below $775 under new bill

  Adonijah Ndege

  13th May 2025

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  Banking, News

  Access Bank, ABC top five lenders risking CBK penalties for raising loan rates

  Adonijah Ndege

  12th May 2025

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  Banking, News

  Kenyan banks reject Central Bank’s new loan pricing model

  Adonijah Ndege

  1st May 2025

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  Banking, Kenya, News, Regulation

  Kenya to scrap risk-based loan pricing in push for lower interest rates

  Adonijah Ndege

  23rd April 2025

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  Banking, Regulation

  Kenya’s Central Bank sets 18-month deadline for banks to disclose climate risks

  Adonijah Ndege

  7th April 2025

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  Banking

  Nigeria’s NIBBS, Ceva, lobby Ruto to build Kenya’s new payment system

  Adonijah Ndege

  24th March 2025

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  Telecoms

  Safaricom’s M-PESA decline continues as Airtel Money gains

  Adonijah Ndege

  20th March 2025

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  News

  Kenyan CEOs say rising business costs and tax burden threaten economic growth

  Adonijah Ndege

  24th February 2025

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  Banking, News

  Kenyan banks race to cut lending rates as Central Bank threatens daily fines

  Adonijah Ndege

  14th February 2025

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  Banking

  Kenyan banks push for Pesalink upgrade as CBK eyes new real-time payment system

  Adonijah Ndege

  6th January 2025

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  Banking, Companies, East Africa, Kenya, Regulation

  Kenyan banks to lower interest rates following pressure from the Central Bank

  Adonijah Ndege

  9th December 2024

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  Banking, News

  Kenya’s parliament proposes 8-year timeline for banks to meet new capital requirements 

  Adonijah Ndege

  4th December 2024

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  Banking, Companies

  Kenya’s central bank says UBA breached capital rules  

  Adonijah Ndege

  28th October 2024

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  Banking, News

  Kenya’s central bank plans instant payment system across all banks and fintechs 

  Kenn Abuya

  18th October 2024

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  Banking, News

  Kenya cuts key benchmark rate to 12%

  Kenn Abuya

  8th October 2024

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  Banking

  Kenyan commercial banks to start tracking high-value transactions

  Kenn Abuya

  8th August 2024

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  Banking, East Africa, Kenya

  Kenya banks’ assets down 2.7% to $58.2 billion

  Adonijah Ndege

  5th August 2024

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  Banking, East Africa, Kenya, News

  Kenya hikes minimum bank capital 10-fold to match regional peers

  Adonijah Ndege

  14th June 2024

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  News

  Kenya holds interest rates at 13% as the exchange rate stabilises

  Kenn Abuya

  5th June 2024

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  News

  Central Bank of Kenya maintains interest rates at 13% as inflation eases

  Adonijah Ndege

  3rd April 2024

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  Newsletters, TC Daily

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  Timi Odueso

  24th August 2023

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  News

  Kenya boosts payments interoperability with state-backed QR codes

  Kenn Abuya

  3rd May 2023

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  Ecosystem, FinTech

  CBK’s slow licencing process is an existential risk for Kenyan digital lenders

  Caleb Nnamani

  29th March 2023

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  Newsletters, TC Daily

  👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – A $50 million pan-African fund

  Timi Odueso

  28th March 2023

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  Newsletters, TC Daily

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  Timi Odueso

  24th March 2023

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  Newsletters, TC Daily

  👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Bolt to invest $530 million in Africa

  Timi Odueso

  21st February 2023

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  Newsletters, TC Daily

  👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – Flutterwave flies free in Kenya

  Timi Odueso

  6th February 2023

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  Newsletters, TC Daily

  👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily – More digital lenders in Kenya

  Timi Odueso

  31st January 2023