07/28/2023

Bank loan rates rise past 20pc in repricing cycle

Customers at Standard Chartered meanwhile face interest rates of as high as 16.5 percent after the lender changed its base lending rate to 10.5 percent from 10 percent previously, effective from August 5.

07/17/2023

First Bank, Ecobank, others drag equity market down by N257bn

A total of 5,246 billion shares worth N63.417bn were traded in 57,234 deals by investors on the floor of the Exchange last week, compared to a total of 9,831 billion shares valued at N145.408bn that exchanged hands last week in 54,478 deals.

06/29/2023

Kenyans default on Sh83bn bank loans in 4 months

The stock of bad loans rose from Sh487.7 billion in December to close April at Sh570.6 billion, with the worsening of the NPLs ratio in May pointing to a further rise in non-payments.