KCB Bank Kenya Limited
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| Private company | |
| Industry | Banking |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Headquarters | Kencom House, Moi Avenue, Nairobi, Kenya and KCB Plaza, Upperhill, Nairobi, Kenya |
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Key people
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Ngeny Biwott Chairman Joshua Oigara Chief Executive Officer |
| Products | Loans, credit cards, savings, investments, mortgages |
| Revenue |
 : Aftertax: US$104.9 million (KES:8.8 billion) (2010) |
| Total assets | US$3.681 billion+ (KES:366 billion) (2015) |
| Parent | KCB Group |
| Website | Homepage |
KCB Bank Kenya Limited is a financial services provider headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. It is licensed as a commercial bank, by the Central Bank of Kenya, the national banking regulator. The bank has also been running Agency banking model.
As of December 2015, KCB Bank Kenya was the largest commercial bank in Kenya with assets of more than US$3.681 billion (KES:366 billion) and US$2.776 billion (KES:276 billion) in customer deposits.
KCB Bank Kenya roots trace back to July 1896 when its parent company, KCB Group, was formed as a branch of the National Bank of India in Mombasa. In 1958, Grindlays Bank merged with the National Bank of India to form the National and Grindlays Bank. Upon independence, the Government of Kenya acquired 60% shareholding in National & Grindlays Bank in an effort to bring banking closer to the majority of Kenyans. In 1970, the Government took full control of the Bank and renamed it to Kenya Commercial Bank Group.
KCB Bank Kenya, as we now know it, was incorporated in 2015 as a result of the corporate restructure of Kenya Commercial Bank Group (KCB Group) Prior to November 2014, Prior to 2015, KCB Group was both a licensed bank and a holding company for its subsidiaries. This was in compliance with the Kenya Finance Act No.57 of 2012. KCB Group Limited announced, in April 2015, its intention to incorporate a new wholly owned subsidiary, KCB Bank Kenya Limited, to which it would transfer its Kenyan banking business, assets and liabilities. The re-organisation converted KCB Group Limited into a non-trading holding company that owns both banking and non-banking subsidiary companies.
KCB Bank Kenya is a wholly owned subsidiary of the KCB Group. Making it a member of the KCB Group.
KCB Bank Kenya Limited is a member of the KCB Group of companies. KCB Group companies include:
Shares of KCB Group are listed on the (NSE), under the symbol (KCB). The Group's stock is also cross listed on the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE), the (RSE) and the (DSE).
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