bank kenya industry financial services founded 1981 headquarters mebank tower milimani street nairobi kenya key people a.a.k. esmail chairman dhirendra rana managing director revenue us 513 500 kes 44.342 million 2012 total assets us 70 million kes 5.87 billion 2012 website homepage middle east bank kenya mebk whose full name is middle east bank kenya limited is a commercial bank in kenya the largest economy in the east african community . it is licensed by the central bank of kenya cbk the central bank and national banking regulator . 1 contents 1 overview 2 history 3 ownership 4 branch network 5 see also 6 references 7 external links overview edit the bank is a small but growing retail bank that focuses on meeting the needs of large corporations and high net worth individuals . as of december 2013 update the bank was ranked number 41 by assets out of a total of 43 commercial banks in kenya . 2 as of december 2012 update the bank s total assets were valued at about us 70 million kes 5.87 billion with shareholders equity of approximately us 13 million kes 1.124 billion . 3 history edit middle east bank kenya started operations in kenya in august 1981 after receiving a banking licence from the central bank of kenya the national banking regulator . the initial shareholders in the bank were the al futtaim group affiliated with the middle east bank group of united arab emirates . in 1991 the al futtaim group divested from the bank leaving shareholding in kenyan hands . in 1995 banque belgolaise a belgian financial institution acquired 25 % shareholding in middle east bank kenya becoming the single largest shareholder . as a result of multiple bank mergers and acquisitions that 25 % shareholding subsequently came to be owned by bnp paribas fortis . 75 % shareholding remains in private kenyan hands . 4 ownership edit the shares of stock of meddle east bank kenya are privately held . the largest single shareholder with 25 % shareholding is bnp paribas fortis a belgian financial services provider that is a subsidiary of bnp paribas a french banking conglomerate that is the largest banking group in the world . shareholding in meddle east bank is depicted in the table below middle east bank kenya stock ownership rank name of owner percentage ownership 1 bnp paribas fortis of belgium 25.00 2 institutional and individual kenyan investors 75.00 total 100.00 branch network edit as of august 2010 update the bank maintains its headquarters in nairobi kenya s capital and largest city . it has three branches ; two in nairobi and another in mombasa kenya s second largest city . 5 main branch mebank tower milimani road nairobi industrial area branch butere road off dar es salaam road nairobi mombasa branch nyerere avenue mombasa see also edit list of banks in kenya central bank of kenya economy of kenya references edit cbk . directory of commercial banks and mortgage finance companies pdf . central bank of kenya cbk . retrieved 6 august 2014 . bankelele . 28 april 2014 . kenya bank rankings by assets in 2013 . bankelele.co.ke . retrieved 6 august 2014 . mebk . audited financial statements and other disclosures as at 31 december 2012 . middle east bank kenya mebk . retrieved 6 august 2014 . mebk . history of middle east bank kenya . middle east bank kenya mebk . retrieved 6 august 2014 . mebk . the branches of middle east bank kenya . middle east bank kenya mebk . retrieved 6 august 2014 . external links edit website of middle east bank kenya website of central bank of kenya addresses of major kenyan commercial banks v t e banks of kenya central bank central bank of kenya commercial bank african banking corporation bank of africa barclays bank bank of baroda bank of india cfc stanbic bank chase bank citibank na kenya commercial bank of africa consolidated bank of kenya cooperative bank of kenya credit bank development bank of kenya diamond trust bank east african development bank ecobank kenya equity bank family bank fidelitybank first community bank giro commercial bank guaranty trust bank kenya guardian bank gulf african bank habib bank habib bank ag zurich housing finance company of kenya i & m bank limited imperial bank limited jamii bora bank kenya commercial bank middle east bank kenya m oriental bank national bank of kenya nic bank paramount universal bank post bank prime bank sidian bank spire bank standard chartered kenya trans national bank kenya united bank for africa victoria commercial bank financial services organization diamond trust bank group equity group holdings limited commercial bank of africa group guaranty trust bank east africa i & m bank group kenya commercial bank group nic bank group foreign banks bank of china bank of kigali hdfc bank nedbank the hongkong and shanghai banking corporation first rand defunct banks dubai bank kenya euro bank microfinance institutions faulu microfinance bank limited smep microfinance bank kenya women microfinance bank related topics automated teller machine atm atm usage fees de materialisation demat foreign exchange forex financial services real time gross settlement rtgs national electronic fund transfer neft structured financial messaging system sfms retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title middle east bank kenya & oldid 685774826 categories banks of kenyacompanies of kenyacompanies based in nairobibanks established in 19811981 establishments in kenyaeconomy of kenyanairobihidden categories articles containing potentially dated statements from december 2013all articles containing potentially dated statementsarticles containing potentially dated statements from december 2012articles containing potentially dated statements from august 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 october 2015 at 22 32 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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