kenya limited type private company industry banking founded 2015 headquarters kencom house moi avenue nairobi kenya and kcb plaza upperhill nairobi kenya key people ngeny biwott chairman 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 also kcb bank kenya is a financial services provider headquartered in nairobi kenya . it is licensed as a commercial bank by the central bank of kenya the central bank and national banking regulator . 1 contents 1 overview 2 history 3 ownership 4 kenya commercial bank group 5 branch network 6 officers & management 7 see also 8 references 9 external links overview edit 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 . 2 history edit 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 building on nairoby 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 . 3 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 . 3 ownership edit kcb bank kenya is a wholly owned subsidiary of the kcb group . making it a member of the kcb group . kenya commercial bank group edit main article kcb group limited kenya commercial bank is a member of the kcb group of companies . kcb group companies include 4 kcb bank kenya limited nairobi kenya kcb bank burundi limited bujumbura burundi kcb bank rwanda limited kigali rwanda kcb bank south sudan limited juba south sudan kcb bank tanzania limited dar es salaam tanzania kcb bank uganda limited kampala uganda kcb foundation limited nairobi kenya kcb sports sponsorship limited nairobi kenya savings & loan kenya limited nairobi kenya shares of kenya commercial bank group kcb group are listed on the nairobi stock exchange nse under the symbol kcb . the group s stock is also cross listed on the uganda securities exchange use the rwanda stock exchange rse and the dar es salaam stock exchange dse . 5 branch network edit as of december 2015 kcb has more than 250 branches throughout kenya making it the largest banking network in the country . it has the largest number of own branded atms in kenya . at that time it served over 7 million account holders . 6 officers & management edit the chairman of the bank s board of directors is ng eny biwott and the managing director and the chief executive officer of the bank is joshua oigara . 3 see also edit kcb group kcb burundi kcb rwanda kcb south sudan kcb tanzania kcb uganda list of banks in kenya references edit cbk 19 april 2016 . directory of licenced commercial banks mortgage finance institutions and authorised non operating bank holding companies commercial banks pdf . central bank of kenya cbk . retrieved 19 april 2016 . achuka vincent 16 april 2016 . kenya local and foreign suitors jostle to buy chase bank . daily nation via allafrica.com . nairobi . retrieved 19 april 2016 . a b c kcbgl 22 april 2015 . ratification of incorporation of wholly owned subsidiary and proposal for the transfer of banking business assets and liabilities to that subsidiary pdf . nairobi kcb group limited kcbgl . retrieved 20 april 2016 . kcbgl 15 may 2015 . kcb shareholders approve new group holding company dividend payout . nairobi kcb group limited kcbgl . retrieved 20 april 2016 . anyanzwa james 30 january 2016 . cross listed stocks could cut growth of bourses . the eastafrican . nairobi . retrieved 20 april 2016 . managing editor 22 december 2015 . kenya commercial bank analysis . nairobi kenyanwallstreet.com . retrieved 20 april 2016 . external links edit website of kcb bank kenya limited v t e kenya commercial bank group banking kcb burundi kcb kenya kcb rwanda kcb south sudan kcb tanzania kcb uganda buildings kenya commercial bank plaza kencom house 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 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 kcb bank kenya limited & oldid 743572776 categories banks of kenyacompanies of 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