KCB Group

As of June 2023, the Group had assets of US$12.84 billion (KSh:1.86 trillion) with shareholders' equity of US$1.5 billion (KSh:US$218 billion). In July 2015, news media reported that the group was pursuing expansion plans into the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, and Mozambique.{{cite web| work=Bloomberg News |date=30 July 2015 |access-date=21 April 2016 | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-30/kenya-commercial-bank-plans-to-raise-capital-to-expand-in-region | title=Kenya Commercial Bank to Raise Money for Expansion, Projects | author=Eric Ombok and Felix Njini}}

The history of Kenya Commercial Bank Limited dates back to July 1896, when its predecessor, the National Bank of India (NBI), opened a branch in Mombasa to handle the business that the port was attracting at that time.

In 1958, Grindlays Bank merged with the NBI to form the National and Grindlays Bank (NGB). Upon independence, the government of Kenya acquired 60 percent shareholding in NGB in an effort to bring banking closer to the majority of Kenyans. In 1970, the government acquired 100 percent of the shareholding in NGB to take full control of the largest commercial bank in Kenya. NGB was then renamed Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB). In 1972, KCB acquired Savings & Loan Kenya Limited, which specialized in mortgage finance.

In 1988, the first 20 percent of the government's shares in the company were sold through an Initial public offering on the Nairobi Securities exchange. The government has over the years reduced its shareholding to 23.6 percent. In the rights issue of 2010, the government further reduced its shareholding to 17.31 percent.

KCB Tanzania Limited was incorporated in Dar es Salaam in 1997. Since then, KCB has opened 11 more branches in Tanzania. In May 2006, KCB extended its operations to South Sudan following licensing of KCB Sudan. This subsidiary now has over 20 branches in that country. In November 2007, KCB Bank Uganda Limited was opened. KCB currently has 14 branches in Uganda. In December 2008, KCB Rwanda began operations with one branch at Kigali. There are currently 11 branches spread out in the country. In 2012, KCB registered a subsidiary in Burundi, KCB Burundi, becoming the first bank in the region to be presented in all the African Great Lakes countries.

Before 2015, KCB was both a licensed bank and a holding company for its subsidiaries. In compliance with the Kenya Finance Act No. 57 of 2012, KCB Group 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 into a non-trading holding company that owns both banking and non-banking subsidiary companies.{{cite web|url=https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/business/2016/01/kcb-forms-holding-company-unbundles-operating-entities/|title=KCB forms holding company, unbundles operating entities|last=Wahito|first=Margaret|date=4 January 2016|publisher=98.4 Capital FM|location=Nairobi|access-date=26 October 2018}}

The shares of KCB Group are listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange under the symbol KCB. The Group's stock is cross listed on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange, the Rwanda Stock Exchange, and the Uganda Securities Exchange.{{Cite news|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200806160606.html|title=Tanzania: KCB is Now Listed At the Dar Bourse|last=Afandi|first=Christine|date=2008-06-16|work=The East African (Nairobi)|access-date=2017-08-23}}

As of 31 December 2023, the ten largest shareholders in the KCB Group were as listed below:{{Cite web |date=31 December 2023 |title=KCB Group 2023 Integrated Report and Financial Statements |url=https://kcbgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kcb-group-plc-2023-integrated-report-and-financial-statements.pdf |access-date=20 September 2024}}

The chairman of the bank's board of directors is Dr. Joseph Kinyua. Paul Russo is both the managing director and the chief executive officer of the banking group.{{cite web| work=Business Daily Africa | url=https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/corporate/companies/kcb-to-announce-new-ceo-this-week-3825774 |title=KCB picks insider Paul Russo as new CEO |date=24 May 2022 |author=Adonijah Ndege |access-date=25 May 2022 |location=Nairobi, Kenya}}

• KCB Bank Kenya Limited – Nairobi, Kenya {{flagicon|Kenya}}
• National Bank of Kenya – Nairobi, Kenya {{flagicon|Kenya}}
• BPR Bank Rwanda Plc – Kigali, Rwanda {{flagicon|Rwanda}}
• KCB Bank South Sudan Limited – Juba, South Sudan {{flagicon|South Sudan}}
• KCB Bank Tanzania Limited – Dar es Salaam, Tanzania {{flagicon|Tanzania}}
• KCB Bank Uganda Limited – Kampala, Uganda {{flagicon|Uganda}}
• KCB Bank Burundi Limited – Bujumbura, Burundi {{flagicon|Burundi}}
• Trust Merchant Bank - Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo {{flagicon|DR Congo}}
• KCB Foundation Limited – Nairobi, Kenya {{flagicon|Kenya}}
• KCB Sports Sponsorship Limited – Nairobi, Kenya {{flagicon|Kenya}}
• Savings & Loan Kenya Limited – Nairobi, Kenya {{flagicon|Kenya}}

{{anchor|KCB Bank Burundi Limited}}

Kenya Commercial Bank Burundi Limited is a commercial bank and subsidiary of KCB group in Burundi, licensed by the Bank of the Republic of Burundi, the national banking regulator.{{cite web| last=BRB| date=3 September 2020| title=Burundian Financial System: The Commercial Banks| url=https://www.brb.bi/fr/content/syst%C3%A8me-financier-burundais| access-date=3 September 2020| publisher=Bank of the Republic of Burundi (BRB)| location=Bujumbura| language=fr| archive-date=20 September 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920201103/https://www.brb.bi/fr/content/syst%C3%A8me-financier-burundais| url-status=dead}} {{asof|December 2015}} KCB Burundi comprises 0.6 percent of the KCB Group's total assets. It is estimated that the bank's total assets were approximately US$33.6 million (KSh3.34 billion), as of December 2015.{{cite web| url=http://www.cnbcafrica.com/news/east-africa/2014/11/11/kcb-q3-results/| title=KCB posts 17% rise in its pretax Q3 results| last=Wangalwa| first=Elayne| date=11 November 2014| access-date=15 April 2016| publisher=CNBC Africa| location=Johannesburg| archive-date=6 May 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506160755/http://www.cnbcafrica.com/news/east-africa/2014/11/11/kcb-q3-results/| url-status=dead}}Note: US$1.00 = KSh99.71 on 15 April 2016.

In February 2012, KCB Group received regulatory approval to establish a subsidiary in Burundi.{{cite web|access-date=15 April 2016| url=http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/KCB-gets-regulatory-approval-to-open-outlet-in-Burundi--/-/539550/1355748/-/wia0iw/-/index.html| title= KCB gets regulatory approval to open outlet in Burundi|

date=28 February 2012|first=Washington |last=Gikunju |newspaper=Business Daily Africa|location=Nairobi}} KCB Burundi commenced provision of banking services on 8 May 2012, having been granted a commercial banking license on 18 April 2012. With its establishment, KCB became the first financial services group to establish subsidiaries in all countries of the East African Community.{{cite web | access-date=15 April 2016| url=http://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/article/2012-05-09/52619/| title=KCB opens shop in Burundi| date=9 May 2012| last=Xinhua| publisher=New Times (Rwanda) Quoting Xinhua}}{{cite web | url=http://www.ratio-magazine.com/201205084098/Corporate-Press-Releases/-Kenya/Burundi-Press-Releases-KCB-Opens-Burundi-Subsidiary.html | title=Press Releases: KCB Opens Burundi Subsidiary | access-date=15 April 2016 | date=8 May 2012 | publisher=Ratio Magazine | last=Press Release | location=Nairobi | archive-date=20 May 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520002520/http://www.ratio-magazine.com/201205084098/Corporate-Press-Releases/-Kenya/Burundi-Press-Releases-KCB-Opens-Burundi-Subsidiary.html | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | access-date=15 April 2016| date=8 May 2012|

url=http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/-/539550/1402018/-/xdsqyu/-/index.html |title=KCB completes EA presence with branch in Bujumbura |newspaper=Business Daily Africa (BDA)| location=Nairobi| last= BDA Reporter}}

In February 2020, KCB Burundi opened its third branch in the country in Gitega, Burundi's capital. This was after years of stagnation due to political unrest.{{Cite web | date=4 February 2020| title=KCB Burundi ouvre une agence à Gitega| url=https://burundi-agnews.org/economie/kcb-burundi-ouvre-une-agence-a-gitega/| access-date=3 September 2020}} {{As of|2020|September}}, KCB Burundi maintained two branches in Bujumbura, and one in Gitega.

{{main|Trust Merchant Bank}}

In August 2022, KCB Group agreed to acquire 85 percent shareholding in Trust Merchant Bank at "1.49 times the book value". At that time, the bank was the third-largest bank by assets in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is estimated that the transaction would cost approximately KSh15 billion/= (US$127 million then). KCB also agreed to acquire the remaining 15 percent ownership in the bank, not later than 2024. The deal requires shareholder and regulatory approvals in Kenya and DRCongo.{{cite web| work=Business Daily Africa | url=https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/corporate/companies/kcb-targets-equity-with-sh15bn-drc-bank-acquisition-3900986 | title=KCB targets Equity with Sh15bn DRC bank acquisition |

date=3 August 2022 |author=Otiato Guguyu |access-date=7 August 2022 |location=Nairobi, Kenya}}

{{main|Kenya Commercial Bank Plaza}}

In December 2010, construction of a new headquarters building began in the Upper Hill section of Nairobi. Construction is expected to take approximately two years, with anticipated occupancy beginning in January 2013. The new Kenya Commercial Bank Plaza (KCB Plaza) be 21 storeys tall, having about {{convert|15960|m2|ft2}} of rentable office space and enough parking for about 450 cars. The owners of the building are the Kenya Commercial Bank Employee Pension Fund, which is funding the KES:2.1 billion construction.{{Cite news|url=http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/KCB%20staff%20fund%20to%20put%20up%20Sh2%20bn%20office%20block%20/-/1006/1067516/-/unarq7z/-/index.html|title=KCB staff fund to put up Sh2.1bn office block|work=Daily Nation|access-date=2017-08-22|language=en-UK}}

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