Absa Bank Kenya

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Absa Bank Kenya Plc
Type Public company
KN: ABSA.NR ABSA
Industry Banking
Founded1916 (1916)
Headquarters Nairobi, Kenya
Key people
Charles Muchene
Chairman [1]
Jeremy Awori
Managing Director [1]
Products Loans, credit cards, savings, investments, mortgages, Insurance
RevenueIncrease2.svg: Aftertax: KES:7.161 billion (US$68.18 million) (2019) [1]
Total assets KES:374.109 billion (US$3.561 billion) (2019) [1]
Owner Absa Group Limited (68.5%)
Number of employees
1991 [2]  (2020)
Website www.absabank.co.ke/personal/

Absa Bank Kenya Plc, formerly Barclays Bank Kenya Limited, is a commercial bank in Kenya and a subsidiary of South Africa-based Absa Group Limited. [3] It is licensed by the Central Bank of Kenya, the central bank and national banking regulator. [4]

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Location

The headquarters and main branch of the bank are located at Absa Westend Building, off Waiyaki Way, in Nairobi, Kenya's capital and largest city. [5]

Overview

As of December 2019, the bank is a large financial services institution in Kenya, with an asset base in excess of KSh:374.109 billion (US$3.561 billion), with shareholders' equity of KSh:44.079 billion (US$419.654 million). [1]

As of March 2014, Barclays Bank of Kenya was the fifth-largest commercial bank in Kenya, by assets, behind KCB Group, Equity Group Holdings Limited, Cooperative Bank and Standard Chartered Kenya. [6]

History

The bank's history traces from 1916 when the National Bank of South Africa (now First National Bank) opened a branch. In 1925, National Bank of South Africa was merged with the Anglo-Egyptian Bank and the Colonial Bank in 1925 to form Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas). This brought the Kenyan operations under Barclays Bank. [7]

The bank was licensed in its present form in 1953 and in 1978 it was incorporated locally as Barclays Bank of Kenya, a wholly owned subsidiary of Barclays Bank International. The bank listed its shares on the Nairobi Stock Exchange in 1986 through a successful IPO. [8] These shares trade under the symbol: BARC.

Before 2013, The bank is a subsidiary of Barclays Bank Plc. (through Barclays Africa), an International financial services conglomerate, whose shares of stock are listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol: BARC and on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol: BCS. In 2013, Barclays Plc adopted the combined strategy to operate as “One Bank in Africa” with an aim of increasing efficiency and boosting returns from the African Units. This led to the merging of all Barclays Plc. businesses in Africa (other than Egypt and Zimbabwe units) through Absa Group Limited, leading to the formation of Barclays Africa Group. The stock of Barclays Africa Group, which owns 68.5% of Barclays Bank of Kenya, is listed on the JSE. [9] [10]

Shareholding

As of 31 December 2020, the major shareholders in the stock of the bank were as illustrated in the table below: [2]

Barclays Bank of Kenya Stock Ownership
RankName of OwnerPercentage Ownership [2]
1 Absa Group Limited 68.50
2Patel,Baloobhai;Patel,Amarjeet Baloobhai0.78
3Kenya Commercial Bank Nominees Limited A/C 915b0.77
4Standard Chartered Nominees Resd A/C KE114500.70
5Standard Chartered Kenya Nominees Ltd A/C Ke0046670.57
6Standard Chartered Nominees Resd A/C KE114430.48
7Standard Chartered Nominees Resd A/C KE114010.48
8The Jubilee Insurance Company Of Kenya Limited0.37
9Kariuki,Patrick Njogu0.34
10Standard Chartered Nominees A/C 92300.33
11Others26.68
Total100.00

Branch network

As of December 2020, the bank maintains a network of 85 branches and 208 ATMs in various locations across Kenya. [2]

Governance

The chairman of the ten-person board of directors of Absa Bank Kenya is Charles Muchene, one of the non-executive directors. Jeremy Awori serves as the managing director of the bank. [1]

Re-branding

Following the issuance of the requisite regulatory approvals, Barclays Bank of Kenya re-branded to Absa Bank Kenya, on 10 February 2020. [11] [12]

ABSA Paybill Number

You can send money from your M-PESA to any ABSA bank account via the ABSA Paybill Number [13] 303030.

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Absa Bank Kenya PLCIntegrated Report and Financial Statements 2020" (PDF). Retrieved 15 October 2021.
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