Bank of India (Kenya)

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Bank of India (Kenya) Limited
Company type Private
Industry Financial services
Founded1953 (1953)
HeadquartersBank of India Building
Kenyatta Avenue
Nairobi, Kenya
Key people
Atanu Kumar Das, group managing director and CEO
Gowri Shankar Rao Sailada, executive director and CEO
Products Loans, Transaction accounts, Savings, Investments, Debit Cards
Total assets US$541 million (KES:51 billion (2014)
Website www.boikenya.com

Bank of India (Kenya) is a commercial bank in Kenya. It is one of the commercial banks licensed by the Central Bank of Kenya, the national banking regulator. [1]

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As of May 2015, Bank of India (Kenya) is a medium-sized financial services provider in Kenya. Its total assets were valued at approximately US$541 million (KES:51 billion). [2]

History

Bank of India (Kenya) received its banking license on 6 May 1953. [1] Its first office opened in Mombasa, the same year. In 1954 it opened its first branch in Nairobi, in the Heritage Building. It plans to increase its footprint to eight branches before 1 July 2015. [2] [3]

Bank of India Group

By virtue of its shareholding, Bank of India (Kenya) is a member of the Bank of India Group, a financial services conglomerate whose shares are listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange. The stock of the Bank of India Group is 65.9 percent owned by the Government of India and is one of the five largest banks in India, with over 4,000 branches (30 of them outside India) and over 1,650 automated teller machines. The member companies of the Bank of India Groupo include, but are not limited to, the following: [2] [4]

Branches

Bank of India (Kenya) maintains branches at the following locations: [6]

  1. Kenyatta Avenue Branch - Bank of India Building, Kenyatta Avenue, Nairobi (Main Branch)
  2. Industrial Area Branch - Unit 1D, Block D, Sameer Industrial Park, Nairobi-Mombasa Road, Nairobi
  3. Mombasa Branch - Bank of India Building, Nkrumah Road, Mombasa
  4. Westlands Branch - Progressive Park Towers, Westlands, Nairobi
  5. Kisumu Branch - First Floor, Tuffoam Plaza, Jomo Kenyatta Highway, Kisumu
  6. Eldoret Branch - Tarita Centre, Ronald Ngala Street, Eldoret
  7. Nakuru Branch - Nakuru
  8. Thika Branch - Thika [2]

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