Diamond Trust Bank (Kenya)

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Diamond Trust Bank Kenya Limited
Company typeSubsidiary of Diamond Trust Bank Group: NSE: DTK
Industry Financial services
Founded1946;79 years ago (1946)
HeadquartersDTB Centre, Mombasa Road, Nairobi, Kenya
Key people
Linus Gitahi
Chairman [1]
Murali Natarajan
CEO [2]
ProductsLoans, savings, checking, investments, debit cards, credit cards, mortgages, electronic funds transfer
RevenueIncrease2.svgAfter-tax: KSh1,813,709,000/- (approx. US$14,195,886 (2023) [1]
Total assets KSh399,615,631,000/- (US$3,128 billion) (2023) [1]
Website www.diamondtrust.co.ke

Diamond Trust Bank Kenya Limited (DTBK) is a commercial bank in Kenya, licensed by the Central Bank of Kenya, the central bank and nation banking regulator. [3]

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Overview

Diamond Trust Bank Kenya Limited is a large financial services provider in Kenya, with total assets valued at KSh399,615,631,000/- (approx. US$3,127,788,413) as at 31 December 2023. At that time, shareholders' equity was valued at KSh56,692,780,000/- (approx. US$443,733,945). [1]

History

Diamond Trust Bank (Kenya), was founded in 1946. [4] According to the website of the Central Bank of Kenya, the commercial bank was incorporated in its present form on 15 November 1998. [3]

Diamond Trust Bank Group was founded in 1945, as Diamond Jubilee Investment Trust (DJIT) with its head office in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and branches in Mombasa Kenya and Kampala, Uganda. Subsequently, branches were also opened in Nairobi and Kisumu in Kenya. At the time, DJIT operated as a community-based finance house offering savings and extending credit to members of the Ismaili Community. [4]

In 1965, DJIT was divided into three companies – DJIT Tanzania, DJIT Kenya and DJIT Uganda, with the respective head offices in Dar es Salaam, Nairobi and Kampala. DJIT Kenya changed its name to Diamond Trust of Kenya (DTK) in 1990. Under the name change, the bank extended its facilities from a community-based finance house into a non-bank financial institution, and began offering financial services to the general public. [5]

Acquisition of Habib Bank Kenya Limited

In 2017, DTBK acquired 100 percent the assets and liabilities of the erstwhile Habib Bank Kenya Limited (HBKL), formerly a subsidiary of Habib Bank Limited that is headquartered in Pakistan. Effective 1 August 2017, HBKL ceased banking operations in Kenya. [6] [7]

Diamond Trust Bank Group

DTBK is a member of the Diamond Trust Bank Group, a large financial services provider in East Africa with operations in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. In 2024, DTBG underwent re-organisation, with substantive CEOs named for the Ugandan and Kenyan subsidiaries. Nasim Devji, who previously doubled as Group CEO and CEO of the Kenyan subsidiary, reverted exclusively to Group CEO. [2] [8] [9]

Ownership

Diamond Trust Bank Group owns 100 percent the shares of Diamond Trust Bank (Kenya) Limited. The shares of the group are traded on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE), under the symbol DTK. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Diamond Trust Bank Kenya Financial Statement For The Financial Year Ended 31 December 2023" (PDF). Nairobi, Kenya. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  2. 1 2 Vincent Owino (31 October 2024). "DTB Picks New CEO For Kenyan Subsidiary In Reorganisation". Business Daily Africa . Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  3. 1 2 CBK (30 June 2023). "Directory of Licenced Commercial Banks In Kenya As of 30 June 2023" (PDF). Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III – The Diamond Jubilee: "An Incomparable Occasion in the World" - The Diamond Jubilee – Sixty Years of Imamat (1885-1945)". Simerg.com. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  5. ↑ Adam, Michel (2015). Indian Africa: Minorities of Indian-Pakistani Origin in Eastern Africa. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Limited. pp. 237–238.
  6. ↑ Bob Koigi (1 August 2017). "(Kenya) Diamond Trust Bank Acquires Habib Bank". Africa Business Communities. Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  7. ↑ James Ngunjiri (28 July 2017). "Habib Bank ceases to exist after 61 years as DTB completes buyout". Business Daily Africa . Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  8. ↑ Ali Twaha (22 May 2024). "Top Bank Customers Bid Farewell To Outgoing CEO". New Vision . Kampala, Uganda. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  9. ↑ "Regional growth: Diamond Trust Bank announces corporate reorganization to spur growth". Capital FM Kenya. Nairobi, Kenya. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  10. ↑ Patrick Alushula (8 May 2024). "DTB To Pick CEO For Kenya In Reorganisation". Business Daily Africa . Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
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