Company type | Private |
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Industry | Banking |
Founded | 2009 |
Headquarters | Nairobi, Kenya |
Key people | Mary Mulili Managing Director [1] |
Products | Loans, transaction accounts, savings, investments, debit cards |
Revenue | ![]() |
Number of employees | 70 (2016 [2] ) |
Parent | United Bank for Africa |
Website | www |
United Bank for Africa Kenya Limited, commonly referred to as UBA Kenya, is a commercial bank in Kenya. It is licensed and supervised by the Central Bank of Kenya, the central bank and national banking regulator. [3]
The bank is a small-sized commercial bank in Kenya, the largest economy in the East African Community. UBA Kenya Limited is a subsidiary of the Nigerian financial conglomerate United Bank for Africa, with subsidiaries in 20 African countries, the United States, the United Kingdom and France. [4]
Established in 2009, [5] with capital investment of KES:2.5 billion (approx. US $ 25 million), the bank has accumulated losses of KES:1.4 billion (approx. US $ 14 million) in the seven years that followed. [2] [6] [7] UBA Kenya made a profit for the first time during the first half of 2016. [2]
United Bank for Africa (Kenya) is a wholly owned subsidiary of United Bank for Africa, headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. [2] [8]
The bank maintains networked branches at the following locations: [2] [9]
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