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Equity emerges as the best bank in Africa at the 2020 Euromoney awards

Samson NderiJuly 29, 2020

Equity Bank managed to scoop three awards at this year’s Euromoney Awards for Excellence. They were awarded Best Bank in Africa, Excellence in Leadership in Af...

Equity Afia launches new medical clinics in Ruaka and Githurai

Staff WriterJuly 27, 2020

Equity Afia has opened two new medical centres in Ruaka and Githurai to complement the existing medical services offered by public and private health facilities...

IFC gives Equity Bank a Ksh. 5B loan to support Kenyan SMEs during COVID-19

Staff WriterJuly 24, 2020

IFC has announced that it has advanced a Ksh. 5B loan to Equity Bank Kenya to support Kenyan SMEs during the COVID-19 crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic has crea...

Equity Bank to receive a Ksh. 5.4 Billion loan from IFC to support SME’s during the Covid-19 pandemic

Samson NderiJuly 23, 2020

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced a a $50 million loan to Equity Bank Kenya to help it increase working capital and trade-related lendin...

How Equity Afia is a game changer in the provision of health care in Kenya

Samson NderiJune 15, 2020

Medical care in our beloved country is awfully expensive, this is sadly due to the fact that the public health function has been woefully underfunded. A situati...

Equity and Mastercard Foundations partner to provide solar device to enable Wings to Fly students to study during lockdown

Samson NderiJune 15, 2020

The Equity Group Foundation and the Mastercard Foundation have partnered to support over 14,600 students in the Wings to Fly and Elimu scholarship programs to a...

Equity to restructure loans of clients affected by the COVID-19 crisis

ahechoesMay 21, 2020

Equity Group has announced that it will offer its clients who have loans and are affected by the COVID-19 crisis a loan restructuring program. The bank has prom...

Equity Afia opens two clinics in Kakamega and Meru

Samson NderiApril 16, 2020

Equity Afia has opened two clinics in Kakamega and Meru Counties, bringing the total number of clinics within its franchise network to 15. The two medical centr...

Equity Afia launches its 13th clinic in Embakasi with a free medical camp

Samson NderiMarch 16, 2020

Equity Afia has opened its 13th clinic in Nairobi at the Embakasi Medical Centre, Tassia estate. As part of the launch, the medical centre will hold a free medi...

Equity Afia opens new clinic in the Nairobi CBD

Staff WriterFebruary 27, 2020

Equity Afia has opened its 12th satellite clinic within Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD). The new clinic is located on Laxmi Plaza along Biashara Stree...

Equity’s rise from a building society to a multinational

Samson NderiJanuary 30, 2020

The Equity story has to be among the best success stories to have come out of our country. Basically, how the institution rose from a building society that almo...

Equity awards 1,136 top performing KCPE students with Wings to Fly Scholarships

Staff WriterJanuary 3, 2020

Equity Group has awarded the top performing but needy students with Wings to Fly scholarships at a ceremony held at Kenyatta University. This year’s 1,136 scho...

Equity Bank wins top Visa acquirer award for 2019

Staff WriterDecember 9, 2019

Equity Bank has received this year’s Visa Top Acquirer Award during the Visa 2019 Awards ceremony held in Nairobi. This is the third year in a row that the bank...

Equity Bank wins big at the Financial Times Banker’s Bank of Year awards

Staff WriterDecember 4, 2019

Equity Bank emerged with a triple win at the 2019 Financial Times Banker’s Bank of the Year annual awards which were held in London. They won the Bank of the Ye...

Copia Global raises Ksh. 2.6 Billion in a series B equity round to fund expansion

Staff WriterNovember 28, 2019

Copia Global has raised $26 million in a Series B equity round led by LGT Lightstone, with participation from Goodwell Investments, Perivoli Innovations, Endeav...

CDC Group appoints Seema Dhanani to head the Kenya office

Staff WriterNovember 13, 2019

CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, has announced the appointment of Seema Dhanani to head the organization's office in Kenya. It has also appo...

Equity wins the African SME Bank of the Year award at the Global SME Finance Awards 2019

Staff WriterOctober 15, 2019

Equity Bank has won the Global SME Finance Award in the Platinum Category of SME Bank of the Year – Africa, at the IFC Global SME Finance Awards that were held...

Equity unveils new logo as it celebrates 35 years of existence

Staff WriterOctober 3, 2019

Equity has unveiled a new logo which is part of its refreshed identity that is in line with the ongoing journey of transformation and regional expansion. The ne...

Equity announces plans to acquire BCDC, DRC’s second biggest bank

Staff WriterSeptember 9, 2019

Equity Group has announced that it plans to acquire a controlling stake in Banqué Commerciale du Congo (BCDC), which operates in Democratic Republic of Congo (D...

International Workplace Group has a franchising opportunity for flexible work spaces

Staff WriterAugust 28, 2019

The International Workplace Group (IWG) has announced that is offering the first flexible office space franchise opportunity in Kenya. The company is currently ...

Ksh. 66B in diaspora remittances went through Equity Bank in the first half of 2019

Staff WriterAugust 21, 2019

Equity Bank has announced that Ksh. 66.6 billion in diaspora remittances has gone through the bank in the first half of 2019. This is a growth of 28% from the K...

Equity Afia launches two clinics in Ruiru and Nyeri

Richard MureithiAugust 14, 2019

Equity Afia which is owned by the Equity Group has launched two clinics in Ruiru and Nyeri. This is in a bid to increase access to quality and affordable compre...

Gerald Warui to replace Polycarp Igathe as Equity Bank Kenya MD

Staff WriterAugust 6, 2019

Equity Bank Kenya, a subsidiary of Equity Group Holdings, has announced that it has appointed Gerald Warui as the new Managing Director. His appointment is effe...

Equity’s half year net profit increases to Ksh. 12 billion

Staff WriterAugust 2, 2019

Equity Group has announced that it has registered a Ksh. 12 billion net profit for the period ended June 30th 2019. This is an increase from the Ksh. 10.9 billi...

KCB & Equity win awards at the 2019 Euromoney Awards for Excellence

Staff WriterJuly 30, 2019

Equity Bank and KCB Group have won awards at the 2019 Euromoney Awards for Excellence. The awards they received are Africa’s Best Digital Bank 2019 and Africa's...

KCB & Equity Bank emerge winners in the African Banker Awards 2019

Staff WriterJuly 16, 2019

Kenya’s KCB Bank and Equity Bank have emerged winners in the African Banker Awards 2019. KCB Bank won the prize for innovation and Equity Bank for its CSR activ...

Equity partners with Mastercard to offer loans to 600,000 Kenyan entrepreneurs

Staff WriterJune 25, 2019

Equity is among Kenyan partners that have been signed up to the Young Africa Works initiative by Mastercard. Equity will deploy its banking infrastructure as we...

Equity Bank has given Ksh. 6.5 billion in loans to SMEs in 2019

Staff WriterJune 19, 2019

Equity Bank has announced that it has given out Ksh. 6.5 billion in loans to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as at the first quarter of 2019. This i...

Equity Bank acquires license to operate in Ethiopia

Staff WriterJune 13, 2019

Equity Bank has been given a license to operate in Ethiopia by the country’s regulator. As such the bank has set up a Commercial Representative Office in Addis ...

Equity Bank invests over Ksh. 1 Billion in agriculture

Staff WriterJune 10, 2019

Equity Bank has invested over Ksh. 1 Billion to improve market access, capacity building and expansion of agricultural production value chain as of end of first...

Equity Bank recognized by the IFC for its role in enabling financial inclusion of refugees

Staff WriterMay 31, 2019

Equity Bank has been recognized for its role in enabling financial inclusion of refugees by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Bridgespan in a repo...

Equity emerges at the best Kenyan bank at the Think Business Banking Awards

Staff WriterMay 23, 2019

Equity Bank emerged as the best bank in Kenya at this year’s Think Business Banking Awards for the eighth time. Equity Group Managing Director and CEO Dr. James...

Equity, Family Bank & KCB among nominees in the African Banker Awards 2019

Staff WriterMay 22, 2019

Equity Group, Family Bank and the Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) are among Kenyan nominees in the African Banker Awards 2019. Family Bank Remit has been nominat...

Equity Bank expands its regional footprint with the acquisition of banks in 4 African countries

Staff WriterApril 30, 2019

Equity Group has announced that it has entered not an agreement with Atlas Mara in a bid to acquire its banking operations in four African countries. The 4 coun...

Equity Bank’s FY 2018 net profit rises to Ksh. 19 billion

Staff WriterApril 4, 2019

Equity Bank Group has announced that its profit after tax has increased to Ksh. 19 billion for the year ending 31 December 2018. This is an increase from Ksh. 1...

532 top KCSE students join Equity Bank’s paid internship program

Richard MureithiFebruary 18, 2019

A total of 532 students who scored a mean grade of A and A- in last year’s KCSE examination have joined the Equity Bank’s paid internship program. The 532 stude...

Equity Bank launches an online forex trading platform

Staff WriterNovember 27, 2018

Equity Bank has today launched an online forex trading platform to tap into the growing forex trading market in Kenya. The platform is called EazzyFX and is ...

Equity wins SME Bank of the Year award at the Global SME Finance Awards

Staff WriterNovember 21, 2018

Equity Bank has won the SME Bank of the Year – Africa award at the IFC Global SME Finance Awards 2018 at a ceremony held in Madrid, Spain. Equity was among 15 c...

Polycarp Igathe appointed as the Equity Bank Kenya MD

Staff WriterSeptember 21, 2018

Polycarp Igathe has been appointed as the Managing Director of Equity Bank Kenya. The bank is the Kenyan subsidiary of Equity Group Holdings Plc. According t...

Equity spins off Finserve; Fintech subsidiary launches payment gateway & open APIs

Staff WriterAugust 21, 2018

Equity Group has announced that it has spun off its subsidiary Finserve Africa as an independent company offering fintech services. While announcing the new dev...

Mary Wangari Wamae appointed as Equity Bank’s Executive Director in charge of subsidiaries

Staff WriterJuly 18, 2018

Mary Wangari Wamae has been appointed by Equity Bank Group as the Group Executive Director in charge of the Group’s subsidquiaries. She will oversee the managem...

Equity Bank reduces costs for PayPal withdrawals for large transactions

James WamathaiApril 4, 2018

Equity Bank has slightly reduced the cost of its PayPal withdrawal service for transactions above USD 501. Equity charges for PayPal withdrawals of between USD ...