The 4 best prepaid cards for making online payments in Kenya

James WamathaiJuly 24, 2019

Online eCommerce has been continuously growing in Kenya for some time with people paying for various goods and services. These goods and services include pay...

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Barclays Bank’s Q1 net profit rises to Ksh. 2.6 billion

Staff WriterMay 30, 2019

Barclays Bank of Kenya has reported a profit after tax of Ksh. 2.6 billion for the period ended 31 March 2019. This is a slight increase from the Ksh. 2.5 billi...

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Barclays Bank’s net profit for FY 2018 increases slightly to Ksh. 7.4 billion

Staff WriterMarch 11, 2019

Barclays Bank Kenya has today announced that it registered a profit after tax of Ksh. 7.4 billion for the financial year ended 31 December 2018. This represents...

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Barclays Bank’s Timiza has hit 1 million downloads, surpassing expectations

Richard MureithiFebruary 27, 2019

Barclays Bank’s digital banking platform Timiza has surpassed the download target that had been set by the bank during launch after hitting over 1 Million downl...

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Barclays Bank to invest Ksh. 220M in the Kenya Open golf tournament

Staff WriterFebruary 19, 2019

Barclays Bank Kenya has announced plans to invest Ksh. 220 million in the Kenya Open golf Championship over the next two years. The announcement was made at the...

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Barclays Bank reports Q3 net profit of Ksh. 5.4 billion

Staff WriterNovember 22, 2018

Barclays Bank of Kenya has announced a profit after tax of Ksh. 5.4 billion for the period ended 30th September 2018. The net profit increased from Ksh. 5.3 bil...

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Barclays Bank Kenya launch a countrywide blood drive

Lisa KahuthuMay 4, 2018

Barclays Bank Kenya (BBK) has launched a countrywide blood drive dubbed 15 to save a life. The drive will run between 2nd and 11th May 2018. It is organised as ...

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Barclays Bank launches Timiza, a digital banking platform

Richard MureithiMarch 17, 2018

With the advent of technology, consumers are looking for convenience and efficiency while interacting with a product. This has seen many businesses move to the ...

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Barclays Bank Kenya to rebrand to Absa after shareholder approval

James WamathaiMarch 1, 2018

Barclays Africa Group Limited has announced that it will to Absa Group Limited. Additionally, it intends to trade as Absa across its operations in Africa which ...

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Barclays Bank’s net profit declines by 6.3% to Ksh. 6.9 Billion

James WamathaiMarch 1, 2018

Barclays Bank of Kenya (BBK) net profit for the year 2017 has reduced by 6.3% to stand at Ksh. 6.9 Billion for the year ending 31 December 2017 as compared to t...

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KBA announces finalists in the Catalyst Awards 2017

Lena AnyuoloNovember 9, 2017

Kenya Bankers Association (KBA), the umbrella body of the banking industry, today announced the finalists of the 2017 Sustainable Finance Catalyst Awards. Th...

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Barclays Bank’s half year after tax profits drop by 17% to Ksh. 3.4 Billion

Richard MureithiAugust 16, 2017

Barclays Bank of Kenya yesterday released their half year results in which they reported a 17% decline in their profit after tax to Ksh. 3.4 Billion down from K...

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Customers in 9 Kenyan banks can send money to each other for free via mVisa

Lena AnyuoloJuly 15, 2017

Cashless payments are the future, less people prefer transacting with cash, opting instead, to pay via M-pesa or their debit or credit cards. If you're a fan of...

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Barclays Bank lists Gold ETF at the NSE with 400,000 Gold bullion shares

Richard MureithiMarch 27, 2017

Barclays Bank has today listed the Gold Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). For those not in the know an ETF is a marketable security that tracks a commodity, bonds or ...

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Interview with Natalie Robi winner in the leadership category of the inaugural Zuri awards

Susan MukamiMarch 10, 2017

Zuri Awards a ceremony to recognize unsung heroines in our community went down this Wednesday at a glamorous event held at the Villa Rosa. Zuri Awards is an ini...

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How the SKYE initiative is helping Eastlands youth to get employment in the construction industry

Richard MureithiDecember 20, 2016

Some years back, the powers that be decided to turn polytechnics into universities. A lot of people celebrated this move thinking that more universities meant t...

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Barclays Bank launches a stock brokerage subsidiary ‘Barclays Financial Services Ltd’

Richard MureithiOctober 7, 2016

Barclays Banks of Kenya has today launched its stock brokerage subsidiary Barclays Financial Services Ltd (BFSL). It will be offering cash equity trading servic...

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Barclays & the UK Government host a renewable energy investment forum

James WamathaiOctober 6, 2016

Barclays Bank Kenya and the UK Government has hosted an event today that brought together players in the Kenyan renewable energy space with potential investors ...

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Some banks have reduced their interest rates in compliance with new law

Samson NderiAugust 30, 2016

A week after the President signed the Interest rates bill into law, the banking industry which at first seemed to have been in shock is slowly starting to compl...

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Patricia Ithau & Charles Muchene appointed to the Barclays Bank Kenya board

James WamathaiAugust 30, 2016

Patricia Ithau & Charles Muchene have joined the Barclays Bank Kenya board as non-executive directors. Patricia Ithau is currently the Regional Director for...

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How Grace Wahome has made dog breeding into a multi million business

Richard MureithiJuly 27, 2016

While attending the launch of the Barclays & ITC #SheTradesKe event I got to meet several women who were doing phenomenal things but rarely get mentioned. A...

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Barclays Kenya commits Ksh. 70M to help 10,000 women access export markets

Richard MureithiJuly 18, 2016

SheTrades, an initiative of the International Trade Center (ITC) is a mobile application that provides women entrepreneurs with a unique platform to connect to ...

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Barclays Bank to invest Ksh. 230 million in youth empowerment projects

Richard MureithiApril 29, 2016

Barclays Bank Of Kenya has this week announced its decision to invest Kshs.230 million in youth empowerment projects to be rolled out under its Shared Growth Ag...

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Barclays partners with Posta to launch agency banking

Richard MureithiMarch 4, 2016

Barclays Bank of Kenya has this week launched its agency banking strategy by signing a partnership with Postal Corporation of Kenya (PCK). This partnership will...

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The truth about Barclays Bank PLC divestment from Africa

Richard MureithiMarch 2, 2016

There has been a lot of concern when it was announced that Barclays Bank Plc would be exiting from Africa. This is because many people thought that this meant t...

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Barclays Bank is not shutting down its Kenyan operations

James WamathaiFebruary 28, 2016

Barclays Bank Kenya (BBK) recently celebrated 100 years of operating in Kenya. At the ceremony, which was graced by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) governor Pat...

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Barclays Bank’s ReadytoWork programme to help prepare graduates for the job market

James WamathaiOctober 31, 2015

Barclays Bank Kenya yesterday launched the ReadytoWork programme, a free online resource website that will help prepare college and university graduates for the...

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Win Ksh. 1 million in the Barclays Africa Supply Chain Challenge

Israel MuniuJuly 28, 2015

Barclays Africa has launched the Barclays Africa Supply Chain Challenge as part of an initiative being driven into Africa with the aims of sparking ideas to dri...

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