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...

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Polycarp Igathe rejoins Equity Group as the Chief Commercial Officer

Staff WriterMarch 16, 2020

Polycarp Igathe has rejoined Kenyan financial company, Equity Group, as the Chief Commercial Officer 7 months after quitting to join Vivo Energy. In his new rol...

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Equity Bank card holders to get a 20% discount on select Kenya Airways flights

Samson NderiFebruary 24, 2020

Equity Bank and Kenya Airways have announced an extension of their discounted partnership for all Equity card customers that will see them enjoy a 20% discount ...

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Wings To Fly students shine in the 2019 KCSE results

Staff WriterDecember 31, 2019

Students who are beneficiaries of the Equity Bank Wings To Fly initiative performed well in the 2019 KCSE exams. 24 of the students managed to score a mean grad...

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Equity Bank partners with KQ to offer 30% discounts on flights

Staff WriterDecember 19, 2019

Equity Bank has partnered with Kenya Airways to give the bank’s customers a 30% discount on flight bookings. The promotion will run till the 6th  of January 202...

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Dr. James Mwangi recognized in the 2019 Bloomberg 50

Richard MureithiDecember 10, 2019

The Bloomberg Businessweek has honored Dr. James Mwangi, Equity Group’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, by selecting him to be among the 2019 Blo...

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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...

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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...

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Equity Group plants 40,000 trees in Meru University

Staff WriterNovember 27, 2019

Equity Group has planted 40,000 indigenous and exotic tree seedlings in Meru University as part of its 35 year anniversary celebrations. The tree planting wa...

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Equity Group’s diaspora remittances hits Ksh. 100 billion in the 9 months to September

Staff WriterNovember 27, 2019

Equity Group's diaspora remittances has hit Ksh. 100 billion in the nine months of 2019 to September. This has helped boost the company's forex trading income t...

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Equity Group reports a profit after tax of Ksh. 17.46 Billion for Q3

Staff WriterNovember 12, 2019

The Equity  Group has announced a third quarter profit after tax up of Ksh. 17.46 Billion which is a 10% rise from the previous year which was Ksh. 15.83 Billio...

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Companies shortlisted for the annual CIO100 awards

Staff WriterOctober 29, 2019

The CIO100 Awards have announced that this year, 150 out of 384 companies have been shortlisted for the annual IT excellence awards. The award covers six East A...

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Equity Bank to provide 80% financing to Massey Ferguson tractor buyers

Staff WriterOctober 29, 2019

Equity Bank Kenya and AGCO have signed a partnership agreement to enable customers buying Massey Ferguson tractors and accompanying implements to access 80% fin...

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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...

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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...

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Equity Bank recruits John Wilson from the World Bank to take over Group COO role

Staff WriterSeptember 2, 2019

Equity has announced the recruitment of John Wilson the head of financial institutions in East and Southern Africa at the IFC as the Group’s Chief Operating Off...

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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...

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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...

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Equity sacco awarded for being the most efficient in Kenya

Staff WriterJuly 30, 2019

Equity Savings and Credit Cooperative Society has been named as the Most Efficient Sacco in the country. The sacco was honored during the International Cooperat...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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European Investment Bank launches Ksh. 5.7 billion agriculture financing programme

Staff WriterJune 12, 2019

European Investment Bank has launched a new EUR 50 million (Ksh. 5.7 billion) agriculture sector financing programme. The Kenya Agriculture Value Chain Facility...

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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...

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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...

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Equity Bank to provide 95% financing for purchase of Toyota Hilux pickups

Staff WriterMay 24, 2019

Equity Bank Kenya and Toyota Kenya Limited have partnered to provide customers with 95% financing payable for the purchase of single cab Hilux pickups. The loan...

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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...

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Equity Group’s first quarter net profit increases slightly to Ksh. 6.1 billion

Staff WriterMay 16, 2019

Equity Group's net profit for the 3 months ending 31st March 2019 has increased slightly to Ksh. 6.1 billion. This marks a slight increased from Ksh. 5.8 billio...

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Equity Group Foundation hosts 10th annual education congress at Kenyatta University

Staff WriterApril 19, 2019

The Equity Group Foundation hosted over 3,570 Wings to Fly scholars at Kenyatta University for the 10th Annual Education and Leadership Congress. This group com...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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Joanne Mwangi & Michelle Ntalami among AABLA 2018 East Africa finalists

James WamathaiSeptember 14, 2018

12 Kenyans have made it to the East Africa finalists list for the 2018 All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA 2018) . The Kenyan finalists include Joanne Mwa...

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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...

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Equity Group’s half year profit after tax hits Ksh. 11 Billion

James WamathaiAugust 16, 2018

Equity Group’s half year profit after tax, for the period ending 30th June 2018, has increased by 18% to Ksh. 11 billion. This is up from Ksh. 9.4 billion for t...

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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...

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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 ...

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Co-op Bank named overall winner in the 2017 Catalyst Awards

James WamathaiFebruary 7, 2018

Co-op Bank has been declared the overall winners in the 2017 Sustainable Finance Catalyst Awards. The awards are for banks and other financial sector players an...

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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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Equity launches ‘Equimed’, a health insurance cover for Kenyans living in the diaspora

Lena AnyuoloOctober 17, 2017

Equity Insurance Agency has launched a healthcare product targeted at the diaspora market to benefit their loved ones back home. The product dubbed ‘Equimed’ is...

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