Did you Know that Co-op Bank Offers Custodial Services?

The Co-operative Bank of Kenya Custodial Services offers financial solutions that are tailored towards your growth.

The bank offers registrar services that take care of activities related to companies’ capital needs.

These services are in terms of equity (shares), bonds (debt instruments), and related services such as the distribution of dividends and interest to any corporate institution or co-operative society that maintains a list/register of owners.

Registrar services and related services offered by Co-op Bank include:

1. Shares Registration Services
2. Bond Registration & Fiscal Agency Services
3. Dividend Payment Services

Shares Registration Services

This service is an inevitable function of any corporate institution or co-operative society that maintains a list of owners. It is inevitable because of the need to comply with the various legal and statutory requirements that, by law, regulate the operations of such institutions.

The bank provides a best-of-breed stock management system that compares favorably to the higher returns an organization will endeavor to give stakeholders.

Features

• Share register creation
• Share register maintenance
• Shareholders correspondence management
• AGM/SGM administration
• Dividend payment
• Over-the-counter share transfers
• Corporate actions management (bonus issues, splits etc.)
• IPOs management
• Private placement
• Shares listing
• Rights issues management
• Regulatory reporting (CMA, UFAA)

Benefits 

• Professional expertise in terms of skilled, specialized human resource, that is, competent, dedicated and experienced staff with practical experience
• Vast experience in shares registration services
• Best of stock IT infrastructure and software
• Superior shares system that maintains a history of all transactions per shareholder such as shares allotments, bonus share issues, share transfers and transmissions, dividend payments etc. for future reference
• Benefit from the reputation of the Co-operative Bank, one of the four largest banks in Kenya with a strong balance sheet and a good reputation of safe record keeping
• Detailed and up-to-date records of all the shareholders are maintained
• Back-up of share register free of manipulation and very reliable for future reference
• Over-the-counter share platform whereby shareholders can transfer/trade in their shares
• Expansive branch network of over 140 branches which are interlinked for branchless service provision to shareholders

Bond Registration and Fiscal Agency Services

Bond Registration Service is an inevitable function to any corporate institution that maintains a list of investors of a corporate bond. It is inevitable because of the need to comply with the various legal and statutory requirements that, by law, regulate the operations of such institutions.

Features

• Bond register creation
• Bond register maintenance
• Bondholders correspondence management
• Interest computation and payment
• Principle redemption payment
• Over-the-counter transfers
• Bond listing
• Regulatory reporting

Benefits 

• Professional expertise in terms of skilled, specialized human resource, that is, competent, dedicated and experienced staff with practical experience
• Vast experience in bond registration services
• Best of stock IT infrastructure and software
• Superior system that maintains a history of all transactions per investor such as allotments, transfers and transmissions, interest payments, redemption etc. for future reference
• Benefit from the reputation of the Co-operative Bank, one of the four largest banks in Kenya with a strong balance sheet and a good reputation of safe record keeping
• Detailed and up to date records of all the bondholders are maintained
• Back-up of bond register free of manipulation and very reliable for future reference
• Over-the-counter share platform whereby bondholders can transfer/trade in their bonds
• Expansive branch network of over 140 branches which are interlinked for branchless service provision to bondholders

Dividend Services

The bank offers dividend payment solutions to any corporate institution or co-operative society that maintains a list of owners and distributes earnings to shareholders in form of dividends.

The provision of the dividend payment solutions is inevitable because of the need to ensure prompt payments through the various modes of payment and reconciliation of the dividend accounts, and compliance with the various legal and statutory requirements that, by law, regulate the operations of such institutions.

Features

• Dividend calculation
• Dividend payment via different modes; EFT, RTGS, mobile money or cheques
• Dividend accounts reconciliation

Benefits 

• Availability of different modes of payments such as EFT, RTGS, mobile money or cheques for payment as desired by stakeholders
• Expansive branch network of over 140 branches which are interlinked for branchless service provision to payees
• Auto reconciliation of dividend accounts
• A superior system that maintains a history of all transactions per dividend payment such as payment dates, cheque encashment dates etc. for future reference.
• Benefit from the reputation of the Co-operative Bank, one of the four largest banks in Kenya with a strong balance sheet and a good reputation of liquidity management
• Detailed and up-to-date records of all payments are maintained
• Back-up of payments details and very reliable for future reference
• Professional expertise in terms of skilled, specialized human resource, that is, competent, dedicated and experienced staff with practical experience
• Vast experience in dividend payment and distribution

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