Interest Capping Law Doing More Harm than Good
Headlines
Despite the positive intention behind the Banking (Amendment) Act, private sector credit growth declined to an 8-year low of 1.4
By Juma
·Headlines
Despite the positive intention behind the Banking (Amendment) Act, private sector credit growth declined to an 8-year low of 1.4
By Juma
·Market News
On August 2016, President Uhuru Kenyatta signed the Banking (Amendment) Bill into Law and, in the process, capping the interest rates at
By Juma
·Financial Results
The Co-operative Bank of Kenya has announced its 2016 financial year results registering a 15 percent increase in profits before
By Juma
·Market News
Large banks will be best positioned to adjust to the new law capping bank interest rates, according to new research
Market News
President Uhuru Kenyatta has assented to the Banking (Amendment) Bill, 2015 capping bank interest rates at 4% below the Central
By David Indeje
·Banking
Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has opposed the National Assembly’s move to capping interest rates warning that it will raise
By David Indeje
·Blogging
I would like to add my voice to the on going debate on whether capping interest rates at 4% above
Headlines
In September 2016, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), under the Banking (Amendment) Act 2015, capped lending rates at 4.0
Market News
The enactment of the Banking (Amendment) Act 2015 in September 2016, that capped lending rates at 4.0 percent above the
Government and Policy
A proposal by National Treasury to have the interest rate capping law repealed has been opposed by a parliamentary committee.