Standard Chartered Kenya

Standard Chartered Bank Kenya

Type	Public
Traded as	KN: SCBK
Industry	Financial Services
Founded	1910
Headquarters	Nairobi, Kenya
Key people	Anne Mutahi Chairperson Lamin Manjang[1] Chief Executive Officer
Products	Loans, Checking, Savings, Investments, Debit Cards
Revenue	Aftertax: US$108.7 million (KES:9.26 billion) (2013)[2][3]
Total assets	US$2.539 billion (KES:220.39 billion) (2013)
Number of employees	1,040+ (2011)
Website	www.sc.com/ke

Standard Chartered Kenya, whose official name is Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Limited, but is sometimes referred to as Stanchart Kenya, is a commercial bank in Kenya. It is a subsidiary of the British multinational financial conglomerate headquartered in London, United Kingdom, known as Standard Chartered. Stanchart Kenya is one of the banks licensed by the Central Bank of Kenya, the central bank and national banking regulator, in the largest economy in the East African Community.^[4]

Overview

Standard Chartered Kenya is a large financial services provider in Kenya. As of December 2013, the bank's total assets were valued at about US$2.539 billion (KES:220.39 billion), with shareholders' equity of about US$417.1 million (KES:36.2 billion).^[5] At that time, Standard Chartered Kenya was the 4th largest bank, by assets, out of the 43 licensed banks in the country.^[6]

History

According to the website of the Central Bank of Kenya, the Standard Bank of British South Africa received its commercial banking license in 1910 to start banking operations in British East Africa. In January 1911, it opened its first two branches, one in the national capital, Nairobi, and another in the port city of Mombasa.^[7][8]

In 1969, the bank's name was changed to Standard Chartered Bank of Kenya when the its parent company, the Standard Bank of South Africa, merged with the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China forming the Standard Chartered Bank. In 1987, Standard Chartered sold all its shareholding in Standard Bank of South Africa, entirely divesting from the group.^[9]

The stock of Standard Chartered Kenya was listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) in 1989,^[10] offering 21 million shares to the public. This was the largest single placing at the NSE at the time. As of August 2014, the bank had a network of 34 branches, 90 Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) and nearly 1,700 employees.

Ownership

The stock of the bank is listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange, where it trades under the symbol:SCBK. The shareholding in the bank is summarized in the table below:^[11]

Subsidiaries

In 2006, Standard Chartered Kenya acquired 25% shareholding in First Africa Capital, a financial services advisory company with headquarters in Nairobi and offices in London and Johannesburg, co-founded by Wanjiku Mugane, a Kenyan attorney and investment banker, who served as its CEO. In 2009, Standard Chartered acquired 100% of First Africa stock, renaming the company Standard Chartered Securities (SCS), to reflect the new ownership. Caroline Wanjiku Mugane served as the Chief Executive Officer at SCS from 2006 until Standard Chartered Bank closed the subsidiary in 2013.^[12]

Governance

The Chairperson of the Board of Directors is Anne Mutahi, one of the non-Executive directors.^[13] Lamin Manjang serves as the Chief Executive Officer.^[14]

See also

References

Banks of Kenya
Central bank	Central Bank of Kenya
Commercial bank	African Banking Corporation Bank of Africa Barclays Bank Bank of Baroda Bank of India Stanbic Bank Chase Bank Citibank NA Kenya Commercial Bank of Africa Consolidated Bank of Kenya Cooperative Bank of Kenya Credit Bank Development Bank of Kenya Diamond Trust Bank East African Development Bank Ecobank Kenya Equity Bank Family Bank FidelityBank First Community Bank Giro Commercial Bank Guaranty Trust Bank (Kenya) Guardian Bank Gulf African Bank Habib Bank Habib Bank AG Zurich Housing Finance Company of Kenya I&M Bank Limited Imperial Bank Limited Jamii Bora Bank Kenya Commercial Bank Middle East Bank Kenya M-Oriental Bank National Bank of Kenya NIC Bank Paramount Universal Bank Post Bank Prime bank Sidian Bank Spire Bank Standard Chartered Kenya Trans National Bank Kenya United Bank for Africa Victoria Commercial Bank
Financial services organization	Diamond Trust Bank Group Equity Group Holdings Limited Commercial Bank of Africa Group Guaranty Trust Bank (East Africa) I&M Bank Group Kenya Commercial Bank Group NIC Bank Group
Foreign banks	Bank of China Bank of Kigali HDFC Bank Nedbank The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation First Rand
Defunct banks	Dubai Bank Kenya Euro Bank
Microfinance Institutions	Faulu Microfinance Bank Limited SMEP Microfinance Bank Kenya Women Microfinance Bank
Related Topics	Automated Teller Machine (ATM) ATM usage fees De-Materialisation (DEMAT) Foreign Exchange (FOREX) Financial Services Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) Structured Financial Messaging System (SFMS)

Standard Chartered
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Predecessors	American Express Bank Bank of British West Africa Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China Colesberg Bank Grindlays Bank Hsinchu International Bank P&O Bank Eastern Bank Standard Bank Union Bank
Places	6 Battery Road Standard Chartered Bank Building
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