Big banks seen swallowing smaller loss-making rivals

Big banks seen swallowing smaller loss-making rivals

Ratings agency Moody’s says small Kenyan banks suffering losses or facing insolvency are likely to become targets of acquisitions by their larger rivals over the next one-and-a-half years. The ratings firm says local lenders are witnessing a wide divergence in profitability, with 14 of the institutions in the smaller peer group reporting losses or negligible […]

Move over M-Shwari and KCB M-Pesa, Fuliza now the new lending king

Move over M-Shwari and KCB M-Pesa, Fuliza now the new lending king

The Fuliza overdraft service transacts more than Sh1.2 billion daily. Safaricom’s overdraft facility, Fuliza, has taken less than three years to capture the digital lending market. But the telco’s climb to the pinnacle of the market segment has been anything but smooth. It started with M-Kesho—the ill-fated product launched by the mobile service provider in […]

Move over M-Shwari and KCB M-Pesa, Fuliza now the new lending king

Move over M-Shwari and KCB M-Pesa, Fuliza now the new lending king

The Fuliza overdraft service transacts more than Sh1.2 billion daily. Safaricom’s overdraft facility, Fuliza, has taken less than three years to capture the digital lending market. But the telco’s climb to the pinnacle of the market segment has been anything but smooth. It started with M-Kesho—the ill-fated product launched by the mobile service provider in […]