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 Equity Bank Headquarters building in Upper Hill, Nairobi | |
| Equity Bank | |
| KN: EQTY | |
| Industry | Banking |
| Predecessor | Equity Building Society |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Headquarters | 9th Floor, Equity Centre Hospital Road, Upper Hill, , Kenya |
Area served | East Africa |
Key people |
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| Products | Loans, Mortgages Investments, Debit Cards, Credit cards |
| Revenue |  :Aftertax: US$308.32 million (KES:33.9 billion) (2021)[2] |
| Total assets | KES 960,938,706,000 (2024)[citation needed]
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| Total equity |
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Number of employees | 7,763 (December 2023)[3] |
| Parent | Equity Group Holdings Limited |
| Website | equitygroupholdings |
Equity Bank Kenya Limited is a Kenyan bank and financial services provider headquartered in Nairobi providing retail banking and commercial banking services. The bank is licensed as a commercial bank by the Central Bank of Kenya, which is the national banking regulator of Kenya.[4]
In 2010 the bank introduced the Agency banking model,[5] which has proved a success[6] [clarification needed] and is regulated by Central Bank of Kenya Prudential guidelines.[7]
- ^ "Ambassador Erastus J O Mwencha is Appointed Board Chairman of Equity Bank (Kenya) Ltd". Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Audited December 2013 Annual Report". Equity Bank Group (EBG). March 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ Kabui Mwangi (4 September 2024). "Equity Bank Kenya staff numbers fall for first time in four years". Business Daily. Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "Central Bank of Kenya: Directory of Commercial Banks And Mortgage Finance Companies". Central Bank of Kenya. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ "New agency banking system deepens access to financial services". Business Daily. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Equity Bank 3.0: Agency Banking & Equitel". bankelele.blogspot.co.ke. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ "Legislation and Guidelines – CBK". CBK. Retrieved 23 August 2017.