Equity rates up on new loan pricing model

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Equity bank on Muindi Mbingu Street in Nairobi's CBD. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG

Riskier customers will pay up to 21.02 percent on Equity Bank’s loans after the lender commenced implementation of risk-based pricing of its credit facilities.

A notice sent to some of the lender’s customers shows that the country’s largest retail bank now has a base rate of 12.5 percent plus a maximum margin of 8.5 percent.

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