StanChart pays dividend despite posting decade-low profit

A StanChart bank branch in Nairobi. 

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Standard Chartered Bank Kenya #ticker:SCBK shareholders are set for a dividend payout despite the lender’s full-year net profit declining by about a third on higher provisioning for loan defaults.

The tier I bank said Thursday morning that the board has proposed a Sh10.50 dividend payout, being 16 per cent lower than the Sh12.50 that was paid out last year.

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