StanChart spends Sh1.35bn to lay off staff in Covid year

A StanChart bank branch in Nairobi. 

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Standard Chartered Bank of Kenya #ticker:SCBK last year spent Sh1.35 billion to lay off 200 staff amid decade-low profits in coronavirus environment that increased loan defaults in the banking sector.

The latest redundancy costs are nearly five times the Sh289 million incurred a year earlier, marking the seventh straight year of the Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed lender to cut staff numbers.

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