Banks abandon CBK’s SME mobile loans deal

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Four lenders selected by the Central Bank of Kenya to give low-cost mobile loans to small businesses under a programme dubbed ‘Stawi’ have abandoned the deal.

The Business Daily can reveal the platform has not issued a single loan for over a year after KCB Bank #ticker:KCB , Co-operative Bank #ticker:COOP , Diamond Trust Bank pulled out, leaving only NCBA #ticker:NCBA on the programme.

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