Dollar crisis earns Kenya banks Sh52bn amid consumer woes

US dollars and the electronic currency display board at Bay Forex Bureau along Kenyatta Avenue. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG

Commercial banks’ earnings from foreign exchange trading for nine months through September nearly doubled on higher demand for the dollar amid widening margins.

The Business Daily’s analysis of published financial performance statements shows tier-one banks earned Sh52.89 billion from trading in currencies in the review period compared with Sh28.27 billion in the same period the year before.

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