Absa writes off Sh1.8bn mobile loans in CBK plan

Absa Bank along Muindi Mbingu Street in Nairobi.

Photo credit: File | Evans Habil | Nation Media Group

Absa Bank Kenya disclosed it has written off Sh1.8 billion worth of digital loans, a move that has seen about 400,000 customers taken off the list of defaulters with credit reference bureaus.

It is the latest bank to reveal debt forgiveness after NCBA Group which cancelled more than Sh11 billion in the initiative by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK).

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