Securities-backed interbank lending plan to cut high rate

Central Bank of Kenya governor Patrick Njoroge. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The plan to introduce collateralised lending in the interbank market will help rope in larger lenders and ease high interest crippling smaller banks, I&M Bank chief executive Maina Kihara has said.

The use of treasuries will help banks perceived as riskier by larger peers access cash at relatively lower rates in the market where banks borrow from each, largely to manage withdrawals and payments to clients.

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