Equity buyout of Spire good gesture

 Spire Bank Chester House branch. FILE PHOTO | NMG

The reason the transaction between Equity Bank and the troubled Spire Bank makes sense to me is its structuring around protecting the heard-earned savings of the depositor — the teachers.

Depositors take hard-earned savings to a licensed bank believing that, because it is supervised by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), the money is safe.

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