Bank profits to rise on bad loans relief

Central Bank of Kenya. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Banks will see improvement in reporting non-performing loans (NPL) following the Central Bank’s move to keep loans that go sour as a result of the coronavirus out of bad books.

A report by Egyptian investment firm EFG Hermes Holding shows that Co-operative Bank #ticker:COOP will improve its NPL ratio from 10.5 percent in 2019 to nine percent this year.

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