Barclays profit flat at Sh1.9bn as rebranding raises costs

Barclays Kenya chief executive Jeremy Awori. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Barclays Kenya #ticker:BBK has announced flat earnings of Sh1.9 billion in the first three months of the year ended March, as costs of rebranding to Absa ate into its bottom-line.

The Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed #ticker:NSE lender’s first quarter net profit would have grown nearly 10 percent to more than Sh2 billion if it did not incur the rebranding expense of Sh243.4 million.

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