The Central Bank of Kenya (Digital Credit Providers) Regulations, 2022, were gazetted on March 18, 2022. The Regulations, which are now operational, provide for the licensing and oversight of previously unregulated Digital Credit Providers (DCPs) by CBK. Read the...
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), Financial Sector Deepening Kenya, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are collaborating to launch a Research Paper Competition on the topic of Financial Inclusion in Kenya. The...
The Central Bank of Kenya has released the Credit Officer Survey Report for the quarter ended December 2021. The quarterly survey monitors trends in domestic credit market developments and standards in Kenya’s banking industry. Read the full report...
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) announces the issuance of a Discussion Paper on Central Bank Digital Currency for public comments. The Discussion Paper examines the applicability of a potential Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in Kenya. It is part of CBK’s...
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has released the report of the January 2022 CEOs Survey. The Survey is conducted every two months, prior to the Monetary Policy Committee meeting. The objective of the Survey is to capture information on top firms’ perceptions,...
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) undertakes a Market Perceptions Survey, prior to every Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, to obtain perceptions of banks and non-bank private sector firms on selected economic indicators including inflation, economic growth,...
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) conducted a Survey of Hotels between January 12 and 14, 2022, to assess the extent of recovery of the sector, particularly after the rise of the COVID-19 Omicron variant in mid-December 2021. The Survey assessed the levels of operations...
The Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya, Dr. Patrick Njoroge, hosted a press briefing on Thursday, January 27, 2022, after the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on Wednesday, January 26,...
The Central Bank of Kenya in collaboration with Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) and Financial Sector Deepening Trust (FSD Kenya) has released the 2021 FinAccess Household Survey. It was the first survey to be conducted at County Level across the country...
