| 2024 |
Banking Circular No. 1 of 2024 - Changes to the CBK Discount (Overnight) Window Facility |
| 2025 |
Banking Circular No. 2 of 2025 - Changes to the CBK Discount (Overnight) Window Facility |
| 2024 |
Banking Circular No. 2 of 2024 - Migration of Domestic High Value Payment System to ISO 20022 Standards |
| 2024 |
Microfinance Banks Circular No. 1 of 2024 - Migration of Domestic High Value Payment System to ISO 20022 Standards |
| 2023 |
Central Bank of Kenya Circular No. 13 of 2023 - Highlights of the AML CFT (Amendment) Act 2023 |
| 2023 |
Banking Circular No. 15 of 2023 - Highlights of the AML CFT (Amendment) Act 2023 |
| 2023 |
Central Bank of Kenya Circular No. 11 of 2023 - Dissemination of ML-TF-PF Sectoral Risk Assessment Report |
| 2023 |
Banking Circular No. 12 of 2023 - Dissemination of ML-TF-PF Sectoral Risk Assessment |
| 2023 |
Banking Circular No. 11 of 2023 - Request for Information on Unlicensed or Unauthorized MVTS |
| 2023 |
Banking Circular No. 8 of 2023 - Compliance with Banking Act and Central Bank of Kenya Prudential Guidelines |
| 2023 |
Central Bank of Kenya Circular No. 2 of 2023 - Implementation of the Recommended Actions in the AML CFT MER of Kenya |
| 2023 |
Banking Circular No. 6 of 2023 - Implementation of the Recommended Actions in the AML CFT MER of Kenya |
| 2023 |
Payments Circular No. 13 of 2023 CDD EDD and Record Keeping |
| 2023 |
Central Bank Circular No. 12 of 2023 - AML CFT CPF Obligations on CDD EDD and Record Keeping |
| 2023 |
Banking Circular No. 14 of 2023 - AML CFT CPF Obligations on CDD EDD and Record Keeping |
| 2023 |
Payments Circular No. 9 of 2023 Guidance Beneficial Ownership |
| 2023 |
Central Bank of Kenya Circular No. 10 of 2023- Guidance n Beneficial Ownership |
| 2023 |
Banking Circular No. 10 of 2023 - Guidance on Beneficial Ownership |
| 2023 |
Banking Circular No.16 of 2023 - Introduction of Electronic Matching Systems (EMS) in the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market |
| 2023 |
Banking Circular No 7 of 2023 - Changes to Operations in the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market |
| 2023 |
Banking Circular No 6 of 2023 - Changes to Haircuts Applicable to Government Securities used as Collateral for Vertical Repos, CBK Discount (Overnight) Window and Intra-Day Liquidity Facility |
| 2023 |
Banking Circular No. 5 of 2023 - Changes to the CBK Discount (Overnight) Window Facility |
| 2023 |
Banking Circular No. 5 of 2023 - Changes to the CBK Discount (Overnight) Window Facility |
| 2023 |
Banking Circular No. 4 of 2023 - Report on The National Risk Assessment on Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing and The Mutual Evaluation Report for Kenya |
| 2023 |
Banking Circular 3 of 2023 - End of IFRS 9 Transition Period |
| 2022 |
Banking Circular Number 6 of 2022 - Resumption of Charges between Mobile Money Wallets and Bank Accounts |
| 2022 |
Banking Circular Number 5 of 2022 - Additional Guidance on Large Cash Transactions |
| 2022 |
Banking Circular No. 4 of 2022 - Credit Repair Framework |
| 2022 |
Banking Circular No. 2 of 2022 - Compliance with the Banking (CRB) Regulations, 2020 |
| 2022 |
Banking Circular No.3 of 2022 - Credit Reports Issued by Credit Reference Bureaus |
| 2022 |
Banking Circular No.1 of 2022 - Expiry of Cash Reserve Ratio Emergency Measure |
| 2023 |
Banking Circular No.1 of 2023 - Issuance of the Kenya Foreign Exchange Code |
| 2023 |
Banking Circular No. 2 of 2023 - Publishing of the Domestic High Value Payments ISO 20022 Message Standards |
| 2021 |
Central Bank of Kenya (Digital Credit Providers) Regulations, 2021 |
| 2021 |
Banking Circular No. 6 of 2021 - Guidance on Libor Transition |
| 2021 |
Central Bank of Kenya Guidance on LIBOR Transition |
| 2021 |
Banking Circular No. 4 of 2021 - Guidance on Climate-Related Risk Management |
| 2021 |
Banking Circular No 3 of 2021 - Commencement of Cash Operations at CBK Kisii Centre |
| 2021 |
Banking Circular No. 2 of 2021 - Amendment of Risk Weight on Mortgage Loans |
| 2021 |
Banking Circular No 1 of 2021 - Commencement of Operations at CBK Kisii Centre |
| 2020 |
Banking Circular No. 11 of 2020 - Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP) |
| 2020 |
Guidance Note to the Banking Sector on Pandemic Planning |
| 2020 |
Banking Circular No. 5 of 2020 - Issuance of a Guidance Note on Pandemic Planning for the Banking Sector |
| 2020 |
Banking Circular No. 4 of 2020 - Review of Cash Reserve Ratio |
| 2020 |
Banking Circular No. 3 of 2020 - Implementation of Emergency Measures |
| 2020 |
Banking Circular No. 2 of 2020 - Precautionary Measures to Ensure Business Continuity and Mitigate Pandemic Risk |
| 2019 |
Banking Circular No. 5 of 2019 - Rollout of New Data Specification Template (Version 4) for Sharing of Credit Information with Credit Reference Bureaus(CRBs) |
| 2019 |
Banking Circular No. 2 of 2019 - Independent Review of AML-CFT Compliance Program |
| 2019 |
Kenya Banking Sector Charter - 2019 |
| 2019 |
Banking Circular No. 1 of 2019 - Kenya Banking Sector Charter |
| 2018 |
Banking Circular No 9 of 2018 |
| 2018 |
Microfinance Banking Circular No. 1 of 2018 |
| 2018 |
Banking Circular No. 3 of 2018 |
| 2018 |
Guidance Note on Money Laundering Risk Assessment |
| 2018 |
Banking Circular No. 2 of 2018 - Guidance Note on Money Laundering Risk Assessment |
| 2017 |
Banking Circular No. 4 of 2017 |
| 2017 |
Microfinance Banking Circular No. 2 of 2017 - Cost of Credit Website Portal |
| 2018 |
Banking Circular No. 1 of 2018 |
| 2017 |
Guidance Note on CyberSecurity |
| 2017 |
Draft Guidance Note on Cyber Risk |
| 2017 |
Banking Circular No 1 of 2017 - Central Bank Rate |
| 2017 |
Banking Circular No. 2 of 2017 - Unlicensed Deposit Taking Entities and Pyramid Schemes |
| 2017 |
Banking Circular No. 3 of 2017 - Cost of Credit Website Portal |
| 2016 |
GUIDANCE NOTE ON INTERNAL CAPITAL ADEQUACY ASSESSMENT PROCESS |
| 2016 |
Banking Circular No 7 of 2016 |
| 2016 |
Banking Circular No 6 of 2016 - Increase of Charges and Conversion of Savings Products to Transactional Products |
| 2016 |
Banking Circular No 5 of 2016 - Review of Central Bank Rate |
| 2016 |
Banking Circular No 4 of 2016 - The Banking Amendment Act 2016 |
| 2016 |
Banking Circular No 3 of 2016 - Implementation of Communications on Specified Entities |
| 2016 |
Banking Circular No 2 of 2016 - Review of Central Bank Rate (CBR) |
| 2016 |
Banking Circular No 1 of 2016 - Additional Guidelines on Large Cash Transactions |
| 2016 |
Central Bank Circular No 3 of 2016 - Submission of Credit Information to Licensed Credit Reference Bureaus |
| 2016 |
Central Bank Circular No 2 of 2016 - Implementation of Communications on Specified Entities |
| 2016 |
Central Bank Circular No 1 of 2016 - Implementation of Communications on Specified Entities |
| 2016 |
Microfinance Banking Circular No 1 of 2016 - Implementation of Communications on Specified Entities |
| 2015 |
Banking Circular No 14 of 2015 - Virtual Currencies - Bitcoin |
| 2015 |
Banking Circular No 13 of 2015 - Compliance with Sections 4 and 9A of Banking Act - Vetting of Directors and Senior Officers |
| 2015 |
Banking Circular No 12 of 2015 - Compliance with the AML-CFT Law |
| 2015 |
Banking Circular No 11 of 2015 - Interbank Foreign Exchange Market |
| 2015 |
Banking Circular No 10 of 2015 - Interbank Foreign Exchange Market |
| 2015 |
Banking Circular No 9 of 2015 - Compliance with the Prudential Guideline on Foreign Exchange Exposure Limits - CBK-PG-06 |
| 2015 |
Banking Circular No 8 of 2015 - Review of CBR and Introduction of a 3-day Repo |
| 2015 |
Banking Circular No 7 of 2015 - Change of the Kenya Banks\' Reference Rate (KBRR) |
| 2015 |
Banking Circular No 6 of 2015 - Authorized Foreign Exchange Inter-Dealer Broker - Micromega Africa Money Brokers |
| 2015 |
Banking Circular No 5 of 2015 - Review of Central Bank Rate (CBR) |
| 2015 |
Banking Circular No 4 of 2015 - Authorized Foreign Exchange Dealers-Brokers |
| 2015 |
Banking Circular No 3 of 2015 - Foreign Exchange Dealing with Unauthorized Dealers-Brokers |
| 2015 |
Banking Circular No 2 of 2015 - Implementation of the UN Security Council Resolutions on Sudan |
| 2015 |
Banking Circular No 1 of 2015 - Operationalizaton of the Kenya Banks\' Reference Rate (KBRR) |
| 2015 |
Microfinance Banking Circular No 2 of 2015 - Change of the Kenya Banks\' Reference Rate (KBRR) |
| 2015 |
Microfinance Banking Circular No 1 of 2015 - Operationalization of Kenya Banks\' Reference Rate (KBRR) |
| 2014 |
Banking Circular No 6 of 2014 - Integration of the National Bank of Rwanda into the East African Payment System (EAPS) |
| 2014 |
Banking Circular No 5 of 2014 - Implementation of the UN Security Council Resolutions on Central African Republic |
| 2014 |
Banking Circular No 4 of 2014 - Operationalization of Kenya Banks\' Reference Rate (KBRR) |
| 2014 |
Banking Circular No 3 of 2014 - Opening of EAPS Rwandese Francs Accounts |
| 2014 |
Banking Circular No 2 of 2014 - Implementation of the UN Security Council Resolutions on Central African Republic |
| 2014 |
Banking Circular No 1 of 2014 - Rollout of Full File Credit Information Sharing |
| 2014 |
Microfinance Banking Circular No 1 of 2014 - Operationalization of Kenya Banks\' Reference Rate (KBRR) |
| 2013 |
Banking Circular No 4 of 2013 - Issuance of Prudential Guielines on Incidental Business Activities and Non-Operating Holding Companies |
| 2013 |
Banking Circular No 3 of 2013 - Review of the Central Bank Rate (CBR) |
| 2013 |
Banking Circular No 2 of 2013 - KES1 Page on Reuters 3000 Extra |
| 2013 |
Banking Circular No 1 of 2013 - Review of the Central Bank Rate |
| 2012 |
Banking Circular No 10 of 2012 - Review of the Central Bank Rate |
| 2012 |
Banking Circular No 9 of 2012 - Issuance of Revised Prudential Guidelines and Risk Management Guidelines |
| 2012 |
Banking Circular No 8 of 2012 - Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) |
| 2012 |
Banking Circular No 7 of 2012 - Suspicious Transaction Reports |
| 2012 |
Banking Circular No 6 of 2012 - Review of the Central Bank Rate |
| 2012 |
Banking Circular No 5 of 2012 - KEPSS (RTGS) Backup Test |
| 2012 |
Banking Circular No 4 of 2012 - Review of the Central Bank Rate |
| 2012 |
Banking Circular No 3 of 2012 - Multiple Tenures on Term Auction Deposit (TAD) Facility |
| 2012 |
Banking Circular No 2 of 2012 - Implementation of New Banking System |
| 2012 |
Banking Circular No 1 of 2012 - Implementation of New Banking System |
| 2011 |
Banking Circular No 12 of 2011 - Amendments to Foreign Exchange Exposure Limits |
| 2011 |
Banking Circular No 11 of 2011 |
| 2011 |
Banking Circular No 10 of 2011 - Adjustment of the Central Bank Rate |
| 2011 |
Banking Circular No 9 of 2011 - Guidelines on the Management of Liquidity through the CBK Discount Window and Cash Reserve Ratio |
| 2011 |
Banking Circular No 8 of 2011 - Guidelines on the Use of the Central Bank of Kenya Discount (Overnight) Window |
| 2011 |
Banking Circular No 7 of 2011 - The Central Bank Rate and Cash Reserve Ratio |
| 2011 |
Banking Circular No 6 of 2011 - Guidelines on the use of CBK Discount |
| 2011 |
Banking Circular No 5 of 2011 - Further Tightening of Monetary Policy Stance Via Active Liquidity Management to Rein in Inflationary Expectations |
| 2009 |
Banking Circular No 8 of 2009 |
| 2011 |
Banking Circular No 4 of 2011 - Revision of the Cash Reserve Requirement and the Central Bank Rate |
| 2011 |
Banking Circular No 3 of 2011 - Implementation of East African Cross-Border Payment System |
| 2011 |
Banking Circular No 2 of 2011 - Review of the Central Bank Rate |
| 2011 |
Banking Circular No 1 of 2011 - Review of the Central Bank Rate |
| 2010 |
Banking Circular No 4 of 2010 - Review of CBR |
| 2010 |
Banking Circular No 3 of 2010 - Roll Out of Credit Information Sharing Under the Banking Act |
| 2010 |
Banking Circular No 2 of 2010 - Guideline on Agent Banking |
| 2010 |
Banking Circular No 1 of 2010 - Review of CBR |
| 2009 |
Banking Circular No 11 of 2009 - Disclosure of Deposits to Deposit Protection Fund Board |
| 2009 |
Banking Circular No 10 of 2009 |
| 2009 |
Banking Circular No 9 of 2009 - Review of CBR Rate |
| 2009 |
Banking Circular No 7 of 2009 - Adjustment of Central Bank Rate (CBR) and Cash Reserve Ration (CRR) |
| 2009 |
Banking Circular No 6 of 2009 - Improvement of Currency operations |
| 2009 |
Banking Circular No 5 of 2009 - KEPSS rules & procedures – KEPSS operating schedule |
| 2009 |
Banking Circular No 4 of 2009 - Revision of CBR and Tenors for repo/reverse repo, late repo and term auction deposit facility |
| 2009 |
Banking Circular No 3 of 2009 - Interbank (“Horizontal”) Master Repurchase Agreement (MRA) |
| 2009 |
Banking Circular No 2 of 2009 - Adjustment of the Central Bank Rate (CBR) |
| 2009 |
Banking Circular No 1 of 2009 - Confirmation of secondary trading transactions for government securities |
| 2008 |
Banking Circular No 9 of 2008 - Revision of the rediscount rates methodology for government securities |
| 2008 |
Banking Circular No 8 of 2008 - Reduction of the threshold for investments in Treasury Bills in the primary market |
| 2008 |
Banking Circular No 7 of 2008 - Revision of the CRR and the CBR |
| 2008 |
Banking Circular No 6 of 2008 - Introduction of the Interbank (“Horizontal”) Master Repurchase Agreement (MRA) |
| 2008 |
Banking Circular No 5 of 2008 - Revision of Central Bank Rate (CBR) |
| 2008 |
Banking Circular No 4 of 2008 Revised - Amendment- Revised guidelines for currency transactions |
| 2008 |
Banking Circular No 4 of 2008 - Revised guidelines for currency transactions |
| 2008 |
Banking Circular No 3 of 2008 - Term Auction Deposit |
| 2008 |
Banking Circular No 2 of 2008- End of the test period for the new CBK BS(M) return |
| 2008 |
Banking Circular No 1 of 2008 - Prudential Guidelines on Business Continuity Management (BCM) |
