The Trading Room

In a significant market development, twenty-seven banks operating in Kenya have openly defied the Central Bank of Kenya’s (CBK) directive to adopt a uniform, transparent benchmark for pricing loans. The directive issued earlier this year,...

The Kenya Mortgage Refinance Company (KMRC) has officially launched a Kes 3 billion sustainability bond, representing the second tranche of its larger Kes 10.5 billion bond programme. The offer opened on April 28, 2026, and...

Oil futures edged higher on Tuesday as market participants weighed the latest signals from negotiations between the United States and Iran, with lingering uncertainty over a possible de-escalation keeping trading sentiment on edge. West Texas...

Airtel Money and Absa Bank Kenya have signed a partnership to enhance digital payments solutions, introducing a new service that enables direct transfers from Airtel Money wallets into Absa Bank Kenya accounts, as well as...

Investors at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) are entering a peak dividend harvest season, with at least 15 listed firms scheduled to issue payouts over the next 90 days. This wave of corporate distributions highlights...