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Originally published by Capital Businessbusiness
November 4, 2025
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StanChart to issue loans to clients on government-issued bonds

NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 4 - Standard Chartered Bank Kenya has unveiled a new lending facility allowing clients to borrow against their investments in Kenyan Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today |..
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Standard Chartered Bank Kenya has launched a new lending facility allowing clients to borrow against their investments in Kenyan government bonds acquired directly through the Central Bank of Kenya’s (CBK) Dhow Central Securities Depository (DhowCSD). This initiative provides liquidity to resident investors while they continue to receive bi-annual coupon payments, with loans offered at competitive interest rates and no arrangement fees, targeting affluent clients.
- Loans have a minimum amount of Sh50,000 and a maximum determined by the client’s bond portfolio size.
- Edith Chumba, Standard Chartered’s Head of Wealth and Retail Banking for Kenya and East Africa, stated the facility aims to help investors unlock the value of their bonds.
- The DhowCSD platform has boosted retail investor participation, with individual investors now accounting for 79 percent of all account holders
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