StanChart Drops Out Of Kenya’s Big Bank Club As CBK Ranking Exposes A Shrinking Franchise

Homegrown lenders strengthen grip on banking market, CBK data shows

Multinational banks operating in Kenya have failed to keep pace with the rapid expansion of their homegrown rivals, resulting in a loss of market share that has seen Standard Chartered Bank Kenya drop off the list of tier one lenders. Newly published data by the Central bank of Kenya (CBK) shows that locally homegrown institutions such as KCB Bank Kenya and Equity Bank Kenya have progressively claimed a larger share of the market as measured thr…

StanChart and Absa lose grip as homegrown lenders gain

The most marked decline has been on Stanchart, whose market share fell from 6.37 percent in 2019 to 4.5 percent in 2025, resulting in its drop into the second tier of banks.

SCBK downgrades to middle tier status

Standard Chartered Bank Kenya(SCBK) has moved from Central Bank of Kenya(CBKs) Large Peer Group to the Medium Peer Group in 2025. SCBK market-size index fell to 4.5% from 5.4%, with its ranking moving from 8th to 9th. The shift reflects a contraction in relative balance-sheet scale:  Net assets: KSh364.5billion, down 5.4%  Deposits: KSh284.7billion, down 3.8% […]

Standard Chartered Kenya Exits Tier One Banking Group After Market Share Slide

Standard Chartered Bank Kenya has dropped out of the country’s Tier One banking group for the first time in years, according to the Central Bank of Kenya’s 2025 annual report. The lender’s market size index fell to 4.5 percent in 2025, down from 5.4 percent in 2024, pushing it below the 5 percent threshold that [...] The post Standard Chartered Kenya Exits Tier One Banking Group After Market Share Slide appeared first on Khusoko - Your Gateway t…

StanChart Drops Out Of Kenya’s Big Bank Club As CBK Ranking Exposes A Shrinking Franchise

For more than a century Standard Chartered sold itself as Kenya’s premier international bank: colonial granite, Kenyatta Avenue columns, a London parent, and a balance sheet that looked too polished to fall out of the first division. The Central Bank of Kenya’s Bank Supervision Annual Report 2025 has now written the end of that status […]

CBK lists 8 biggest banks in Kenya by market share as StanChart is demoted from Tier One

Discover the 8 biggest banks in Kenya by their market share. StanChart drops from tier one according to the Central Bank of Kenya's Bank Supervision Annual Report.