Standard Bank offers to buy NCBA, sources

Standard Bank offers to buy NCBA, sources
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NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 14 – Standard Bank Group, the parent company of Stanbic Holdings, is in talks to acquire NCBA Group, Bloomberg News has reported.

If successful, the deal would create Kenya’s third-largest lender after KCB Group and Equity Bank.

Following the news, NCBA’s share price surged 9.7 percent to close at Sh76.25 on Tuesday.

More to follow…….