Tag: Equity Bank
Equity Welcomes Samuel Onyango As New Non-Executive Director
Lender Equity has appointed Samuel Onyango as a Non-Executive Director to its Equity Bank (Kenya) Limited (EBKL) Board.
Samuel has...
Equity Bank’s Digital Channels Finally Surpass Legacy Banking in Value
Equity Bank has released its Q3 financials, ended on 30 September 2020.
According to the report, which was presented...
UoN’s Prof. Timothy Waema Joins Equity Bank as Non-Executive Director
Professor Timothy Waema has joined Equity Bank a Non-Executive Director.
The career educator brings on board his extensive ICT...
The Tale of Fraud Cases at Equity, and What the Bank is Doing About It
UPDATE
Equity Bank has been on a hot seat over the last couple of...
Equity Launches 0763000000 Line for All Outgoing Calls To Customers
Customers will be called from a 0763000000 line in a unifying effort that will see them identify an official number easily.
How Latest Eazzy Banking Update Shields Customers From Scammers
Eazzy Banking app has been updated to allow fingerprint login. Perhaps the biggest security update is a one-time password that is needed for all transactions.
Equity Bank Reports 14% Loss in Loan Provisions as Digital Channels Remain Steady
Lender Equity group has releases first-quarter results for 2020. The results are based on the uncertainties related to Coronavirus, including an overall 14% drop...
Eazzy Banking App Adds Fingerprint Recognition in New Update
Equity’s Eazzy Banking app has been a trusted banking solution for me for a decade now. I use it because it works for me;...
Equity Waives Mobile Banking Transaction Fees, Card Payments Now Contactless
Equity Bank hosted two meetings yesterday: one that announced the 2019 FY financial results and another one that was exploring options to lessen the...
Equity Bank Non-Branch Transactions Stagnant at 97 Percent as 2019 Profits Hit KES 22.6B
Following KCB’s 2019 FY results that were announced exactly one week ago today, Equity Bank has done the same thing in a meet held...
Equity Bank Set to Revise Mobile Money Charges to Encourage Cashless Transactions
The COVID-19 pandemic is a nuisance that has brought some parts of the world to a standstill. Kenya has since registered a few cases,...
Eazzy Banking App Finally Receives Support for Android 10
Android 10 has been around for a while, and this is the first time we have seen phone makers do a fine job in...
Eazzy App Processed 231 Million Transactions in Q3 2019 as Equity Disbursed Record-Breaking Mobile Loans
Lender Equity Bank has released its Q3 2019 performance report, which, as it has been the case in previous quarters, cites improved business environment...
Mixed Reactions as Equity Bank’s New Logo is Unveiled
Yesterday, Equity Group celebrated their 35 years of existence in the Kenyan market. Equity Group is a huge brand in the Kenyan market that...
Equity Bank Hires Swedish National to Expand Digitization Strategy
Swedish national John Wilson has been appointed Equity’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) for the bank’s East and Southern Africa market. The announcement was done today...
Equity Bank Appoints New Managing Director Following Polycarp Igathe’s Resignation
Equity Bank has appointed Gerald Warui as its fourth Managing Director.
Warui, who has been with the institution as a Director for an extended period...
Equity Bank Showcases Strong H1 2019, Digital Transactions Soar
Equity Bank has been doing a fantastic job in offering financial services to the people of Kenya, among other markets it operates in, including...
Equity Bank Eyes Ethiopia Market, Reports KES 6.2 Billion Pre-tax Profit in Q1 2019
Equity Bank, which briefs investors on a regular basis about its growth projections has announced 2019’s first quarter financials. The lender, which continues to...
Safaricom and Equity Seal Partnership to Financially Empower Kenyans
As the adage goes, two heads are better than one. In principle, this has been the case for businesses, which is what lender Equity...
Eazzy Banking App Constant Failure is Damaging Equity’s Online Brand
Mobile banking apps are the new norm in the Kenyan market now because people want to keep track of their money and transactions in...
Equity Bank Reports KES 19.8 Billion After Tax Profit as it Commits to Fintech Innovations
This afternoon, Equity Bank, which has since garnered 13.5 million customers, held its Investor Briefing that also served as a stage for the financial...
Eazzy Banking App Activation is Currently Out of Service
Banking apps have been around for some time, and it is unlikely your financial institution of choice does not have one, or a way...
Equity Bank’s Online Forex Trading Platform is Official
Equity Group has today announced an online foreign exchange platform for SMEs and large corporates. Christened EazzyFX, the tool targets to harness financial markets...
Eazzy Banking App Updated with Android 9 Pie Support
Equity’s Eazzy Banking app is a favourite financial tool for its users. I have been using it for near two years now, and in...
Equity Bank Agent Network Second to M-Pesa as Lender Reports KES 15.8 Billion Q3 Earnings
Yesterday’s Q3 financial announcements by Equity Bank were marked by the group’s ascent toward digitizing its banking services. The lender has been popularizing the...
Equity Bank Achieves Record Non-Branch Transactions As it Targets Full Digitization
Equity Bank has announced its financial performance for the first quarter of 2018. For the most part, the bank, which has since been crowned...
Airtel Money, Equitel Drop Free Money Transfers and Paybill
Subscribers who use mobile money services deployed by Airtel Kenya and Equity Bank’s MVNO, Equitel, will no longer enjoy free select services that have,...
Equity’s EazzyBanking App Latest Update Adds Mandarin Language for Chinese Customers
Banks, which are in the race to catch up with the offerings of digital technologies have, for the most part, been the pioneers of...
PayPal Transactions Fees: M-PESA Versus Equity Bank
A few days ago, Equity Bank revised its PayPal withdrawal fees, a move that has since seen new competition from Kenya’s number one telecoms...
Equity Bank Cuts PayPal Withdrawal Fees in New Tariff Announcements
It is apparent that PayPal is one of the world’s most popular online payment service. Its popularity is tied to a huge number of...
Equity Bank to Fully Digitize Lending Services by Mid 2018 with Key Focus on AI
Equity Bank announced its performance for FY 2017 during the investor briefing earlier this morning.
At the event that was steered by the Group's CEO...
Equity Bank Quietly Introduces Charges for Cash Remitted to Other Equitel Lines
Safaricom’s M-PESA set the foundation for the local mobile money sector and while the product is obviously dominant (M-PESA makes up about 80 percent...
Equity’s Eazzy Banking App Updated with Android 8 Oreo Support
In a bid to perform as many transactions as possible, banks have been spinning off additional products from their primary offering because transactions translate...
Equitel New Offer Bundles Data, Voice and SMS into Three Modest Packages
Equity Bank has been offering mobile communication service for some time now. Its jump into this business was hastened by Kenya’s open market for...
Equity Bets on APIs to Digitally Transform Banking Services
Equity Group Holdings Plc announced its Q3 Performance at the Investor Briefing event that was held yesterday (October 30). Other than its financial performance...
