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Equity recognized among the best banks globally

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September 14, 2020
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Equity has been recognized among the top 1000 best banks globally by the Financial Times Banker Magazine.

Equity was ranked at position 754 out of 1000 global banks, a ranking that was based on an array of metrics including the size of the lender, financial soundness, profits on capital, and return on assets.

The lender jumped 90 spots from last year’s position 844.

Equity was ranked position 62 on Capital Assets Ratio and Financial Soundness, which is an improvement of 13 spots, from last year.

The lender also ranked at position 20 overall on Return on Assets, and position 55 on Profit on Capital.

According to the publication, Return on Assets was at 3.35 percent; Profit on Capital was at 23 percent and Capital Assets Ratio was 14.56 percent.

Continentally, the bank was placed in position 22 of the best banks in Africa. Despite the growth and development of its financial sector, Africa remains a minor player in global banking terms.

In 2019, the continent’s banking industry accounted for less than 1 percent of global Tier 1 capital making it the smallest regional player, behind Latin America with just over 2 percent.

Nonetheless, the performance in capital terms of the top five African countries including South Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, and Kenya was noted as being impressive.

“We are humbled that despite being a regional bank operating in Africa, we have made it among the top 754 banks in the world and demonstrated our efficiency and quality by being ranked among the top 62 global banks in the most important three parameters; Soundness or Financial Stability, Return on Assets and Return on Equity,” said Dr James Mwangi, managing director and CEO Equity group.

Equity’s steady improvement in the global rankings is a result of a deliberate strategy to improve operational efficiencies, backed by an elaborate digitization strategy that has seen Equity’s over 14 million customers get access to customized, secure and convenient banking solutions.

This year, Equity Group Holdings Board has taken a conservative approach that recognizes the emerging unquantified risk of the pandemic and opted to preserve capital in the face of the prevailing uncertainty occasioned by Covid-19.

In the first quarter of 2020, Equity’s profit before provisions was up by 10 percent to Kshs.10 billion from Kshs. 9.1 billion the previous year.

However, the Group increased its loan loss provision tenfold to Kshs. 3 billion up from Kshs. 300 million the previous year leading to a decline of profit after tax by 14 percent from Kshs. 6.2 billion to 5.3 billion for the same period last year.

A strong Group liquidity position of 51.6 percent and strong total capital to risk weighted asset buffer of 19.5 percent against a low loan to total assets ratio of 55 percent, places the Group in a strong position to adequately handle the economic and financial challenges of the COVID-19 global health pandemic.

This position is further enhanced by an agile liquid balance sheet with cash and cash equivalents of 38 percent of total assets and long-term funding of shareholders’ funds and long-term debts constituting 23 percent of the total assets.

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