Commercial Banking in Kenya

This book investigates the impact of commercial banks in Kenya right through from their origins, up to their responses to new challenges and economic policies in the twenty-first century. It will be of interest to researchers of banking, economic history, the colonial period, and African studies.

Autorentext

Christian Velasco is Professor/Researcher of International History, in the Department of History at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico. He is also an associate professor of economic history in the Faculty of Economics at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, (UNAM).

Inhalt

Introduction 1. Commercial Banks as Colonial Enterprises 2. Commercial Banks in the Era of African Independence 3. The Standing Colony: The Commercial Banks between Pacification and Independence 4. Creating a Kenyan Banking System 5. The Banks at the End of Colonial Kenya: Deconstruction and Adaptation 6. From Commercial Banks to Fintech: Kenyan Financial Institutions since 1970 Final Remarks