Credit Bank Inks Deal With Kenyan Diasporans For Investment Empowerment

Credit Bank plc has entered into a partnership deal with the Kenya Diaspora Alliance through which the bank will provide a bouquet of solutions in order to empower Kenyans living abroad to invest back home.

Speaking during the official signing of the partnership agreement, Credit Bank’s Chief Executive Officer, Ms Betty Korir, noted that remittances from the diaspora have grown exponentially over the years, overtaking global investors through their direct impacts on local investments. Ms Korir attributed this to the tremendous shift towards digital transformation within the financial sector.

“The daggers have been drawn and the battlefield for customers in the banking sector is now being fought on the digital front. Thanks to advancement in technology, consumer preference keeps on changing as does the need for us to transform, digitally, by offering solutions which address all our customers,” said Ms Korir.

According to the latest Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) data, remittances by Kenyans living abroad rose by 20.3 percent in the 12 months which led up July 2021. This amounted to Ksh376.5 billion as compared to Ksh317.2 billion in the preceding 12 months to July 2020 with North America, and the United States of America, in particular, making for the largest source and accounting for 58.3 percent of remittance inflows into Kenya.

“As Kenyans living abroad continue to invest locally, we seek to provide a seamless process, thus enhancing the customer experience and becoming the go-to bank when it comes to international money remittances,” Ms Korir added.

The Kenya Diaspora Alliance (KDA) and its precursors were instrumental in introducing and popularizing technology, notably information technology (IT) and the Internet, in particular, not just in Kenya, but in Sub-Sahara Africa as a whole.

“I am delighted to seal this partnership today. It heralds yet another milestone, exactly 25 years since the internet was unveiled in this country. The diaspora has undoubtedly become the new Sherriff in town, as the highest foreign exchange earner for the country,” noted Dr Shem Ochuodho, Global Chairperson of the Kenya Diaspora Alliance.

Diaspora remittances constitute four percent of Kenya’s GDP; and in at least two African countries, it constitutes as much as 15-35 percent of the GDP.  The contemporary African diaspora remits US$ 80 billion every year, according to the World Bank.

“African Americans alone have an estimated spending capacity of US$ 1.2 trillion, and a number of their business leaders have repeatedly said they want to do business with Africa, and invest some of it in Kenya. Partnerships like the one we are signing today will go a long way towards paving the pathways to attract and retain such investments,”  added Dr Ochuodho.

Credit Bank also announced that it will continue to invest heavily in digital innovation to ensure that, as Kenyans continue to cross borders in search of better opportunities for themselves and their families, cash remittances will be made much easier, so as to facilitate easy transfers.

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