Faulu Microfinance Bank Limited, commonly referred to as Faulu Kenya, is a
microfinance
Microfinance consists of financial services targeting individuals and small businesses (SMEs) who lack access to conventional banking and related services.
Microfinance includes microcredit, the provision of small loans to poor clients; saving ...
bank based in
Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...
. It is regulated by the
Central Bank of Kenya.
The word ''Faulu'' is
Swahili for succeed.
History
Faulu Microfinance Bank is a limited liability company duly incorporated in Kenya under the Companies Act. The company changed its name to Faulu Kenya Deposit Taking Microfinance (DTM) Limited in 2008 as part of the requirements to obtain the Deposit Taking Licence from the Central Bank of Kenya. In May 2009, Faulu became the first registered DTM in Kenya under the Micro-Finance Act and is regulated by the CBK.
The bank has grown from one MFI office in 1991 to over 90 service outlets which include 27 banking branches in seven of the eight provinces in Kenya by end of 2011.
In April 2014,
Old Mutual completed its acquisition of 67% of Faulu Kenya
[ through a KSH 2 billion capital injection.][ The acquisition gave Old Mutual a greater market reach through th]
Faulu Kenya
branches across Kenya and gave Faulu Kenya greater capital to meet statutory requirements.
Ownership
The stock
Stocks (also capital stock, or sometimes interchangeably, shares) consist of all the Share (finance), shares by which ownership of a corporation or company is divided. A single share of the stock means fractional ownership of the corporatio ...
of Faulu Kenya is privately held with Old Mutual being the largest shareholder with 67% of the issued capital.
See also
* Central Bank of Kenya
* Kiva
A kiva (also ''estufa'') is a space used by Puebloans for rites and political meetings, many of them associated with the kachina belief system. Among the modern Hopi and most other Pueblo peoples, "kiva" means a large room that is circula ...
* Food For The Hungry (FH)
* List of banks in Kenya
References
External links
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Microfinance companies of Africa
Banks of Kenya
Companies based in Nairobi
Banks established in 1991
Kenyan companies established in 1991