{
  "id": 1450669,
  "title": "KCB: 9-10% net interest margins are long gone",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/kcb-9-10-net-interest-margins-are-long-gone",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-17T08:04:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/business/kcb-9-10-net-interest-margins-are-long-gone"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "KCB Group says Kenya’s lower interest-rate environment is changing the economics of banking, with the lender saying net interest margins (NIMs) are entering a new range of about 6.5–7 per cent as monetary policy feeds through to lending rates. Group Chief Financial Officer Lawrence Kimathi said the decline in margins is most pronounced in KCB’s […]",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}