{
  "id": 2334268,
  "title": "Kenyan banks lend Sh245bn to MSMEs in H1",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/kenyan-banks-lend-sh245bn-to-msmes-in-h1",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-21T07:27:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Capital Business",
    "slug": "capital-business",
    "url": "https://capitalfm.africa/kenyan-banks-lend-sh245bn-to-msmes-in-h1/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Data from the Kenya Bankers Association shows Equity Bank led lending to small businesses with Sh82.3 billion, followed by Co-operative Bank with Sh32.4 billion and KCB with Sh26.4 billion.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}