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Victoria Commercial Bank

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Industry
  
Financial Services

Headquarters
  
Nairobi, Kenya

Number of employees
  
61 (2015)

Website
  
Homepage

Founded
  
1987

Type of business
  
Public

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Key people
  
Kanji D Pattni Chairman Yogesh K Pattni Managing Director

Products
  
Loans, Checking, Savings, Investments, Debit Cards

Revenue
  
7.175 million USD (Aftertax, KES:713.8 million, ...)

Total assets
  
201.2 million USD (KES:20.02 billion, 2015)

Victoria Commercial Bank (VCB) is a private bank in Kenya. It is licensed as a commercial bank, by the Central Bank of Kenya, the Central Bank and national banking regulator.

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Location

The bank maintains three offices in Nairobi, Kenya's capital. The main branch is located at Victoria Towers, in the upscale neighborhood of Upper Hill, 3 kilometres (2 mi) southwest of the central business district of Nairobi, Kenya's capital city. The coordinates of the headquarters of Victoria Commercial Bank are 01°18'03.0"S, 36°48'56.0"E (Latitude:-1.300832; Longitude:36.815560).

History

Victoria Commercial Bank was established in 1987 as Victoria Finance Company, a non-bank finance institution (NBFI). In 1996, following the issuance of a banking license by the Central Bank of Kenya, the company rebranded to Victoria Commercial Bank.

Overview

The bank is a Tier III private bank in Kenya, East Africa's largest economy. VCB focuses on serving large corporations and high-net-worth clients. The bank also offers personal banking services to the employees of its corporate clients. As of December 2015, the bank's total assets were valued at about US$201.23 million (KES:20.02 billion), with shareholders' equity of about US$35.3 million (KES:3.512 billion).

Ownership

The shareholding in the stock of Victoria Commercial Bank As of January 2017 was as follows:

Branches

As of July 2016, Victoria Commercial Bank maintains three branches in the city of Nairobi, Kenya.

Credit rating

In July 2016, the South African credit rating agency Global Credit Ratings (GCR) rated the bank as BBB with stable outlook. The bank has a history of "operating without a loan default for the last 10 years".

References

Victoria Commercial Bank Wikipedia