NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), the country's largest bank by assets, posted a 19 percent rise in first half pretax profit to 10.1 billion shillings as its interest income rose, the bank said on Thursday.
KCB, which also operates in Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, South Sudan and Burundi, said net interest income was 16.053 billion shillings in the six months to end of June, compared with 14.310 billion in first half of 2012.
Chief executive Joshua Oigara said the bank's subsidiaries grew 80 percent during the period but KCB aimed to consolidate their performance before considering further expansion.
Kenyan lenders have reported mixed financial results for the first six months, with Equity Bank posting a 17 percent jump in profit while Barclays Kenya reported a 13 percent drop.
Profit at Standard Chartered Bank Kenya rose 0.6 percent.
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