Ericsson wrote:@VVS
kcb gets a larger pool of customers to loan to.
staff are more than 500 and the risk of default is low since CIC is guarantor
KCB will only lend at 6% if CIC is putting down a [possibly an interest-free] deposit to cover the 8%.
In other words, I believe CIC will place money "interest-free" with KCB which then lends it out at 6%. The 6% covers admin costs [+ a profit] for KCB to administer the loan.
KCB would be better off lending to GoK [12% for a 10 yr Bond] than lend to CIC staff at 6% [when the minimum savings rate is 7%] without a "compensating balance" from CIC.
Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett