obiero wrote:VituVingiSana wrote:Angelica _ann wrote:Ericsson wrote:http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/markets/Coop-Bank-overtakes-Equity-loans-issued-/539552-4076382-151kjf4/index.html
Cooperative Bank of Kenya has overtaken Equity Bank to hold the second largest gross loan book in the banking sector as at the end of 2016, reflecting the latter’s shift to government securities following the rate cap.
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) 2016 banking supervision annual report shows that Co-op Bank had issued gross loans of Sh241.4 billion last year, ahead of Equity’s Sh221.03 billion.
Could it be that as JM gets old, he is becoming more risk averse (from the risk taker of the yester years) and therefore the shift from Equity's aggressiveness to moderate moves we are witnessing of late?
I don't think he is being less aggressive as much as "prudent" i.e. why not earn easy (default-free) returns from GoK instead of the drama of lending?
If and when the spreads are sufficiently widened, then Equity can jump back in through its mobile platforms.
Waiting will ensure that the ship has sailed.. It won't be easy to bring back the disgruntled leavers
Ease of access [Equitel and Eazzy] will bring them back in droves. Access rather than pricing is key.
Equity wants a higher price [rate] while many customers want easy access.
Think Safaricom which has the priciest calls, data and mobile money charges YET...
Though I will admit that Equity doesn't seem to engender the same loyalty as it did once with competition from KCB and Coop.
Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett