VituVingiSana wrote:I think @mwekezaji has nailed it. Equity has better things to do than be held hostage by bad debtors. I am not sure what portion of the Loan to CCN has been NPL'd but Equity [in 2Q 2014] can write-back the late or unpaid interest and any provisions made.
KCB may make fees, etc from the CCN deal but it comes with headaches as well. And nothing stops Equity for fighting for other (more) profitable business from CCN.
City Hall seeks new terms for Sh4.5 billion KCB loan
https://www.businessdail...illion-kcb-loan-3311014 City Hall has revealed plans to restructure a Sh4.45 billion KCB Group loan in a bid to end a legal showdown with the lender and avoid property auction.
City Hall did not disclose if it will seek a review of the interest rate from the 13 percent that KCB Group charged after it
inherited the loan from Equity Bank .
The two are locked in a legal dispute after KCB Group sought court orders last year to enforce collection of the debt raising fears of property auction to recover the money.
KCB Group inherited the loan from Equity Bank in September 2014 and offered City Hall a grace period of six months before it could start servicing the debt over eight years.
Equity lent the now defunct Nairobi City Council Sh5 billion in 2011 to pay statutory deductions but the loan was transferred to KCB Group.
Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett