This is one great article the style of writing and research made me feel like I was reading NY Times.Key highlights
1.that lenders have to do more on the quality of their loan books and any other costs that can be done away with to maintain profitability.
2. as part of adjustments to the law, cost-to-income ratio should not exceed 40 per cent in order to stay positive operationally.(NIC is at 38%)
3. A tenth of all loans issued by banks are not being paid and the gross bad loans now stands at a record Sh228 billion against gross loans of Sh2.3 trillion.
4.lenders should not shy away from the market but instead ensure they get good borrowers. “Because lending business is no longer margin-driven, they need to volumise business through a product-focused approach to lending. (Race to the bottom)
5. “Additionally, price is no longer a competitive factor and lending is now a battle of the good customer. Banks now have to either look for these customers out there or create them.”(Race to the bottom)
6.We still remain in a Darwinian moment when the fittest of Tier Ones and Twos will survive. By appreciating a positioning for the Future the Winners will win big.”
7.As expected, on cost of funds, Tier 2 banks have benefited the most from the introduction of interest rates controls – the spread between highest and lowest rates on deposits has contracted from 4.18 percentage points to 3.40 percentage points in the first quarter of 2017.