Barclays Bank of Kenya was named best lender in asset financing and it emerged the 1st runners up in the corporate bank of the year category during the 2019 Think Business Awards.
The lender’s Corporate & Investment Banking Director James Agin was crowned the corporate banker of the year while Alex Muriu, the bank’s Digital and Innovations Manager was the winner of the outstanding young banker of the year award.
The lender emerged the 1st runners up in Best banker in product marketing and the Best bank in sustainable corporate social responsibility category while in the Mortgage finance it emerged the 2nd runners up. The event whose theme was the Role of Banks in Scaling up SMEs was held on May 17th, 2019.
The competition was open for all Commercial banks, and Micro-Finance (MF) Banks licensed and regulated by the Central Bank of Kenya.