Transnational Bank


Transnational Bank, whose complete name is Transnational Bank Kenya Limited, is a commercial bank in Kenya. It is one of the forty-four licensed commercial banks in the country.

History

TNB was established as a non-bank financial institution in 1984, under the name Transnational Finance Company . TNFC provided loans, including lease-purchase arrangements to depositors and non-depositors. In 1985, following the issuance of a commercial banking license by the Central Bank of Kenya, the national banking regulator, the company began banking operations under its current name in Nairobi and Mombasa. At first other locations in the country continued to operate as TNFC offices. Between 1985 and 1996, all TNFC activities were merged with TNB and the TNFC brand was closed. The bank has one subsidiary; TNB Forex Bureau, located at Moi International Airport in Mombasa. The bank is also affiliated with Western Union, the American International money-transfer service. In 2009, TNB introduced Internet banking and mobile banking through mobile telephones.

Overview

The bank is a medium-sized commercial bank in Kenya, East Africa's largest economy., its assets were valued at about US$105.84 million, with shareholders' equity of about US$20.43 million.

Branch network

The bank maintained 17 networked branches in Kenya, as of December 2013.

Ownership

The shares of stock of Transnational Bank are privately held by Kenyan institutions and individuals., the major shareholders in the bank were as depicted in the table below:
RankName of OwnerPercentage Ownership
1Archers and Wilcock Limited23.75
2Sovereign Trust Limited23.03
3Duggan Limited15.53
4Pyramid Trustee Limited15.12
5November Nominees Limited07.28
6Simbi Investors04.11
7Losupuk Limited02.79
8Kenyerere Limited02.15
9Lohan Investments Limited01.42
10Others04.80
Total100.00

Acquisition

On 31 October 2019 the Business Daily Africa newspaper reported that Access Bank Nigeria, had received regulatory approval from the Competition Authority of Kenya to acquire 93.57 percent in Transnational Bank of Kenya. The transaction is yet to receive the approval of the Central Bank of Kenya.