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US investors held about KSh258 billion of Kenyan stocks and bonds at the end of 2025, up 45% and the highest in four years, Business Daily reported on 6 November 2026.
Kenyan banks' non-performing loan ratio fell to 16.0 per cent at the end of 2025 and core capital stood at 18.2 per cent of risk-weighted assets, while four small banks would fall short of the capital minimum in a severe stress test, the Central Bank of Kenya reported on 3 November 2026.
Kenya's public debt stood at a provisional KSh 13,475.15 billion in August, the Central Bank of Kenya said in its weekly bulletin of 23 October, against KSh 8,701.10 billion in September 2022 in earlier CBK data, a rise The Standard put at 54.9 per cent.
Kenyans abroad sent home US$438.5 million in September, up 4.5% on a year earlier, according to the Central Bank of Kenya; the 12-month total fell 1.0% to US$5,032 million, Business Radar reported on 17 October 2026.
The Central Bank of Kenya's September survey of 466 farmers, retailers and wholesalers points to higher prices for most foods in the month ahead, and 76% of respondents expect farming to improve over the next year, the CBK said in a report published on 20 October 2026.
Kenyan chief executives were more optimistic in September than in July, but 26.7% rated bank credit hard to get and 53% of firms relied mainly on their own funds, the Central Bank of Kenya said on 20 October 2026.
The average annualised return on Kenyan money market funds fell to 9.3% on 15 October 2026 from 9.9% a year earlier, Business Daily reported on 18 October 2026.
Central Bank of Kenya data show remittances of US$3.769 billion in January–September 2026, level with the same period of 2025, as North American inflows fell 11.19%, Business Daily reported on 18 October 2026.
The Kenyan shilling traded at KSh 129.81 to the US dollar on 15 October, reserves stood at US$14,689 million and September remittances totalled US$438.5 million, the Central Bank of Kenya said in its weekly bulletin of 16 October 2026.
Ethiopia has joined PAPSS, which will let its financial institutions make cross-border payments with institutions across Africa, the National Bank of Ethiopia and PAPSS said on 15 October 2026.
Mogo Auto Limited did not attend a National Assembly committee meeting and asked for a new date, as MPs review Buy Now Pay Later firms over complaints, Capital FM reported on 16 October 2026.
Existing virtual asset firms need a CBK or CMA licence once a one-year transition ends on 4 November; Africa Digital Assets wants the deadline moved to August 2027, TechTrends Kenya reported on 12 October.
