Just as the merger of Equity Bank Congo with the country’s second-largest bank, Banque Commerciale du Congo (BCDC), which it agreed to acquire, was getting under way, the bank regulator is putting a ...

Kenya’s second largest bank has operations in: Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, South Sudan, DRC; The fact that such a proven operation is increasing its presence in the DRC is an encouraging sign, argues ...

In August 2020, Equity Group acquired 66.53 percent shareholding in BCDC from the George Arthur Forrest family for a consideration of $95 million (Sh12.7 billion) and later merged it with EBC to ...

The new bank, to be known as Equity Banque Commercial du Congo (Equity BCDC), holds more than $2.5 billion worth of assets, 74 branches and has a customer base of nearly one million.