NCBA Bank Kenya, whose full name is NCBA Bank Kenya Plc, is a commercial bank in Kenya. It is licensed by the Central Bank of Kenya, the country's central bank and national banking regulator. Location The bank's headquarters are located at NCBA Centre, at the junction of Mara Road and Ragati Road, in the neighborhood called Upper Hill, in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. The geographical coordinates of the group's headquarters are:01°17'52.0"S, 36°48'46.0"E (Latitude:-1.297778; Longitude:36.812778). Overview NCBA Bank Kenya is a subsidiary of NCBA Group Plc, a large financial services provider in East Africa, and parts of West Africa. The group maintains its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. NCBA Group Plc owns subsidiary companies in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and the Ivory Coast. , NCBA Bank's total asset base was valued at about KSh487.8 billion (US$4.88 billion). At that time, the bank was ranked in position number three, by total assets, behind KCB Bank Kenya Limited and Equity Bank Kenya Limited. History NIC Bank Kenya Plc roots trace back to 1959 when its parent company, NIC Group, was formed as a joint venture by Standard Bank Limited of South Africa and Mercantile Credit Company Limited of the United Kingdom. NIC was initially a non-bank financial institution (NBFI). NIC Bank Kenya Plc was incorporated in 2016 as a result of the corporate reorganization of NIC Bank Group. Prior to January 2017, NIC Bank Group operated both as a licensed bank and a holding company for its subsidiaries. On 12 September 2016, NIC Bank Group announced its intention to incorporate a new wholly owned subsidiary, NIC Bank Kenya Plc, to which it would transfer its Kenyan banking business, assets and liabilities. The rationale for the re-organisation is that by converting NIC Bank Group into a non-operating holding company (as defined under the Banking Act) that owns both banking and non-banking subsidiary companies in order to support the Group’s medium and long term strategy. The group reorganization was completed on 31 August 2017 upon approval from shareholders and the regulators. In 2017, the Central Bank of Kenya appointed NIC Bank as asset and liabilities consultant for Imperial Bank Limited (in receivership). Effectively, NIC Bank took over the responsibility of returning funds to the failed bank's deposit customers. The agreement also allows NIC to acquire some of the deposits, assets and liabilities of Imperial once its receiver manager the Kenya Deposit Insurance Corporation starts