First Community Bank (FCB), is a commercial bank in Kenya, the largest economy in the East African Community. It is licensed by the Central Bank of Kenya, the central bank and national banking regulator. Overview , the bank's total assets were valued at about US$187.62 million (KES:18.762 billion), with shareholders' equity of about US$14 million (KES:1.46 billion), and customer deposits of US$161 million (KES:16.126 billion). At that time, the bank was ranked number 21, by assets, out of 43 licensed banks in Kenya then. History First Community Bank was established in 2007 according to Sharia law by private Muslim investors in Kuwait, Kenya and Tanzania. The bank received a Kenyan commercial banking license the same year, and started operations in June 2008. The FCB is the first Kenya-based bank to operate according to the laws of Sharia. Since the founding of First Community Bank, another Sharia bank, the Gulf African Bank, has also received a commercial license from the Central Bank of Kenya. Subsidiaries The bank's first subsidiary is FCB Takful Insurance Agency, in which it maintains 100% shareholding. The insurance agency was established in 2010. The bank also owns a second subsidiary, FCB Capital Limited, the first Sharia-compliant Investment Bank in Kenya. It also is wholly owned by First Community Bank. Branch network , the bank maintains a network of branches at the following locations: Wabera Street Branch - Prudential Assurance Building, Wabera Street, Nairobi Eastleigh Branch I - United Textile Building, First Avenue, Eastleigh, Nairobi Eastleigh Branch II - General Warungu Street, Eastleigh, Nairobi Industrial Area Branch - Enterprise Road, Nairobi Kimathi Street Branch - Jamia Mosque, Nairobi Westlands Branch - Mpaka Plaza, Mpaka Road, Westlands, Nairobi South C Branch - South C Shopping Center, Nairobi Garissa Branch - Bajweed Building, Wajir Road, Garissa Lunga Lunga Branch - Lunga Lunga Road, Industrial Area, Nairobi Kisumu Branch - CAC House, Oginga Odinga Street, Kisumu Nakuru Branch - Merica Hotel Building, Kenyatta Avenue, Nakuru Malindi Branch - Malindi Shopping Complex, Lamu Road, Malindi Mombasa Branch I - Shah Mansion Building, Digo Road, Mombasa Mombasa Branch II - Imara Building, Digo Road, Mombasa Moyale Branch - Shariff Guest House, Moyale Wajir Branch - Mandera Road, Wajir Mihrab Branch- FCB Mihrab Building, Lenana Road Nairobi Isiolo Branch- White House Building, Moyale-Isiolo Road Isiolo Bondeni Branch- Bat-Haf Plaza, Abdel Nasser Road Mombasa AMAL Branch- Amal Plaza, Eastleigh First Avenue Nairobi Governance The bank