Day of passion, yesterday, for the residents and the Italian tourists, as well as many Kenyans citizens, from 9 in the morning when they found the branches of the Imperial Bank and closed the doors not operating.
The mystery lasted a few hours before the official statement Kenyan Credit Institute of Indian properties, which announced the Board Controlled by the Central Bank of Kenya. What does it mean? That the bank is in economic crisis and in danger of bankruptcy, so the Central Bank, in protecting investors, takes the reins of the company and, together with the Governing Board of the bank, for twelve months will apply a moratorium designed to solve the problems of liquidity of the bank.
"During this period - the statement - the accounts can not be extinguished and will be allowed only certain types of operations, and all interests will be minimized."
Yet we do not know when the doors open again (something like three or four days, maybe on Monday or at least next week) or to what extent it will take. Definitely they will be communicated later on strategies, times and ways. The Kenya Deposit Insurance Corporation, an organization that serves as insurance and monitor the operations of the banks of Kenya, was made available in the interest of investors. He said that it was the Board of Directors of the Imperial Bank to ask the Central Bank to intervene to check for non-transparent operations, in the light of the Managing Director of the sudden death a month ago. Now the task of "ferry" the bank towards calmer waters and at the same time to protect the many customers who would like to of course close the accounts and transfer to a safer bank. In a few days we will know the dynamics to try not to lose their savings.
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SITUATION OF HIS ACCOUNT Imperial MAY 'WRITE TO THIS MAIL: kdiccommunications@depositinsurance.go.ke or call 0770887992 (in English of course)