Mergers And Acquisition Strategies And Performance Of Commercial Banks In Kenya

ABSTRACT The productivity of commercial banks in Kenya has been under intense scrutiny in the recent past owing to the unprecedented failure of some top mid-tier banking institutions. This is occurring despite comprehensive regulatory mechanism being in place. This research sought to examine the strategies adopted by commercial banks in response to poor productivity of certain operators in the financial sector. Further, despite varying mechanism having been undertaken by commercial banks towards stabilizing their financial performance there has been minimal impact, resulting in the rise in me…