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Kenya

Absa Bank Kenya PLC

Barclays Westend Building, Nairobi, 30120, KE

Legal Entity Identifier 2138006PDDMTP3WDX242
Entity status
Active
LEI status
Issued
Policy conformity
Conforming
Reference data
Register-verified
Next renewal
17 Jan 2027
LEI Issuer
Bloomberg

Record snapshot

The Legal Entity Identifier for Absa Bank Kenya PLC is 2138006PDDMTP3WDX242. It is valid, policy conforming and renewed until 17 Jan 2027.

Absa Bank Kenya PLC is a LIMITED formed in Kenya, registered as C18208 with Registrar General Office of the Attorney General and Department of Justice, Kenya. The LEI was registered on 25 Jul 2014. At its last validation on 5 Nov 2026, all of its Level 1 reference data was confirmed against Registrar General Office of the Attorney General and Department of Justice, Kenya. It reports ABSA BANK as its ultimate parent. Bloomberg maintains the record.

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Record lifecycle

Eight successful renewals in 12 years.

First LEI registered on 25 Jul 2014, with at least 8 renewals recorded. The next renewal falls due on 17 Jan 2027, which is 2 months from today.

25 Jul 2014 LEI issued Eight renewal marks Each mark is a renewal that completed 17 Jan 2027 Next renewal due

Registered entity Level 1 data

Legal name
Absa Bank Kenya PLC
Legal form
LIMITED 9999
Trading name
BBK
Jurisdiction
Kenya KE
Registration
Registered at Registrar General Office of the Attorney General and Department of Justice, Kenya RA000417. Registration number C18208
Entity created
22 Sep 1978
Legal address
Barclays Westend Building, Nairobi, 30120, KE
Connected identifiers
BICBARCKENXXXX S&P Capital IQ9245477 Other identifiers recorded against this LEI.
Securities
Not recorded No ISIN is mapped to this LEI in the ANNA and GLEIF ISIN-to-LEI file. That records the absence of a mapping, not the absence of securities.

What this record’s status means

Reference data
Register-verified GLEIF records this as fully corroborated. At its last validation, all of the entity's Level 1 reference data was verified against an authoritative public source.

Changes to this record

  1. Renewed. The next renewal date moved from 17 Jan 2026 to 17 Jan 2027.

Show 20 earlier changes

  1. Renewed. The next renewal date moved from 17 Feb 2025 to 17 Jan 2026.

  2. Renewed. The next renewal date moved from 17 Mar 2024 to 17 Feb 2025.

  3. A legal address was recorded.

  4. A headquarters address was recorded.

  5. Renewed. The next renewal date moved from 17 Mar 2023 to 17 Mar 2024.

  6. Legal name changed from ABSA BANK KENYA PLC to Absa Bank Kenya PLC.

  7. Registration status changed from Lapsed to Issued.

  8. Renewed. The next renewal date moved from 11 Mar 2022 to 17 Mar 2023.

  9. Registration status changed from Issued to Lapsed.

  10. Renewed. The next renewal date moved from 11 Mar 2021 to 11 Mar 2022.

  11. Legal name changed from BARCLAYS BANK OF KENYA LIMITED to ABSA BANK KENYA PLC.

  12. Renewed. The next renewal date moved from 11 Mar 2020 to 11 Mar 2021.

  13. The legal address was updated.

  14. The headquarters address was updated.

  15. Registration status changed from Lapsed to Issued.

  16. Renewed. The next renewal date moved from 23 Feb 2019 to 11 Mar 2020.

  17. Registration status changed from Issued to Lapsed.

  18. The recorded legal form was updated.

  19. The next renewal date moved from 25 Jul 2018 to 23 Feb 2019.

  20. The LEI was registered and first published to the Global LEI Index.

Ownership Level 2 data

  1. Direct and ultimate parent

    ABSA BANK

    ZA · SLI1CVYMJ21DST0Q8K25

    Active

  2. GLEIF reports the same entity at both tiers, so the chain is one step, not two.

  3. This entity

    Absa Bank Kenya PLC

    KE · 2138006PDDMTP3WDX242

    Active

  4. Below
    1 Direct subsidiaries
    0 Ultimate subsidiaries
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    Entities that report this one as their parent in the Global LEI Index.

Level 2 data records who consolidates this entity. A reported relationship, or a reported reason for the absence of one, both satisfy the standard. Only a record carrying neither is incomplete.

Where this data comes from

Source registry

Registrar General Office of the Attorney General and Department of Justice, Kenya

Validated against

Registrar General Office of the Attorney General and Department of Justice, Kenya

Maintained by

Bloomberg

Published in

The GLEIF Global LEI Index. This record last updated 5 Nov 2026

Absa Bank Kenya PLC

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How to use this

Reference data from the GLEIF Global LEI Index, as published on 5 Nov 2026.