Centenary Bank (Uganda)

Key details

• Parent: ship

Overview

Centenary Bank (Uganda) is Uganda's #2 commercial bank by assets + largest Ugandan-owned commercial bank + Catholic Church Ugandan Episcopal Conference + Ugandan retail + institutional ownership + ~2.5M+ customers + CenteMobile + CenteAgent rural agent network [1, ug-cro].

History

1983 — Centenary Rural Development Trust founded by Ugandan Catholic Episcopal Conference to mark 100th anniversary of Christianity in Uganda distinctive Ugandan Catholic-backed banking heritage.

1985 — Centenary Rural Development Bank Limited Ugandan banking license.

2010s — Centenary Bank expands rural banking footprint via CenteAgent agent network.

2014 — CenteMobile Mobile Banking app launch distinctive Ugandan mobile banking strategy.

Ownership & operator

Operating entity: Centenary Rural Development Bank Limited (Uganda's #2 commercial bank by assets + largest Ugandan-owned commercial bank; Catholic Church + Ugandan retail + institutional ownership).

Major shareholders: Ugandan Catholic Episcopal Conference + Catholic Solidaridad + Ugandan Catholic Dioceses (Kampala + Mbarara + Gulu + others) + Ugandan retail + institutional + foreign investors.

Regulators: BoU (Bank of Uganda).

Technical integration

CenteMobile Mobile Banking app (iOS + Android; ~2.5M+ customers) + centenarybank.co.ug online + Centenary Bank branch network across Uganda + CenteAgent rural agent network + Centenary Bank Visa + Mastercard cards; UG IBAN + Mobile Money Uganda (MTN Mobile Money + Airtel Money integration).

Implementations & partners

Major Ugandan banking + payments competitors: [[stanbic-uganda]] (Stanbic Bank Uganda; Standard Bank Group South African parent subsidiary; Uganda's largest commercial bank by assets) + [[absa-uganda]] (Absa Uganda; Absa Group South African parent subsidiary) + [[dfcu-bank]] (dfcu Bank Ugandan commercial bank + Norfund + Rabobank investors) + [[equity-uganda]] (Equity Bank Uganda; Kenyan Equity Group subsidiary) + [[kcb-uganda]] (KCB Bank Uganda; Kenyan KCB Group subsidiary) + [[mtn-momo-ug]] (MTN MoMo Uganda mobile money) + [[airtel-money-ug]] (Airtel Money Uganda).

Regulator: BoU.

Status

Active, Uganda's #2 commercial bank by assets + largest Ugandan-owned commercial bank + Catholic Church Ugandan Episcopal Conference + Ugandan retail + institutional ownership + ~2.5M+ customers + CenteMobile + CenteAgent rural agent network [1, 2].

Sources

• 1 Centenary Bank — official
• 2 Centenary Bank — Wikipedia
• ug-cro In-corpus: reports/countries/UG-uganda.md

Source

Biography extracted from centenary-bank.md. See matrix.md for standards-support matrix if present.