The facts
- Who files
- Every institution licensed under the Microfinance Act as a deposit-taking microfinance institution. Source
- How often
- At the end of every month. Source
- Deadline
- To be received by the 10th day of the following month. Source
- Format
- Other. Filed electronically through the Bank's online returns system. The form itself is published as a PDF or set out in the regulations, but the exact file format of an online submission is not stated on the pages read, so this is recorded as "Other". Source
- How it is filed
- Filing routes recorded for the CBK: Bankreturns Portal; Non-Bankreturns Portal. See how firms file with the CBK.
- Status
- In force
- Legal basis
- Group
- Capital (microfinance banks)
Templates (1)
The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the CBK's code in brackets.
- Capital to risk weighted assets ratio (CBK/MFPR/06)
Where the list was read: Source
Validation rules
No published validation rules were found for this return. No validation rules for this return were found on the Central Bank of Kenya's public pages. Source
Public data
Published only added up across firms. Sector asset base and market share for microfinance banks are published in the Bank Supervision Annual Report. Source
Where it is published (PDF tables)
- Bank Supervision Annual Report
Added up across firms · PDF
Published once a year. Chapter 1 gives the structure of the banking sector (ownership and asset base of commercial banks, distribution of branches and ATMs, asset base of microfinance banks, and distribution of forex bureaus and money remittance providers); later chapters give sector-aggregate capital adequacy, asset quality, liquidity and profitability figures. The report does not name which return feeds each table; the returns listed here are matched by subject. Source
Official documents (2)
The CBK's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 13 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.
- The Microfinance (Deposit-Taking Microfinance Institutions) Regulations, 2008
Template · PDF · 567.2 KB · 2008
Made under section 48(1) of the Microfinance Act. Schedules Five to Eleven annex the deposit-taking microfinance bank return forms: capital to risk weighted assets (CBK/MFPR/06, Fifth Schedule), liquidity statement (Sixth Schedule), board self-assessment (Seventh Schedule), large exposures and insider lending (Eighth Schedule), financial statements and disclosures (Ninth Schedule), risk classification and provisioning (Tenth Schedule) and the activity and portfolio report (Eleventh Schedule).
SHA-256
fcde39f7542fshow in fullfcde39f7542fa4d1acfba8dcf64d5e3ca8bf44303a3b01d10f705725a8a5c393 - Microfinance Act, 2006 (No. 19 of 2006)
Legal text · PDF · 510.4 KB · 1 September 2016
SHA-256
69305d77d3b3show in full69305d77d3b3936c7d55899fe09ef914e71759f4e6d22075f6f6625c453d22c7
Sources
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Last checked 13 November 2026.