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CENTRAL BANK OF KENYACENTRAL BANK OF KENYA
Prof Kinandu Muragu Executive Director
Kenya School of Monetary Studies
Godfrey KyamaCommonwealth eBanking AdvisorKenya School of Monetary Studies
• Background• Government Role • Regulation• National Payment System• Customer Protection Framework• Conclusion
• M-Pesa – the word• Evolution, Revolution and Innovation• Mobile Money and M-Pesa– M-Kesho
• Government attitude • Kenya Communication Act• Private sector role• Impact:
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Total customers (million)
Total customers (million)
• Very innovative• Financial inclusion• Impact:
outlets
Bank of Africa 1
Barclays Bank of Kenya 64
Commercial Bank of Africa 1
Chase 15
Consolidated 9
Co-operative 83
Eco Bank 12
Equity 22
Family 53
Gulf 10
Housing Finance 7
Imperial 7
KCB 157
KFWT 10
NBK 10
TOTAL 461
• Safe and Efficient– Amended CBK Act– National Payments System Bill– Agent Banking– Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Act
• Impact: Financial Inclusion!
Source: Central Bank of Kenya 2012
Volume of mobile money transactions increasing steadily
Source: Central Bank of Kenya 2012
Source: Central Bank of Kenya 2012
• Consumer and Deposit Protection• Competition and interoperability• Consumer protection and innovation• Consumer protection regulation?
o Rules of the game?
• Consumer rights?• Consumer protection law
• Rapid and dramatic mobile money • Kenya is world leader– Nesting ground for mobile money
• Technology and the poor– An agent of financial inclusion
• Policy makers + Regulators– Innovation and market access