Patrick Njoroge, governor of the Central Bank of Kenya, delivered a speech at the Kenya Fintech Forum where he outlined three objectives that will help advance financial technology and make it as useful as possible.
The Central Bank of Kenya published a discussion paper that explores the possibility of a Central Bank Digital Currency. Comments about the potential issuance of a government-backed digital currency and its potential uses are open to the public and will be accepted until May 20, 2022.
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The Central Bank of Kenya issued an enforcement action against Absa Bank Kenya PLC for failing to apply certain anti-money laundering compliance control standards on foreign exchange trades conducted in March 2020.
Technical | Effectiveness |
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Compliant : 1 | High : |
Largely Compliant : 1 | Substantial : |
Partially Compliant : 15 | Moderate : |
Non-Compliant : 32 | Low : |
Rank : 9/141 |
Score : 7.18/10 |
Rank : 124/179 |
Score : 31/100 |
Rank : 24/133 |
Score : 76/100 |