<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Barrack Otieno <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:otieno.barrack@gmail.com">otieno.barrack@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Walu, i am reliably informed that m-pesa was designed as a microfinance solution. Before we were caught by the m-pesa bug there was something called Sokotele which was a bit cumbersome because it involved queuing in a banking hall (KREP/CELTEL). The fact that these money transfer solutions rely on traditional banking system for the so called Trust accounts gives me the impression that the e-payment solutions are just a means to an end (the money stored in the bank). In this regard i propose that the Kenya Bankeres Association and the Communication Commision of Kenya should establish frameworks from a banking perspective as well as a technology perspective to manage security concerns. Some of those mpesa vibandas are unsecure yet they contain a significant amount of float. The other fact is that a good number of users from rural areas are technologically challenged and vulnerable to con men and women. I chose KBA because it is an umbrella for stakeholders in the banking sector and CCK the regulator for the technology sector<div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:27 AM, John Walubengo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Thanx Mwende for your 4day moderation on Security issues. Ofcourse more credit to the contributors whose insights am sure are being digested by stakeholders...feel free to make belated contributions.<br>
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Today I want to introduce the second last theme before Mwende takes us through the Closure and Way forward on Monday 11th May 2009. �Basically, we want to review the various "hybrid" electronic payments systems and their corresponding legal and regulatory frameworks.<br>
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Hybrid electronic payment system exclude the traditional banking systmes which do have time-tested and proven legal/ regulatory frameworks. Typically they refer to emerging e-Payment systems that have been best exemplified by the MPESA/Zap phenomena. Such systems cut accross multiple industries (Banking, Telecommunication and IT) and present a huge challenge in terms of regulation/legislation.<br>
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In developed economies, such systems have multiple legislation/regulation that demands that the entities involved in such ePayment services abide by strict Data Protection Acts which protect the customer data/privacy as well as other eLegislation (eCrime, eTransaction) that provides deterrence and assurance mechanism.<br>
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In layman terms, consider an MPESA/ZAP User who sends value of 30,000Ksh from their mobile phone account to the parents upcountry when the following happens:<br>
1. Disaster strikes and the electronic records are lost (whose liable?-it happened in 9/11, Tsunami, etc)<br>
2. The Parents claim that they didnt recieve the money or worse still the sender claim they never send the money (non-repudiation issues)<br>
3. An eCrime suspect is charged with altering ePayments records at the source (inside job/judicial issues)<br>
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In general, do we have frameworks to protect consumers and businesses against such risks above and do we have investigative and judicial capacity to administer e-Crime related justice? What role should the Regulator (CCK), Banking (CBK), Police and Judiciary (NOT) have in these frameworks?<br>
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Lets try and give views within today (1day)...<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br></div></div>-- <br>Barrack O. Otieno<br>ISSEN CONSULTING<br>Tel:<br>+254721325277<br>+254733206359<br><a href="http://projectdiscovery.or.ke" target="_blank">http://projectdiscovery.or.ke</a><br>
To give up the task of reforming society is to give up ones responsibility as a free man.<br>
Alan Paton, South Africa<br>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Barrack O. Otieno<br>ISSEN CONSULTING<br>Tel:<br>+254721325277<br>+254733206359<br><a href="http://projectdiscovery.or.ke">http://projectdiscovery.or.ke</a><br>To give up the task of reforming society is to give up ones responsibility as a free man.<br>
Alan Paton, South Africa<br>