<div dir="ltr">Well, listig on CRB is unavoidable for such a number of people -- loans financing is tricky affair with our economy and business environment in the last years</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 5:14 PM, WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px"><div style="font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px"><div id="m_-2797243260768806785ydpe68ea52cyiv1652734677"><div><div style="font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif;font-size:16px"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2001282008/government-wants-to-regulate-digital-loans" class="m_-2797243260768806785ydpe68ea52cyiv1652734677enhancr_card_7539716228" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kenya moves to regulate fintech-fuelled lending craze</a><br></div><div><br></div><div id="m_-2797243260768806785ydpe68ea52cyiv1652734677ydpe4fc7064enhancr_card_7539716228" class="m_-2797243260768806785ydpe68ea52cyiv1652734677ydpe4fc7064yahoo-link-enhancr-card m_-2797243260768806785ydpe68ea52cyiv1652734677ydpe4fc7064ymail-preserve-class m_-2797243260768806785ydpe68ea52cyiv1652734677ydpe4fc7064ymail-preserve-style" style="max-width:400px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2001282008/government-wants-to-regulate-digital-loans" style="text-decoration:none;color:#000" class="m_-2797243260768806785ydpe68ea52cyiv1652734677ydpe4fc7064yahoo-enhancr-cardlink" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table border="0" class="m_-2797243260768806785ydpe68ea52cyiv1652734677ydpe4fc7064card-wrapper 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0;vertical-align:top"><div class="m_-2797243260768806785ydpe68ea52cyiv1652734677ydpe4fc7064card-share-container"></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td><table border="0" align="center" class="m_-2797243260768806785ydpe68ea52cyiv1652734677ydpe4fc7064card-info m_-2797243260768806785ydpe68ea52cyiv1652734677ydpe4fc7064yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:#fff;width:100%;max-width:400px;border-radius:0 0 2px 2px;border-top:1px solid rgb(224,228,233)"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:16px 0 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;border-radius:0 0 0 2px"></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:12px 24px 16px 12px;width:99%;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;border-radius:0 0 2px 0"><h2 class="m_-2797243260768806785ydpe68ea52cyiv1652734677ydpe4fc7064card-title" style="font-size:14px;line-height:19px;margin:0px 0px 6px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">Kenya moves to regulate fintech-fuelled lending craze</h2><p class="m_-2797243260768806785ydpe68ea52cyiv1652734677ydpe4fc7064card-richinfo-primary" style="font-size:12px;line-height:16px;margin:0 0 4px 0;color:#979ba7">Reuters</p><p class="m_-2797243260768806785ydpe68ea52cyiv1652734677ydpe4fc7064card-description" style="font-size:12px;line-height:16px;margin:0px;color:rgb(151,155,167)">Kenya built a reputation as a pioneer of financial inclusion through mobile money system that enables people to ...</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span>"<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px">This week, the finance ministry published a draft bill on financial regulation which covers digital lenders for the first time. A key aim is to ensure that providers treat retail customers fairly, it said. “We have a lot of predatory lending out here, which we want to regulate,” Geoffrey Mwau, director general of budget, fiscal and economic affairs at the treasury, told reporters on Thursday. As it was for mobile cash, Kenya is something of a test case for the new lending platforms. Several of the companies involved, including U.S. fintech startups, have plans to expand in other frontier markets, meaning Kenya’s regulation will be closely watched.... </span></span></div><div><span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px">In the last three years, 2.7 million people out of a population of around 45 million have been negatively listed on Kenya’s Credit Reference Bureaux, according to a study by Microsave, a consultancy which advises lenders on sustainable financial services....."</span></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span><br></span></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Read more at: </span><a href="https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2001282008/government-wants-to-regulate-digital-loans" style="color:rgb(51,122,183);font-family:Raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.standardmedia.<wbr>co.ke/business/article/<wbr>2001282008/government-wants-<wbr>to-regulate-digital-loans</a></span></span></span></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/markets/marketnews/Kenya-moves-to-regulate-fintech-fuelled-lending-craze/3815534-4579730-iebc2sz/index.html" class="m_-2797243260768806785ydpe68ea52cyiv1652734677enhancr_card_7740524153" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kenya moves to regulate mobile money fuelled lending craze</a><span><br></span></div><div><br></div><div id="m_-2797243260768806785ydpe68ea52cyiv1652734677ydpcb88be91enhancr_card_7740524153" 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class="m_-2797243260768806785ydpe68ea52cyiv1652734677ydpcb88be91card-info m_-2797243260768806785ydpe68ea52cyiv1652734677ydpcb88be91yahoo-ignore-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:#fff;width:100%;max-width:400px;border-radius:0 0 2px 2px;border-top:1px solid rgb(224,228,233)"><tbody><tr><td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:16px 0 16px 12px;vertical-align:top;border-radius:0 0 0 2px"></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding:12px 24px 16px 12px;width:99%;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;border-radius:0 0 2px 0"><h2 class="m_-2797243260768806785ydpe68ea52cyiv1652734677ydpcb88be91card-title" style="font-size:14px;line-height:19px;margin:0px 0px 6px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(38,40,42)">Kenya moves to regulate mobile money fuelled lending craze</h2><p class="m_-2797243260768806785ydpe68ea52cyiv1652734677ydpcb88be91card-description" style="font-size:12px;line-height:16px;margin:0px;color:rgb(151,155,167)">Key aim is to ensure that providers treat retail customers fairly</p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Be blessed.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards/Wangari</div><div><br></div><div class="m_-2797243260768806785ydpe68ea52cyiv1652734677ydp8d57eb4signature">---<br><font style="font-weight:bold;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(127,0,63)">Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - </span><span style="color:rgb(127,0,63)">"Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth".</span></font><br></div><div class="m_-2797243260768806785ydpe68ea52cyiv1652734677ydp8d57eb4signature"><font style="font-weight:bold;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(127,0,63)"><br></span></font></div> 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