Digital lenders the weakest link in dirty cash fight: CBK survey

The survey warns that while 71 percent of the DCPs screen their customers, less than half (47.5 percent), regularly update the sanction lists.

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Digital lenders are the most vulnerable to abuse by criminal networks, a new survey by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has revealed, citing their limited capacity to enforce sanctions on risky individuals and firms.

The CBK’s Preventive Measures Survey showed that digital credit providers (DCPs) exhibited weaknesses in their staff training and familiarity with Targeted Financial Sanctions (TFS), and few have been conducting enhanced due diligence.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.