Safaricom phone tracking to arrest bank ATM fraud

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Kenya features more ATMs and commercial bank branches as a share of the population than Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK

Safaricom has rolled out an "ATM Vicinity Check" technology that will help banks ensure that cash withdrawals can only be conducted if the transacting customer is within the vicinity of the machine.

The solution, to be offered to commercial banks for free, is aimed at arresting the rising cases of banking fraud where criminals use their victims’ cards and/or information to withdraw funds from ATM points.

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