Digital loan defaulters to get notice before CRB listing

The banking sector regulator has so far cleared just three percent of all the 288 applications eyeing the digital loans market. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Digital loan defaulters will get a 30-day notice before their names are forwarded to credit reference bureaus (CRBs) under regulations that give the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) powers to rein in the lending rates and abuse of consumer privacy.

The Central Bank of Kenya (Digital Credit Providers) Regulations bar digital lenders from submitting the names of defaulters for listing without their knowledge.

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