CMA mulls adopting USSD code to ease market access

CMA CEO Wycliffe Shamiah

Capital Markets Authority (CMA) Chief Executive Officer Wycliffe Shamiah. 

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The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) is considering developing an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) code to open up the market to local investors without access to the internet.

A USSD code (mobile-based messaging system) would allow remote access to the country’s capital markets’ brokers, products, and information to even those using feature phones, breaking one of the key barriers that’s been limiting domestic investors’ participation.

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