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Central Bank of Kenya Tightens AML Reporting Thresholds for 2026 AML & Financial Crime
12 Sep 2026 Kenya

Central Bank of Kenya Tightens AML Reporting Thresholds for 2026

New CBK guidance lowers the suspicious transaction reporting threshold and expands beneficial ownership disclosure requirements for banks and payment service providers.

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Central Bank of Kenya Tightens AML Reporting Thresholds for 2026 AML & Financial Crime
12 Sep 2026 Kenya

Central Bank of Kenya Tightens AML Reporting Thresholds for 2026

New CBK guidance lowers the suspicious transaction reporting threshold and expands beneficial ownership disclo...

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Uganda's Insurance Regulatory Authority Issues New Solvency Guidelines Insurance
11 Sep 2026 Uganda

Uganda's Insurance Regulatory Authority Issues New Solvency Guidelines

IRA Uganda's revised risk-based capital framework brings solvency reporting closer in line with regional peers...

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Tanzania Moves to Harmonise Microfinance Licensing Categories Finance & Banking
10 Sep 2026 Tanzania

Tanzania Moves to Harmonise Microfinance Licensing Categories

The Bank of Tanzania proposes a simplified three-tier microfinance licensing structure aimed at reducing compl...

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Rwanda's Capital Markets Authority Expands Disclosure Rules for Listed Insurers Capital Management
08 Sep 2026 Rwanda

Rwanda's Capital Markets Authority Expands Disclosure Rules for Listed Insurers

New quarterly disclosure obligations target capital adequacy and reinsurance concentration risk for CMA-listed...

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East African Community Advances Cross-Border AML Information-Sharing Pact AML & Financial Crime
07 Sep 2026 Regional

East African Community Advances Cross-Border AML Information-Sharing Pact

A draft protocol would allow financial intelligence units across six EAC states to share suspicious activity d...

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Ethiopia Opens Banking Sector to Foreign Capital Under New Directive Finance & Banking
06 Sep 2026 Ethiopia

Ethiopia Opens Banking Sector to Foreign Capital Under New Directive

The National Bank of Ethiopia's new foreign participation directive permits minority foreign ownership in dome...

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TrippleShield Research: The State of Business Continuity Readiness in East African Banking, 2026 Business Continuity
04 Sep 2026 Regional

TrippleShield Research: The State of Business Continuity Readiness in East African Banking, 2026

Our in-house research team surveyed 40 East African banks on disaster recovery testing cadence — the results r...

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Kenya's Data Protection Commissioner Clarifies Rules for Fintech Credit Scoring Compliance
02 Sep 2026 Kenya

Kenya's Data Protection Commissioner Clarifies Rules for Fintech Credit Scoring

New guidance on the use of alternative data in credit scoring puts fresh compliance obligations on digital len...

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South Sudan Central Bank Advances Enterprise Risk Framework for State Banks Risk Management
31 Aug 2026 South Sudan

South Sudan Central Bank Advances Enterprise Risk Framework for State Banks

A new supervisory circular requires state-owned banks to adopt formal enterprise risk management frameworks wi...

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