Australian and Kenyan financial regulators sign co-operation agreement
By Jim Bulling and Michelle Chasser
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Capital Markets Authority of Kenya (CMA) have signed a co-operation agreement to share information about innovation in their markets including:
- emerging market trends and developments; and
- regulatory issues relating to innovation in financial services.
Kenya was an early adopter of FinTech with the launch of mobile phone based payments system M-Pesa back in 2007. It has since become one of the leading FinTech countries in Africa particularly in payments and credit innovations.