Mobile Phone Boosts Financial Inclusion

The agent banking and mobile phone transaction are picking up while pushing up as demonstrated by increase the volume and value of transactions. The agency and mobile money have assisted financial sector penetration in the country to overtake its goal of reaching 50 per cent two years ahead of the deadline in 2016. At the

CRDB’s Bank Agents Mobilise Hefty Deposits

CRDB Bank has managed to mobilise 254.4bn/- deposits through agent banking which was an increase of over 700 per cent in 2014. The bank’s FahariHuduma agent banking scheme was introduced in 2013 and in the first year managed to mobilise 31.7bn/- deposits. The agent banking though in its nascent stage has managed to recruit 1,067