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Technology boost as mobile lending takes bulk of loans

Kenya’s financial industry continues to bear the weight of disruption from new financial technology firms as mobile loans take the lion’s share of the sector’s loan book.

New industry data indicate that mobile lending platforms such as KCB M-Pesa, M-Shwari, Tala and Branch have surpassed traditional lending vehicles, particularly in household and retail loans.

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