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Kenya

PERC has been regularly engaged in aspects of efforts to build and implement a national credit information sharing system in Kenya since 2008. Partnering with a range of stakeholders including the Kenyan Central Bank, Kenyan Bankers Association, Financial Sector Deepening Kenya, and the Kenyan Credit Information Sharing Initiative, PERC has:

  • Developed roadmap for implementing credit information sharing system;
  • Advised Central Bank Kenya;
  • Interviewed and surveyed large range of financial institutions;
  • Advised multi-laterals and NGOs with stake in credit reporting implementation;
  • Overseen pilot programs for negative only reporting;
  • Prescribed policy changes to enable full-file reporting and helped secure industry buy-in; and,
  • Measured results of pilot program on full-file reporting for banks and deposit taking MFIs.