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Financial services
Navigating regulation, enabling growth: licensing, AML compliance, capital markets, product structuring and disputes for banks, insurers, investment firms and fintechs.
Overview
Kenya's financial services sector operates within one of the most regulated environments in the economy. CBK, IRA, CMA, RBA, and SASRA each impose distinct requirements on supervised entities.
We advise financial institutions, insurers, investment firms, and fintechs on regulatory compliance, licensing, transactional advisory, dispute resolution, and product structuring.
What we do
12 service lines. Choose one to see what it covers.
Banking and Payment Service Provider Licensing
We guide banks, mobile money operators, and payment service providers through licensing with the Central Bank of Kenya under the National Payment System Act, 2011, and advise on how the definition of "payment service provider" has expanded to capture new digital and crypto-adjacent models. This keeps a payments business licensed correctly the first time, not after a regulator flags a gap.
Most matters cross two or three of these
Describe the situation in your own words. We will tell you what it involves, which services it touches and what it will cost, before you commit to anything.
Why clients instruct us for financial services work
Licensing pathways mapped end to end
CBK, CMA and insurance regulatory routes, with filings and timelines set out before you start.
AML and KYC frameworks that pass inspection
Built against Financial Reporting Centre expectations and FATF standards.
Product structuring with the regulator in mind
We advise on what will be approved, not only on what is lawful.
Disputes handled by the same firm
Regulatory advisory and contested matters under one roof.
Financial services insights
All financial services insights
Replacing a Director of a CMA-Licensed Firm in Kenya
3 Nov 2026, 4 min read
Independent Directors of CMA-Licensed Firms in Kenya
3 Nov 2026, 4 min read
Merchant Acquirer and Card Scheme Licences in Kenya
29 Oct 2026, 4 min read
Money Remittance Licence in Kenya Under the 2026 Bill
29 Oct 2026, 4 min read
PSP AML, FRC and Data Protection Duties in Kenya
29 Oct 2026, 4 min read
Small E-Money Issuer Registration in Kenya: Who Qualifies
29 Oct 2026, 4 min readTell us about your licence or product
You will get a clear view of what the matter involves and what it costs before you commit to anything.
- Your consultation fee is credited in full against your engagement fee if you instruct us within 14 days
- Scope, approach and fee confirmed in writing before work begins
- Our full fee schedule is published online
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