Kenya's financial services firms prime target for fraudsters

Fraud.

Identity theft has become dominant in the financial and telecommunication sectors. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

Kenya’s financial services sector players top the global list of institutions that have become a prime target of tech-savvy fraudsters preying on unsuspecting customers to swindle them of life savings stored in bank accounts, according to a new survey.

This development is likely to cause jitters to depositors whose confidence has been heavily shaken by collapse of three banks in quick succession and an increasing number of lenders violating statutory guidelines on liquidity and capital adequacy.