title: Kenya — Payments and banking: Can we move player money? | advennt.io canonical: https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/kenya/payments/ [Jurisdictions](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/) [Kenya](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/kenya/) Payments and banking Kenya · Question 06 of 11 # Payments and banking: Can we move player money? Mixed · Probable · AI-generated · [Back to full Kenya report →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/kenya/) Key section parameters | Jurisdiction | Kenya (KE) | |---|---| | Regulator | Recorded in register | | Favourability | Mixed | | Confidence | Probable | | Review status | AI-generated | | Last collected | 11 Oct 2026 | Summary answer M-Pesa (Safaricom) is the dominant rail; GRA-licensed operators register as Pay Bills, and KRA has integrated systems with 36 betting firms for real-time monitoring. CBK regulates PSPs and mobile money. FRC supervises AML; gambling operators are reporting institutions under POCAMLA (Cap. 59A). M-Pes… ## Full section analysis M-Pesa (Safaricom) is the dominant rail; GRA-licensed operators register as Pay Bills, and KRA has integrated systems with 36 betting firms for real-time monitoring. CBK regulates PSPs and mobile money. FRC supervises AML; gambling operators are reporting institutions under POCAMLA (Cap. 59A). M-Pesa national-ID KYC provides a natural AML foundation.