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It's one of a number of issues. The challenge is that penalties to non compliance are so high that from a risk reward perspective, banking SMEs becomes a headache

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Lovely article. You should check out Lesaka, who are trying to provide the full suite of products you mention in the SADC region + Kenya

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Thanks Khathu I'll definitely check them out. I should be in SA in Nov hopefully I can meet more players from the ecosystem.

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Great read. So many insights explored. I'm glad you were able to touch the loopholes as well. Do you think the SME banking issue is largely affected by poor KYC/KYB? Could that be the major issue?

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