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Equity Bank sued over thin SIM cards

Equity Bank CEO James Mwangi. A lawyer wants the court to stop the bank
frm rolling out the thin sim technology. [PHOTO: FILE]

NAIROBI, KENYA: The battle over Equity’s thin Sim technology is now being waged in the courts after a lawyer filed a petition to stop its roll-out.

Bernard Murage, who says he is an account holder with the bank, wants the High Court to stop Equity Bank’s wholly owned subsidiary Finserve Africa from disseminating the Sim cards on a trial basis until the matter is determined.

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