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Equity starts issuing SIM cards, readies for national rollout

Eqiuty Bank

Nairobi; Kenya: Equity Bank has started issuing SIM cards to its customers as it prepares to roll-out the Thin SIM technology in Kenya. The lender, the largest bank in customer numbers, through its subsidiary Finserve Africa Limited, is set to pilot Thin SIM technology in Kenya, using its Equitel brand.

Already, more than 200,000 customers have taken up the cards at 10,000 daily, the bank’s Chief Executive Officer James Mwangi announced on Thursday during an investor briefing.

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