Kenya's central bank tests public opinion about digital currencies


FILE PHOTO: A view of evening traffic near Kenya's Central Bank offices in capital Nairobi November 10, 2015. REUTERS/Noor Khamis/File Photo

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's central bank has invited the public for views on the potential introduction of a digital currency, in a shift from its original opposition to crypto assets.

The East African country pioneered mobile money payments with Safaricom's M-Pesa in 2007, but its central bank has not issued a digital currency due to concerns about the risks.

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