{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_psu6gqpl3lsfc7r34gxa","title":"CBK and Treasury Plan National Payment Switch to Cut Cost of Money Transfers","title_en":null,"outlets":2,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/cbk-drafts-national-instant-payment-switch-to-cut-transfer-costs-psu6gqpl3l","count":2,"items":[{"id":"n_ujmhfownapkvtb5zurma","seq":1215726,"kind":"article","title":"CBK and Treasury Plan National Payment Switch to Cut Cost of Money Transfers","url":"https://www.kdrtv.co.ke/lifestyle/cbk-and-treasury-plan-national-payment-switch-to-cut-cost-of-money-transfers","summary":"KDRTV News, CBK, Nairobi:- Sending money between a bank account and a mobile wallet in Kenya could soon get cheaper and faster, under new plans from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) and the National Treasury. The two institutions are proposing a national payment switch that would connect banks, mobile money platforms and other payment […] The post CBK and Treasury Plan National Payment Switch to Cut Cost of Money Transfers appeared first on KDRTV .","published":"2026-10-01T19:59:16Z","seen":"2026-10-01T20:53:40Z","lang":"en","country":"KE","source":{"id":"kite-kdrtv-co-ke-3c96a6","name":"kdrtv.co.ke","domain":"kdrtv.co.ke"},"via":"kite-kdrtv-co-ke-3c96a6","topics":["business","life & style","cbk","mobile money","money transfer costs","national treasury","payment interoperability"],"authors":["Vincent Olando"],"entities":[{"id":"Q33281","name":"Chavacano","type":"org"},{"id":"Q3277092","name":"Department of the Treasury","type":"org"}],"story":"st_psu6gqpl3lsfc7r34gxa","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.9300000071525574,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.05000000074505806,"political":0.5600000023841858},{"id":"n_psu6gqpl3lsfc7r34gxa","seq":1085092,"kind":"article","title":"CBK drafts national instant payment switch to cut transfer costs","url":"https://kenya-today.com/report-cbk-drafts-national-instant-payment-switch-to-cut-transfer-costs-5295","published":"2026-10-01T06:24:00Z","seen":"2026-10-01T08:25:26Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kenya-today.com","name":"kenya-today.com","domain":"kenya-today.com"},"via":"gdelt-gkg-english","topics":["business","economy","politics"],"entities":[{"id":"Q33281","name":"Chavacano","type":"org"}],"story":"st_psu6gqpl3lsfc7r34gxa","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.8500000238418579,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.03999999910593033,"political":0.3400000035762787}]}