Who can operate a payment switch in Kenya?

As of 2026-05-15, 3 entities are on the official Central Bank of Kenya register under the Kenya licence category this dataset maps to payment switching ("To own, possess, operate, manage or control infrastructure for the provision of payment services"). The full, source-linked list is below.

Maintained: this official source is re-checked on a weekly schedule — last checked 2026-08-04 · unchanged since the previous check.

“Payment switching” here is the normalized activity: Own or operate payment switching, routing, clearing or interoperability infrastructure between payment service providers, issuers, acquirers and schemes.

Activity id (as used by the Afriset MCP): fintech:SWITCHING