Tanzania: Why Bank of Tanzania Has Frozen Exchange of Kenyan Currency

The Bank of Tanzania has suspended conversion of Kenyan currency to Tanzanian currency.

In a statement dated Friday, June 7 and addressed to all financial institutions the regulator said it was advised to freeze the exercise by Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) in a move to tame illicit cash flows.

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