Impact of Mobile Money on Financial Crime, Money Laundering, and Terrorism Financing

Abstract

Financial crime, money laundering, and terror financing have been perennial menaces that downplay the major headway made in the financial transaction space. Businesses and individuals have found it prudent to always try remaining ahead of the perpetrators behind the vices. The springing into life of the mobile money in the second half of the first decade of this century has revolutionized the manner with which risk management in this respect is handled. In this chapter, the author posits that although mobile money has led to greater financial inclusion, the rate with which the myriad financial crimes have been reported over the past decade in the face of this phenomenon raises the need to stay abreast of developments in this space.