Microfinance (Non-Deposit Taking Microfinance Institutions) (Amendment) Directive 2025

The Registrar of Financial Institutions issued the Microfinance (Non-Deposit Taking Microfinance Institutions) (Amendment) Directive 2025 to modify the regulatory framework for non-deposit taking microfinance institutions. The directive amends paragraph 5 of the 2018 regulations by deleting its second subparagraph and renumbering the remaining provisions to streamline compliance. This structural update takes effect immediately upon gazette publication, ensuring alignment with the Microfinance Act without altering substantive licensing or operational requirements.

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8th August, 2025 505

GOVERNMENT NOTICE NO. 80

MICROFINANCE ACT
(CAP. 46:08)

MICROFINANCE (NON-DEPOSIT TAKING MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS) (AMENDMENT) DIRECTIVE, 2025

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 57 (1) of the Microfinance Act, I, DR. MACDONALD MAFUTA MWALE, Registrar of Financial Institutions, issue the following Directive—

This Directive may be cited as Microfinance (Non-Deposit Taking Microfinance Institutions) (Amendment) Directive, 2025.
The Microfinance (Non-Deposit Taking Microfinance Institutions) Directive, 2018 is amended, in paragraph 5, by—

(a) deleting subparagraph (2); and

(b) renumbering subparagraphs (3) and (4) as subparagraphs (2) and (3), respectively.

Made this 15th day of July, 2025.

(REF. NO. FIN/PFSPD/03/04)

DR. M. M. MWALE
Registrar of Financial Institutions

Lineage: In force

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