The facts
- Who files
- Every licensed forex bureau; the head office collates and submits for all its outlets. Source
- How often
- Daily. Source
- Deadline
- Not stated beyond "daily" on the pages read. Source
- Format
- Other. Submitted to the Bank online or as directed in the prescribed format; the format is not published. Source
- How it is filed
- Filing routes recorded for the CBK: Bankreturns Portal; Non-Bankreturns Portal. See how firms file with the CBK.
- Status
- In force
- Group
- Forex bureaus
Templates (0)
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No published template was found. Source
Validation rules
No published validation rules were found for this return. No validation rules for this return were found on the Central Bank of Kenya's public pages. Source
Public data
No published data from this return was found. No publicly available data from this return was found on the Central Bank of Kenya's pages read. Source
Official documents (1)
The CBK's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 13 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.
- Forex Bureau Guidelines, 2011
Template · PDF · 538.9 KB · 18 March 2011
Section on returns sets the daily, weekly and quarterly returns forex bureaus must file (no template is published for these). Appendix V is the Suspicious Transaction Report form (CBK/FXD/5), the same layout as the Suspicious Activities or Transactions Report (CBK/IF 8) for banks.
SHA-256
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Sources
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Last checked 13 November 2026.
