An analysis of the legal basis for electronic banking in Tanzania

This Thesis analyzes the legal basis of e-banking in Tanzania. It addresses the key issues revolving around lack of a clear legal framework that is responsive to adoption and advancement of e-banking technologies in the banking industry. The qualitative approach and literature review for collection of primary and secondary data were adopted. It has been observed that e-banking is increasingly causing a number of problems to consumers, the major ones being theft and fraud, which cause massive losses to customers using e-banking technologies. The study has observed further that the law governing banking business in Tanzania does not address issues raised by e-banking technologies, particularly those revolving around allocation of losses. This phenomenon has far reaching consequences to customers using a variety of e-banking distribution channels for transacting banking business in that they are left without adequate legal protection.