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Step-by-step how-tos for every part of CAMS.

Getting Started 2 min · 4 steps

The CAMS Dashboard

Read the Dashboard: the cards and charts that open every time you sign in to CAMS Admin.

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Getting Started 4 min · 8 steps

Change a member's phone number or mobile network operator

Change the phone number or mobile network operator on a member's record, then confirm the change took effect.

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Getting Started 4 min · 8 steps

Approve a member's KYC documents

Approve a member's KYC documents on the KYC tab, so their KYC Status moves away from Pending.

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Getting Started 3 min · 6 steps

Security checks when you sign in to CAMS

Understand the checks that run every time you sign in to CAMS, and what to do when one of them stops you.

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Getting Started 3 min · 5 steps
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How to sign in and navigate CAMS Admin

Sign in to CAMS Admin and find your way around the top bar and the main menu.

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Getting Started 4 min · 8 steps
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How to top up the Wakandi Business Account

Put money into your SACCO's Wakandi Business Account so CAMS can keep covering the services you use.

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Getting Started 3 min · 6 steps
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Where to add savings and share accounts for a member

Open a savings account and a share account for a member from their profile.

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Getting Started 4 min · 8 steps
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How to add a new member

Add a new individual member (client) to your SACCO, from the Clients screen to a saved record.

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Getting Started 2 min · 5 steps
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How to find a member

Find one member on the Clients screen by searching their name, Member Id, reference number or phone number.

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Members 3 min · 6 steps

Record a member's income, bank, assets and mobile money

Record what a member earns and owns: income, bank account, assets and their mobile money operator.

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Members 4 min · 7 steps

How to create a membership policy

Create a membership policy in Settings, so staff can assign it when they onboard a new member.

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Members 4 min · 8 steps

Import a list of members from a spreadsheet

Load many members at once from a filled spreadsheet, and check every row before it reaches your register.

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Members 3 min · 5 steps
Demo

Where to see and update the transaction security PIN

Send a member a one-time code so they can set or reset the transaction PIN used for USSD and mobile transactions.

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Members 3 min · 5 steps
Demo

Add a member's KYC documents and address

Attach a member's identity documents and record their address, so their KYC record is ready for approval.

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Members 4 min · 7 steps
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How to add a new member (detailed)

Create a member record with the full set of personal details in one pass, then confirm it saved.

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Accounting 3 min · 6 steps

Find the entry behind a wrong balance

Trace a wrong ledger balance to the entry that caused it, post the correction, and prove the balances agree again.

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Accounting 8 min · 10 steps

Register a fixed asset and set its depreciation

You will register one purchased asset in the fixed asset register and set how it depreciates.

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Accounting 3 min · 6 steps

Check the financial year dates before you post or report

Find the financial years your organisation has defined, and get the exact dates your postings and reports should sit inside.

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Accounting 4 min · 7 steps

Create an asset type and point it at the right ledgers

You will create an asset type in CAMS and link it to the correct asset ledger and depreciation ledger.

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Accounting 4 min · 7 steps

Set up a cash or bank account so the Cash Book and reconciliation work

Create a cash or bank ledger and register it as a cash/bank account, so it reaches the Cash Book and can be reconciled.

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Accounting 6 min · 9 steps

How to reconcile a provider statement (M-Pesa, Airtel, bank)

Upload a provider statement for reconciliation and read how many of its records have been processed.

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Accounting 5 min · 8 steps

Run an MSP return and pick the right form variant

Pick the MSP card that matches the return your institution files, generate it for a period, and save it.

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Accounting 3 min · 6 steps

Check which financial year is open before you post or report

Find out which financial years your organisation has defined, and get the exact dates your postings and reports should sit inside.

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Accounting 4 min · 7 steps

Check whether a member's mobile money payment went through

Look up a member's mobile money payment in the CAMS online transactions list and tell them whether it went through.

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Accounting 5 min · 9 steps

Set how surplus is distributed before you run the Owner's Equity report

Set the percentages that decide how surplus is shared between your equity funds, before you run the Owner's Equity report.

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Accounting 4 min · 7 steps

Map your Cash Flow Statement lines to ledger categories

Map each operating, investing and financing line to a ledger category so your Cash Flow Statement reports real figures.

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Accounting 4 min · 8 steps

Importing transactions from a file

Import a file of transactions and follow the batch from spreadsheet rows to posted entries.

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Accounting 5 min · 9 steps

Fund Settlement

Send a SACCO's pooled funds to its own bank or mobile money account by running a manual settlement in the CAMS Superadmin Portal.

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Accounting 3 min · 6 steps
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Understanding accounts reconciliation

Check that every ledger's balance is right by comparing its opening balance, debits, credits and closing balance before you report on the books.

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Accounting 3 min · 6 steps
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Where to find Accounting reports

Find, run and download your SACCO's financial statements from the Accounting Reports screen in CAMS.

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Accounting 4 min · 8 steps
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How to set up the Chart of Accounts

Build your SACCO's account structure in CAMS: add groups to the Chart of Accounts, then add the ledgers that transactions post to.

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Cashier & Teller 5 min · 7 steps

Add a charge to a member and follow up what they owe

Raise a charge against a member's own record, then check what that member still owes.

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Cashier & Teller 4 min · 10 steps

How to add a branch

Create a new branch in CAMS and confirm it appears in the branch list.

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Cashier & Teller 4 min · 7 steps

Review the day's transactions before you close

Run the day's transaction reports for your branch, review what was reversed, and keep a copy of both.

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Cashier & Teller 4 min · 8 steps

Correct a transaction you posted in error

Correct a client transaction you posted by mistake, then prove the correction afterwards.

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Cashier & Teller 4 min · 7 steps

Approve or reject a teller transaction request

Review a pending teller transaction request and either approve it or reject it, so the teller's posting can finish.

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Cashier & Teller 3 min · 7 steps

Take a savings deposit or withdrawal at the counter

Serve a member paying money in or taking money out of their savings account, from the teller screen.

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Cashier & Teller 3 min · 6 steps

Open your till, top it up, and close it

Open your till with a float at the start of the day, move cash in or out during it, and close it at the end.

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Cashier & Teller 3 min · 9 steps

Transactions and Fees in CAMS

In CAMS Transactions you post till transactions, charge fees and penalties, and look up recorded transactions.

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Cashier & Teller 4 min · 8 steps
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Making general ledger transactions as a teller

Post a general ledger entry from the teller screen, for money not tied to a member account.

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Cashier & Teller 4 min · 8 steps
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Posting an expense transaction

Record a Sacco running cost, such as office supplies or travel, so the money leaves your cash or bank account and the right expense ledger is updated.

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Cashier & Teller 4 min · 7 steps

Make someone a teller and set what they can post

Give a staff member a till of their own, and decide which transactions they may post without approval first.

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Cashier & Teller 4 min · 7 steps
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How to reconcile the teller

Count your cash at the end of the day, match it to the balance CAMS expects, then close the till.

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Loans 3 min · 7 steps
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How to change a loan product's guarantor setting to Self only

Stop other members guaranteeing loans on a product, so borrowers back their loans with their own savings only.

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Loans 3 min · 7 steps
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How to allow member guarantors on a loan product and set how many

Let members guarantee each other's loans on a product, and set how many guarantors each new loan needs.

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Loans 4 min · 7 steps

Loan product charges, stages and accounting

Finish a loan product: attach its charges, set who handles each workflow stage, and map its ledgers so loans post to the right accounts.

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Loans 6 min · 8 steps

Reconcile Business Account collections against your bank

Read your Business Account tabs in the right order, so you can explain the gap between the wallet balance and the money in your bank.

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Loans 4 min · 8 steps

Check what a guarantor already covers before you approve

Check how many loans a member already guarantees, and how much cover they have given, before you accept them as a guarantor again.

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Loans 6 min · 8 steps

Set up loan provisioning bands for risk classification

Create the provisioning criteria that CAMS uses to classify loan risk and drive your provisioning figures.

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Loans 4 min · 8 steps

Create a Credit Product Policy in Settings

Create a credit product policy in Settings, so a lending product carries the credit rules and limits your SACCO has agreed.

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Loans 8 min · 7 steps

Check that account balances match the ledger

Run the CAMS account balance reports and match them against your ledger figures before you close a period.

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Loans 5 min · 6 steps

Check share capital before you pay dividends

Produce a point-in-time report of member share positions and download it as your evidence.

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Loans 3 min · 6 steps

Write off a loan you cannot recover

Write off a loan your institution has accepted it will not recover, then confirm the result.

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Loans 6 min · 10 steps

Collect the fees on a loan application before you disburse

Collect and confirm every fee on a loan application, so a loan is never funded with fee income still outstanding.

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Loans 4 min · 7 steps

Capture a new loan application for a member

Start a loan application for a member and check every detail while it can still be edited.

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Loans 4 min · 7 steps

Choose which background jobs run for a credit association

Turn the background jobs on or off for one credit association, so its automatic processes run as intended.

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Loans 6 min · 10 steps

Set up a SACCO's fee configuration and its effective dates

Set the fees a SACCO is billed for, and the dates the version applies from, so its invoices carry the right prices.

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Loans 5 min · 11 steps

Set the budget and credit limits for a Quick Loan campaign

Choose the loan product and set the money side of a Quick Loan campaign on the Product and Budget step.

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Loans 5 min · 8 steps

Start a loan's repayments on a date you choose

Set the date a borrower's first repayment falls due, separately from the day the loan is paid out.

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Loans 4 min · 10 steps

Prepayment Recalculation Methods

See what happens to a loan's repayment schedule in CAMS when a member pays early or pays more than the instalment due.

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Loans 4 min · 9 steps

How to record a loan repayment

Record a member's loan repayment at the teller, then check it landed on the loan.

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Loans 4 min · 9 steps

Loan approvals now respect roles and your Credit Product Policy

Approve, reject or hold a loan application in CAMS. Each stage is limited by your role and by the loan product's Credit Product Policy.

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Loans 3 min · 6 steps
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How to reschedule a loan

Rebuild a loan's repayment plan so it matches what the borrower can now pay — after their circumstances change, or to restructure arrears.

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Loans 3 min · 6 steps
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How to add collateral and guarantors to a loan

Attach guarantors to a loan and record the assets a member has pledged behind it.

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Loans 4 min · 8 steps
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How to top up a loan

Add more money to a loan a member already has, without repaying and reapplying first.

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Loans 4 min · 8 steps
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How to disburse a loan (cash and mobile money)

Pay out an approved loan, as cash at the teller or straight to the member's mobile-money wallet.

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Loans 4 min · 8 steps
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How to add a loan product

Set up a loan product: the template that fixes amount, interest, tenure and repayment rules for every loan created from it.

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Loans 3 min · 6 steps

How to appraise a loan application

Read a loan application end to end — the header, the panels and the history — before anyone decides it.

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Loans 4 min · 7 steps
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How to approve loan applications

Decide an application at your stage: approve it forward, hold it for more information, or reject it.

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Reports 3 min · 6 steps

Run and save a SASRA return for the period

Generate SASRA Form 2A Capital Adequacy for one reporting period and save it. Every SASRA form follows this pattern.

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Reports 7 steps

Check that member balances match the ledger

Check that the member-side balances in CAMS agree with the ledger figures in your books before you close a period. About 3–4 minutes · 7 steps.

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Reports 7 steps

Print a statement for a member who asks

Produce a dated statement for a member standing at your counter, and print or download it there and then. About 3–4 minutes · 7 steps.

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Reports 3 min · 6 steps
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Accessing reports in CAMS

Find any report in CAMS, run it with the right filters, and download the figures. Every report follows the same road; learn it once here.

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Reports 2 min · 4 steps
Demo

Introduction to savings reports

Pick the right savings report: the day-to-day extract, the position at one date, or the accounts outside policy limits.

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Reports 3 min · 5 steps
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Introduction to loan reports

Pick the right loan report for the question in front of you: balances, arrears, disbursements or portfolio risk.

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Settings & Administration

Savings Account Status

Saving accounts can have multiple status as mentioned below Active Members are allowed to perform both deposits and withdrawals when account status is active. Inactive Members are…

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Settings & Administration 3 min · 6 steps

How to add interest rates

Add the interest rates your loan and savings products point to, with the period and calculation each rate uses.

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Settings & Administration 5 min · 8 steps

Set the permissions on a staff role

You will open a staff role in CAMS and change exactly which permissions it grants.

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Settings & Administration 2 min

How your monthly subscription billing works

Understand what your monthly subscription invoice covers, when the fee is taken, and what happens if there is not enough balance.

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Settings & Administration 3 min · 3 steps

What CAMS monitors for money laundering

What Wakandi watches for on your members' transactions, who controls the thresholds, and what falls outside it.

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Settings & Administration 4 min · 6 steps

Wakandi Pay overview

Wakandi Pay links your SACCO to the banks and mobile money providers your members use, so collections and disbursements reach CAMS without manual entry.

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Settings & Administration 2 min · 5 steps

Set your country and language in CAMS Admin

Change the language CAMS uses for you, and see which country the institution you are working in belongs to.

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Settings & Administration 5 min · 8 steps

Charge a different disbursement fee on one loan product

Set a disbursement fee that applies to one loan product only, instead of charging the same fee on every loan.

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Settings & Administration 5 min · 10 steps

Bank Integration

Record a member's bank account in CAMS, then check the money moving in and out through the bank.

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Settings & Administration 4 min · 8 steps
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How to add and manage administrators

Add an administrator, give them the right role, and keep admin access up to date on the User Management screen.

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Settings & Administration 4 min · 8 steps
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How to configure holidays and working days

Set your SACCO's working days and public holidays so loan schedules and arrears follow real business days.

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Settings & Administration 4 min · 7 steps
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How to create or update the SACCO policy

Create or change the rules your SACCO runs by on the Policies screen in CAMS Settings.

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Settings & Administration 4 min · 7 steps
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How to configure savings and share products

Set up the savings and share products your members can open, each with its own name, type and general ledger code.

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Settings & Administration 3 min · 6 steps
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How to add fees and penalties

Set up the fees and penalties your products charge, each posting to the right general ledger code.

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Member App 3 min · 7 steps

Settings: language, documents, bank and mobile-money details

A tour of the More menu, where you change language and check the documents, bank and mobile-money details your SACCO holds for you.

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Member App 2 min · 4 steps

View and update your profile

Check and correct your details — name, email and mobile number — in the member app.

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Member App 4 min · 8 steps

How to apply for a loan

Apply for a SACCO loan in the member app: pick the loan product, fill in the form, and send it for review.

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Member App 3 min · 5 steps

View your shares

See how many shares you hold in your SACCO and what they are worth.

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Member App 4 min · 8 steps

View your savings

See your savings accounts in the member app and understand what each balance means.

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Member App 3 min · 6 steps

See and repay your loans

Check what you still owe on each loan, and repay a loan from the member app.

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Member App 3 min · 7 steps

How to contribute to your savings

Pay money into one of your savings accounts from the member app.

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Member App 4 min · 8 steps

How to apply for a Quick Loan

Borrow a small instant loan in the member app and have it paid to your mobile money.

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Member App 4 min · 8 steps

Find your way around the member app

A tour of the member app dashboard, so you know where to see your savings, loans and shares, and where to act.

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Member App 3 min · 5 steps

How to sign in to the member app

Sign in to the Wakandi member app to see your savings, loans and shares.

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Member App 4 min · 8 steps

How to withdraw from your savings

Ask to take money out of your savings and have it sent to your mobile money or bank.

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USSD 3 min · 8 steps

Contribute to your share account by USSD

Pay money into your SACCO share account from any phone, using the USSD menu.

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USSD 2 min · 5 steps
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Set or reset your USSD PIN

Set your USSD PIN the first time, or replace one you have forgotten, so you can move money from your phone.

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USSD 3 min · 7 steps
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Apply for a loan by USSD

Apply for a SACCO loan from your phone: pick a product, read the terms, and send the application.

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USSD 2 min · 5 steps
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Pay to an account by USSD

Send money into a SACCO account with Pay to Account on the main USSD menu.

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USSD 2 min · 5 steps
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Get a QuickLoan by USSD

Borrow a QuickLoan from the main USSD menu and get a decision straight away.

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USSD 3 min · 7 steps
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Repay a loan by USSD

Pay money towards a SACCO loan from mobile money — part of it, or all of it.

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USSD 3 min · 5 steps
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Check your balances by USSD

Check a savings, shares or loan balance from your phone, and read what each figure means.

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USSD 3 min · 7 steps
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Your SACCO menu on USSD

What each choice on your SACCO's USSD menu does: Saving , Shares , Loan and Create / Reset PIN .

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USSD 3 min · 7 steps
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Pay into your savings by USSD

Pay money into your SACCO savings from mobile money, straight from the dialler.

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USSD 2 min · 5 steps
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Getting started on USSD

Use your SACCO from any phone, with no internet and no app, by dialling a USSD code.

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AML & Compliance 2 min · 4 steps

The AML Reports screen

Find the reports your institution owes the authority and track each one from draft to submitted.

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AML & Compliance 3 min · 5 steps

How to trace a transaction and see which rules ran

Find one transaction and see exactly which rules were run against it and which ones matched.

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AML & Compliance 2 min · 4 steps

How to open a member's AML profile

Open a member's AML profile to see their risk classification, KYC status and recent activity in one place.

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AML & Compliance 3 min · 5 steps

How to screen a name against sanctions lists

Check a person or organisation against international sanctions lists and against your own local list.

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AML & Compliance 2 min · 3 steps

How an AML case is scored

Read a case's score, matched pattern and evidence so you can tell how strong the flag really is.

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AML & Compliance 4 min · 7 steps

How to work an AML case

Pick up a case from the queue, record what you found, and move it to the right status.

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AML & Compliance 2 min · 3 steps

The AML Risk Monitoring dashboard

The dashboard is the screen to open first each morning: it answers "is anything urgent today?" in one look.

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AML & Compliance 2 min · 3 steps

The eleven AML monitoring rules

The eleven monitoring rules in Wakandi AML Risk Monitoring, and the behaviour each one looks for.

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AML & Compliance 3 min · 6 steps

Records, retention and being ready for an inspection

The records an inspector will ask for, and the clocks that decide how long each one must be kept.

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AML & Compliance 4 min · 7 steps

Your duty to report, and why you must never tip off

When a transaction must be reported, who decides and files, and why the member must never find out.

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AML & Compliance 3 min · 5 steps

Red flags: what suspicious activity looks like in a SACCO

Recognise the everyday warning signs of laundering at a SACCO, and know what to do the moment you see one.

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AML & Compliance 4 min · 7 steps

Politically exposed persons and sanctions: what the checks are for

Why members are screened against politically exposed person and sanctions lists, and what a hit does and does not mean.

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AML & Compliance 4 min · 7 steps

Customer due diligence and the risk-based approach

Decide how much checking a member needs, using the three levels of due diligence your policy sets.

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AML & Compliance 4 min · 9 steps

Know Your Customer: getting a member identified properly

Identify a new member correctly at onboarding, so the record is complete, verified and usable when a question comes later.

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AML & Compliance 3 min · 5 steps

Why a SACCO is a target, and what is expected of you

Why savings and credit institutions attract money launderers, and the duties that follow for your institution and for you.

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AML & Compliance 3 min · 6 steps

What money laundering is, and how it works

What money laundering is, how criminals do it in three stages, and why a savings institution sits in the middle of stage one.

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AML & Compliance 3 min · 5 steps

How to export AML analytics

Pull a rule performance summary or a transaction export for a date range you choose.

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AML & Compliance 4 min · 6 steps

How to add AML users and choose their role

Add someone to Wakandi AML Risk Monitoring and give them the right role.

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AML & Compliance 4 min · 4 steps

Customer baselines: how normal is worked out

See what the system treats as normal for one member, and why that decides whether their activity is flagged.

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AML & Compliance 5 min · 4 steps

How to set your AML configurations

Set the thresholds, deadlines and windows that the built-in monitoring rules read.

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AML & Compliance 6 min · 6 steps

How to tune an AML monitoring rule

Change how sensitive a monitoring rule is, and choose who gets told when it fires.

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AML & Compliance 3 min · 5 steps

Keeping due diligence up to date

A member's file describes them on the day it was made. This lesson is how to notice when today's behaviour stops matching it.

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AML & Compliance 3 min · 5 steps

Write notes that survive an inspection

When you decide an alert is nothing, the note you write is the only thing that survives. This lesson is how to write it.

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Governance & Controls

The rules that govern your SACCO: Acts, regulations and by-laws

Listen to this article — about 4 min Every SACCO sits inside a framework of rules. Some come from the law and the regulator, and some the SACCO writes for itself. Knowing which rul…

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Governance & Controls

Internal controls every SACCO needs

Listen to this article — about 3 min Internal controls are the everyday checks that keep members' money safe. They make sure no single person can move funds, change records and hid…

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Governance & Controls

Governance: board, committees and the AGM

Listen to this article — about 3 min Good governance is how members stay in charge of their own SACCO. It is the structure of who sets the rules, who checks the books, and who runs…

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Governance & Controls

Who does what: the core SACCO roles

Listen to this article — about 3 min Running a healthy SACCO depends on clear roles, where everyone knows what they are responsible for. Splitting the work into distinct functions…

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Governance & Controls

Audit: internal and external

Listen to this article — about 3 min An audit is an independent check that your SACCO's money, records, and controls are sound. There are two kinds, and a healthy SACCO uses both.…

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Credit & Lending Policy

Pricing a loan: fees, interest and penalties

Listen to this article — about 3 min The price of a loan is more than its interest rate. It is the fees, the interest method, the penalties and the repayment period all taken toget…

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Credit & Lending Policy

Developing a new loan product

Listen to this article — about 3 min A new loan product should never start with "let's launch a new loan." It should start with a member need you have actually observed, and end wi…

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Credit & Lending Policy

Protecting your loans

Listen to this article — about 3 min Loan protection, often called credit-life cover, clears a member's outstanding loan if they die or become permanently disabled. It protects the…

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Credit & Lending Policy

Writing a sound loan policy

Listen to this article — about 3 min A loan policy is the written rulebook for how your SACCO lends money. It sets out what you lend, to whom, on what terms, and who can approve it…

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Credit & Lending Policy

Appraising a loan: the 5 Cs

Listen to this article — about 3 min Appraising a loan means checking whether a member can really repay before you lend. The classic framework is the 5 Cs of credit, used by lender…

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Credit & Lending Policy

Managing delinquency: PAR and recovery

Listen to this article — about 3 min Delinquency is when loan repayments fall behind schedule. Managing it well protects your income and your members' savings. The key measure is P…

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Financial Management

Liquidity and the ratios that keep your SACCO healthy

Listen to this article — about 3 min Liquidity is your SACCO's ability to pay members when they ask, to honour withdrawals and fund approved loans as they fall due. A society can b…

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Financial Management

Financial statements and reporting to the Registrar

Listen to this article — about 3 min Every shilling a SACCO takes in and pays out ends up in its financial statements. Those statements, prepared honestly, checked by an auditor an…

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Financial Management

Budgeting and budgetary control

Listen to this article — about 3 min A budget is your SACCO's financial plan for the year: what you expect to earn, what you plan to spend, and how you intend to grow. Budgetary co…

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Membership & Operations

Staffing and HR essentials

Listen to this article — about 3 min A SACCO is only as strong as the people who run it, and people are managed best when the rules are written down before they are needed. Good HR…

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Membership & Operations

Shares and dividends

Listen to this article — about 3 min When a person joins your SACCO, they don't just open an account. They become a part-owner. That ownership is expressed through shares, and it i…

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Membership & Operations

Membership: joining, rights and leaving

Listen to this article — about 3 min A SACCO belongs to its members. They own it, fund it and govern it. Clear, fair membership rules (who can join, what they commit to, and what h…

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Membership & Operations

Cash handling and controls

Listen to this article — about 2 min Cash is the easiest asset to lose and the hardest to trace. Good cash handling protects your members' money, your staff, and your SACCO's reput…

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Latest news

Statements that generate, summaries that add up, 20 August 2026

Released: 20 August 2026 Summary A reports-and-corrections release. Income statements get two fixes, an incorrect loan summary is corrected, inter-branch transactions work again in…

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Latest news

Fields you can edit, members you can unblock, 18 August 2026

Released: 18 August 2026 Summary Highlighted fields on a quick loan product can now be edited directly, the option to unblock a member is back in V2, and loan officers, tellers and…

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Latest news

Disbursements clear, repayment prompts arrive, 12 August 2026

Released: 12 August 2026 Summary A same-week fix clearing three loan and payment errors. A loan disbursement was failing at one institution in Kenya, a rejected quick loan had alre…

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Latest news

Your CAMS addresses have moved, 16 August 2026

Released: 16 August 2026 Summary Every CAMS system now lives on its own dedicated address instead of a path on a shared one. The old links redirect automatically, your login and yo…

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Latest news

Faster fixes from support, and fees in the right ledger, 4 August 2026

Released: 4 August 2026 Summary This release is about getting answers faster and keeping your books tidy. Our support team now has tools to make common repairs while you are still…

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Latest news

Member numbers write themselves, deposits reach the till, 13 August 2026

Released: 13 August 2026 Summary Member numbers now generate themselves in V2, removing a manual step from every registration. Inviting a new user to the admin panel and waiving of…

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Latest news

Withdraw from your phone, documents your way, 11 August 2026

Released: 11 August 2026 Summary Accounting posting now runs separately from transaction processing, so a slow or stuck posting no longer blocks a transaction at the till. Withdraw…

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Sessions that hold and verification that works, 6 August 2026

Released: 6 August 2026 Summary The change people feel first is the one that keeps them signed in: sessions were dropping mid-task, and the fix landed across the API and both porta…

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Loans that complete and logins that hold, 30 July 2026

Released: 30 July 2026 Summary This release is about loan processing and account security. Loan approvals, closures and rescheduling complete and save, and a loan counts as approve…

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Deposits that reach the right member, 31 July 2026

Released: 31 July 2026 Summary This release covers two payment paths: the online deposit that posts to a member's account, and the status reported for a disbursement. Both changes…

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