M-Pesa
Kenya's mobile money service, holding balances on a phone number and used for most everyday payments.
How it works for your customer
- 1
The shopper chooses M-Pesa and enters their phone number.
- 2
A payment prompt appears on their phone.
- 3
They enter their M-Pesa PIN to approve it.
At a glance
- Type
- Wallet
- Countries
- KE
- Currencies
- KES
- Recurring payments
- Not supported
- Refunds
- Supported
- Disputes
- No chargebacks (push payment)
- Payouts to this method
- Supported
- Typical settlement
- T+1
Availability is illustrative placeholder data.
Market guides
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