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Safaricom Lipa Na M-Pesa platform

Lipa na mpesa is a payment service offered by Safaricom mpesa which allows users pay for goods and services safely and conveniently without having to withdraw money first then pay using cash. Lipa na mpesa also allows traders collect money for goods sold or services offered. The service allows payments from Ksh.10 up to a maximum Ksh.70,000 per transaction with a small service fee. There is an option where customers can check the transaction charges before making payments, but first let's look at the various reasons that make mpesa users and traders prefer Lipa na mpesa. Uses of Lipa na mpesa Deposit money to a bank account. Pay rent Pay school fees Send money to international money platforms like PayPal Make statutory payments like HNIF,NSSF KRA Top up Airtel and Telkom Kenya airtime. Deposit money to gambling accounts like sportpesa Pay hospital bills Pay bills like electricity, water Buy goods and services. Advantages of lipa na mpesa. Lipa na mpesa is now a widely accepted an

How to Withdraw Money from Skrill directly to your Mpesa account.

Skrill is gaining popularity among Kenyans making it one of the most preferred international money transfer service, greatly loved by bloggers, freelancers and gamblers a like. One advantage that Skrill has over PayPal is that Skrill accepts money transactions with various international gambling and brokers like Olymp Trade. If you are a Kenyan working online and for one reason or another you can't use PayPal, then Skrill is there for you, and to make it much easier, Skrill allows you to transfer money directly to your Mpesa account or to any registered Mpesa User. However, it's good to note that the partnership between Skrill and Mpesa is not as good as that of PayPal and M-pesa, Since for PayPal you can either withdraw or send from Mpesa, but for Skrill you can only withdraw but not send directly from Mpesa. What is Skrill? Skrill is an international money transfer and payment service registered in the UK as a money service business. Skrill allows you transfer and make intern

How to transfer money between Mpesa Airtel money and T-Kash.

Months after Airtel Kenya and Safaricom announced their Mpesa-Airtel Money transfer interoperability, Telkom T-kas finally joined in, and now you can transfer money between Mpesa and T-Kash easily and conveniently. Initially, sending money from one network to another was a cumbersome and costly process. By then, when one send money across networks, the recipient was given a voucher code through SMS, and had to withdraw the money before expiry of seven days. Customers of the three telcos can now send and receive money across any of the three networks easily and seamlessly, and the money will be toped up directly on the recipient's wallet, and therefore no need to withdraw the money directly. This post will take you through the steps on how to send money between Mpesa, T-kash and Airtel Money.  How to send money from Mpesa to T-Kash or Airtel money. Dial *234# on your Safaricom line. Select option 1 'Mpesa products'. Select option 98 'more'. Then option 8 'Mpesa

Telkom freedom bundles. Get free calls and WhatsApp..

Telkom freedom bundles is one of a kind service offered by Telkom Kenya , the third largest telecommunications provider in the country after Safaricom and Airtel Kenya. The service which was unveiled in october 2017,gifts Telkom Kenya subscribers with free WhatsApp, and free on net calls upon purchase of a data bundle.  It also allows you call other networks at Ksh.3.30 per minute which is slightly  lower than normal calling rates in the country. Telkom bundles,commonly known as freedom bundles, are way cheap compared to what other telco providers give, making these offers unmatched. For example, while Safaricom gives a weekly 100 Mb for Ksh. 50, Telkom gives you 200 Mb weekly for the same price.  If you don't have a Telkom line by now, then you should seriously consider going for one, especially if you are a 4 G user. Telkom has been doing serious promotions on  this product which seems to be targeting the youth, especially those in colleges, who are a majority social media users

How to link your PayPal account to M-Pesa and withdraw money.

In this post I'll show you how to link your paypall account with Mpesa, how to send money from mpesa to paypal and transfer from paypal account to mpesa. Many Kenyans are now finding themselves in a position that they need to use an internal money transfer in one way or another, either to receive money from abroad, make international payments, pay bills like Netflix Subscriptions and so much more. While that can be done easily and conviniently using PayPal, the initial process of loading your Paypal wallet used to be a tricky one, either having to go to your bank Branch to link your bank account to PayPal or having a friend send you money from their PayPal account, mostly with a small fee. In order to shorten this long process, Safaricom and PayPal have partnered with the help of TransferTo so as to allow registered M-Pesa users in Kenya link their M-Pesa and PayPal accounts, as well as easily transfer money between the two accounts. With this you can now trade and transact interna