With more than 64 percent market share in Kenya, safaricom is the obvious leader in the telco space. It has more than 30 million 30-day active M-PESA customers. Its mobile money market share is at 99.9 percent, which basically means it owns the space, whereas the rest, namely Airtel Money and T-Kash (Equitel is not counted as a mobile money product) are just as insignificant.
Treasury is planning to slash M-PESA fees in an annoucement that was made official by the CS of the Ministry of Finance Ukur Yatani. This, however, is a lobby that will be discussed widely by the industry, and is likely going to take a while before any sigfincant adjutsments are made.
That aside, here are all M-PESA and its associated charges for 2022:
Withdrawal from M-PESA Agent
Min
Max
Charges
1
49
N/A
50
100
10
101
500
27
501
1,000
28
1,001
1,500
28
1,501
2,500
28
2,501
3,500
50
3,501
5,000
67
5,001
7,500
84
7,501
10,000
112
10,001
15,000
162
15,001
20,000
180
20,001
35,000
191
35,001
50,001
270
50,001
150,000
300
Transfer to Unregistered Users
Min
Max
Charges
1
49
N/A
50
100
N/A
101
500
45
501
1,000
49
1,001
1,500
59
1,501
2,500
74
2,501
3,500
112
3,501
5,000
135
5,001
7,500
166
7,501
10,000
205
10,001
15,000
265
15,001
20,000
288
20,001
35,000
309
35,001
50,001
N/A
50,001
150,000
N/A
Transfer to other M-PESA Users, Pochi La Biashara and Business Till To customer
Min
Max
Charges
1
49
FREE
50
100
FREE
101
500
6
501
1,000
12
1,001
1,500
22
1,501
2,500
32
2,501
3,500
51
3,501
5,000
55
5,001
7,500
75
7,501
10,000
87
10,001
15,000
97
15,001
20,000
102
20,001
35,000
105
35,001
50,001
105
50,001
150,000
105
Transfer to M-PESA Customer
Min
Max
Charges
1
49
FREE
50
100
FREE
101
500
6
501
1,000
12
1,001
1,500
22
1,501
2,500
32
2,501
3,500
51
3,501
5,000
55
5,001
7,500
75
7,501
10,000
87
10,001
15,000
97
15,001
20,000
102
20,001
35,000
105
35,001
50,001
105
50,001
150,000
105
Transfer to Other Networks
Min
Max
Charges
200
2500
34
2501
5000
67
5001
10000
112
10001
20000
197
Other Charges
Other Transactions
Charges
All deposits
0
M-PESA Registration
0
Buying Airtime
0
Balance Inquiry
0
Changing PIN
0
Notes
Maximum Account Balance is KSHs.300,000
Maximum Daily Transaction Value is KSHs.300,000.Maximum per transaction is KSHs.150,000
You cannot withdraw less than KSHs.50 at an M-PESA agent outlet.
The question I always ask myself how can you charge the sender and the receiver, can somebody answer me
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