One of the largest mobile network service operators in Kenya, Safricom has just collaborated with Paypal, which is being powered by TransferTo. With this awesome partnership, M-Pesa customers can now link their accounts directly to PayPal.
It sounds amazing, although, it is not only Safricom M-Pesa that had enabled this in particular, Equity Bank also does the magic too but theirs takes a little while before you could be able withdraw your Paypal money, anyways, that doesn’t mean M-Pesa are much faster, knowing that it is a new service, we expect smooth and efficient service operators.
So, if you have a PayPal account and you want to withdraw your money but you don’t have an Equity Bank account, today is your lucky, this is the step by step guide to link your Paypal account to Safricom M-Pesa.
Lets get started; Before the procedures, you must have an eligible / qualified Kenyan PayPal and M-PESA account. Don’t have any of those? do not worry, Go to paypal.com/ke to create your Paypal account and visit any M-PESA agent outlet across Kenya to register for M-Pesa account.
*. NOTE: During creating any account, ensure that your names are of the same letters. Any mistake there will result to complete failure of linking.
After creating both account, you can move ahead by linking both account. It is simple and easy. Let begin;
How to link your M-Pesa account to Paypal
*. Go to this LINK
*. When the page loads, you will receive a welcoming sign, skip those and Click on “Get started”
*. Log in with your PayPal login details (email and password)
*. Agree to the service pop-up question
*. Enter your phone number
*. A 4-digit verification code would be send to your mobile number
*. Enter the code to complete the transaction and you are done!
After a successful linking between both firm, you are now able to deposit or withdraw To your PayPal wallet via M-Pesa. It comes with a lot of advantages and benefits and there is just one slight issue.
