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· Safaricom has launched a Lipa Na M-PESA Business smartphone app for the more than 170,000 merchants named “M-PESA for Business
· The app enables businesses to access business details, export, and track their performance on a real time basis, wherever
they are
Safaricom has launched a Lipa Na M-PESA Business smartphone app for the more than 170,000 merchants named “M-PESA for Business“. The app enables businesses to access business details, export, and track their performance on a real time basis, wherever they are.
Using the app, businesses can transfer funds from Lipa Na M-PESA to their M-PESA accounts, bank accounts or to an agent and also can use the platform to send money to other M-PESA customers, for paying wages, payment towards supplies and make payments to other businesses. The App has a special focus on the needs of small and medium businesses to provide them with suitable technology solutions. The M-PESA for Business smartphone App empowers more than 170,000 businesses across the country to send money and make payments and
provides them with simple and detailed reports from the convenience of the mobile phone.
The app will offer additional management features, such as an overview of different tills for business owners with multiple outlets and till usage management and is also packed with rich, detailed reports including money-in and money-out charts, store overview etc.
Safaricom has also rolled out a portal to enable businesses to apply online for a Lipa Na M-PESA Till at m-pesaforbusiness.co.ke. The “M-PESA for Business” app will be immediately available to these businesses once their application is processed and a Till Number
allocated.
