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What You Need To Know About M-Pesa GlobalPay Visa Virtual Card

Editor SharpDaily by Editor SharpDaily
June 3, 2022
in News, Technology
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Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa. [Photo/ Courtesy]

Safaricom and Visa have launched the first M-PESA GlobalPay Visa Virtual card which is set to open global shopping for Kenyan consumers, allowing secure cashless payments at more than 100 million merchants in over 200 countries through Visa’s global network.

The M-PESA GlobalPay Visa Virtual Card will be exclusive for international, online payments outside the country to protect customers from incurring forex conversion costs on local online payments billed in Kenya Shillings.

Once a customer performs a transaction with the card, they will receive an SMS with the prevailing exchange rate for the transaction value. Transactions will be subject to current M-PESA limits of Ksh150,000 per transaction and Ksh300,000 per day at the prevailing Forex rates.

“M-PESA has over the past fifteen years evolved from a simple money transfer service to become a robust payment platform and driver of financial inclusion for Kenyans. This has paved the way for numerous innovative services and by partnering with Visa to provide the M-PESA GlobalPay Visa virtual card, we are looking to bridge the gap for our customers who would like to use M-PESA anywhere across the world,” Peter Ndegwa, CEO, Safaricom.

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Customers can activate the card via the M-PESA App by selecting M-PESA GlobalPay, under the “Pay” or “Grow” option. They can also activate it by dialling *334# then selecting option 6 for “Lipa Na M-PESA” followed by “M-PESA GlobalPay”. Both options will require the customer to use their secret M-PESA PIN. The customer can then view their card details and generate the “CVV” required to confirm online card transactions, manage their cards, set up repeat payments and access their Mini-Statement.

The M-PESA GlobalPay Visa virtual card builds on M-PESA’s security by empowering customers to generate a unique CVV for a 30-minute period.

Customers will key in their M-PESA PIN each time they generate a CVV. This feature ensures all the details of the card required to perform a transaction are only known to the customer.

“Visa is committed to expanding the payments ecosystem across Africa by opening up the global marketplace for every single consumer. This partnership with Safaricom is an important step in helping to achieve this. Safaricom has already transformed how money moves in Kenya, and we are excited to be working together to develop new and innovative payment products and services that can eliminate barriers to global commerce for merchants and consumers in sub-Saharan Africa, through Visa’s global footprint,” Corine Mbiaketcha, Vice President and General Manager for East Africa at Visa.

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She further added that they are thrilled to collaborate with Safaricom, especially in this era where we are seeing an accelerated switch from traditional cash towards digital spending. By leveraging their vast global network and experience as well as Safaricom’s local know-how and large subscriber base, we are charting a new path for digital payments.

“We remain optimistic that this partnership will go a long way in opening the global e-commerce market to Kenya’s significant unbanked and underbanked population.” Corine Mbiaketcha,

The M-PESA GlobalPay Visa Virtual Card will gradually be available across other M-PESA markets through the M-PESA Super App under a strategic partnership between M-PESA Africa and Visa. These include Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Lesotho and Ghana.

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