Charges on bank to mobile deals lift M-Pesa revenue

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A Safaricom's M-Pesa app user. FILE PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG

The reinstatement of charges on bank-to-mobile transactions has helped lift revenue for Safaricom’s platform M-Pesa.

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) waived the fees on cash transferred from banks to mobile wallets and vice versa from mid-March 2020 until the end of last year.

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