How M-Pesa’s Simple Fix Could Stop Thousands of Scams

How M-Pesa’s simple fix could stop thousands of scams

Since the inception of Safaricom’s mobile money platform M-Pesa in 2007, every time a user sends money, pays for fuel, groceries, or a boda boda ride, they leave behind their phone number, which appears in the transaction notification sent to the receiver or merchant. That number could be saved, shared, or sold to malicious actors involved in SIM swap fraud. For the over 37 million Kenyans who use the platform, it is a possible link in a chain t…

CBK approves phone number masking in Lipa na M-Pesa Till and Paybill transactions - Techish Kenya

At Techish Kenya, we have been beating the drum for digital privacy for years. We’ve written about the risks of smartphone data, tracked the maturity of Kenya’s data protection landscape, and more specifically, we have spent over half a decade highlighting the gaping hole in M-Pesa’s transaction privacy. Today, we can finally say: It is …

Why M-PESA Users Will No Longer Access Full Transaction Details in Paybill and Buy Goods Payments

The Kenya Times ~ Trending, Breaking News and Videos Why M-PESA Users Will No Longer Access Full Transaction Details in Paybill and Buy Goods Payments M-PESA users will no longer access full transaction details in Paybill, Till, and Buy Goods payments after the Central Bank of Kenya’s (CBK) privacy protection move. The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has authorised Safaricom to implement phone number masking across M-Pesa transactions. According to …