[kictanet] M-PESA for E-Commerce

[H. Karanja Kairo]

Thanks Washington and oops sorry I forgot to frame my question.

 

I wanted to know if anyone has succeeded in using M-PESA for E-Commerce
through a one-step process (like PayPal, or Credit Cards)

 

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From: Odhiambo Washington [mailto:odhiambo at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 5:24 PM
To: H. Karanja Kairo
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] M-PESA for E-Commerce

 

 

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 4:24 PM, H. Karanja Kairo <kairo at softlaw.co.ke>
wrote:

I'm trying to use M-PESA for settling online purchases but I haven't yet
found a way to do it through a one-step process. My best attempt so far is
to:

 

1.	Have someone M-PESA a certain amount to my phone.
2.	Ask them to SMS the first 7 characters of the response they receive
from M-PESA for verification (this is to get their phone number as M-PESA
does not provide this)
3.	Credit their online account (identified through their phone number)
with the funds.

 

Okay,  and what is the question?:-)

Seriously though, I know Safaricom have got an R&D  unit, who you can talk
to  regarding this. I know one or two guys there although I am not sure they
are allowed/willing to work with you on this as I already see security
issues coming up.
Good luck!
 



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