<p dir="ltr">The success of Mpesa is its simplicity. The app is great, but it can only be used by a certain demographic. The USSD like SIM toolkit was the killer application. It still remains.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Not holding brief for Safaricom, the 20 second verification period they give you after sending funds through C2C transactions is a very useful feature. It gives the name of the recipient, assuming you know who you are sending cash to. Of course this does not cover all scenarios especially C2B transactions. </p>
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<div class="gmail_quot<blockquote class=" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Mercy,<div><br></div><div>Its even worse when you transfer money from you bank account, through mobile money, to a wrong number. Safaricom will advice you to contact your bank who are supposed to make a reversal request on your behalf. The bank will tell you to write a letter giving details of what happened and that is when you realize that you are in for a long haul. There is definitely a need to come up better way of handling the problem.</div><div><br></div><div>That notwithstanding, I wish to comment Safaricom for their improved customer service. Its now much easier and faster to connect to their customer care center for assistance, compared to the way it used to be a while ago. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards <br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 8:06 AM, Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Great Timothy, I am going to add that the app shows you to whom you are about to send the money before entering your PIN. Quite useful. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Kanini, I however acknowledge that your concerns valid as no everyone is using a smartphone. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="m_-2578830002030117373h5">On May 12, 2017 7:28 AM, "Timothy- Coach- Oriedo via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="m_-2578830002030117373h5"><div dir="auto">Hi Mercy<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Have you tried the new safaricom App ? Get it from playstore and share your experience. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It's has laid a foundation for live chatbot.</div><div dir="auto"><br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"> <br><br> <br><br>Timothy Oriedo<br><br><a href="http://about.me/Timoriedo" target="_blank">about.me/Timoriedo</a><br><br> </div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 12 May 2017 07:23, "kanini mutemi via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="m_-2578830002030117373m_-3638932211343203505m_-4464256682371026715quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello everyone.<div><br></div><div>I've seen quite a number of complaints on people sending money to the wrong number. Surprisingly a lot of these instances involve 50k and above. It seems MPESA has left it up to the recepients to be kind enough to refund money sent erroneously. I see why that would make sense to a business (2 transactions is better than one). Of course a lot of Kenyans will not refund (tough economic times🤔)</div><div><br></div><div>I recently made a notable purchase from WordPress and realized only two minutes later that I had bought the wrong product. Good thing they have live chat for their customer support. No questions asked- they reversed the transaction. </div><div><br></div><div>Now I realize the two are different; one is a seller the other one is a conveyor belt. It got me thinking however- MPESA has to keep up with the times. The explanation has always been that MPESA asks you to confirm before you press send. The number of 'I sent Kshs. X to the wrong number' posts on Buyer Beware should be enough to tell any caring provider that the system is broken. </div><div><br></div><div>Digital products must be malleable and most importantly responsive to customer needs. Which is why competition is healthy- it pushes companies to care about the needs of its customers. </div><div><br></div><div>Have a great day ahead. </div><font color="#888888"><div dir="ltr">-- <br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b>Mercy Mutemi, Advocate</b>. <br></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b><i><br></i></b></span></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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