People send and receive money across the world every passing minute. It’s even simpler, faster, and more convenient with the emergence of internet and mobile banking. This has benefited a lot of people, especially those who shop, and, send and receive payments online.
With the integration of Skrill and Mpesa, you can bet money transfer is bound to get better. Users of the two platforms now have something to smile about because you can send and receive money instantly across both accounts. Below is a detailed guide on how to send cash from M-pesa to Skrill.
Creating the Skrill Account
First, you need active M-pesa and Skrill accounts.
Opening a Skrill Account
If you already have an active skrill account, you can skip to the next section where I show you how to link it with your M-pesa account.
- Go to https://www.skrill.com/en/
- Check the upper right corner and select Register
- Fill in the required details
- The requested information includes name, currency, country, email address, among others.
- Be careful when selecting the preferred currency since it may be hard to change it in future.
- Make sure the phone number added is the one you’ve registered for M-pesa
- You will be required to scan and upload your identity documents
- For the street address, you can enter any major street in your city
- You may have to verify the account through email or phone number once the registration is complete
The next step is to link your new Skrill account with your M-pesa.
Connecting Skrill to M-pesa
- During the Skrill registration process, a confirmation link will be sent to your email address
- Open your email inbox, find the message, open it, and click on the link
- This will confirm/verify your account
- Now, on your Skrill account, go to “Cards and Bank Account”
- Open the “Credit/Debit Card” section
- Select “Mobile Wallet” and click “Add Mobile Wallet”
- A prompt will ask you to enter your preferred M-Pesa number
- Enter the number and save the changes
Your M-pesa and Skrill account are now linked. You can easily deposit from Skrill to M-pesa and vice versa. However, the M-pesa to Skrill procedure is not direct. Safaricom is yet to develop an official Skrill Paybill number.
Check this too: How to withdraw money from Payoneer in Kenya
How to Send the Money
Unlike Skrill to M-pesa transaction, which is executed directly using Skrill iT, sending from M-pesa to Skrill requires the use of a third-party service like EastPesa.
How does it work?
Well, to start with, you will need to register with EastPesa. After which you must do the following:
- While creating the EastPesa account, use the phone that will be used for mobile payments
- You will be required to confirm both your email and phone number
- Once verified, got to your Eastpesa account and click “Start”
- Head over to your M-pesa menu, select “Lipa na M-pesa” and click “Paybill”
- Enter the Paybill number that will be generated on your Eastpesa account
- Eastpesa will also generate the account number
- Put in the amount you wish to transfer to your Skrill account
- Use the Eastpesa rate checker to confirm the amount you will be receiving in your Skrill account
- Enter your M-pesa pin and click send
- Your Skrill account should be credited instantly and the amount will reflect in whichever currency you had selected
Another platform you can use to send money from M-pesa to Skrill is Cashify. Be sure to check it out and compare the rates.
Conclusion
Until Mpesa to Skrill transactions become as straightforward as when you send from Skrill to M-pesa, you can make use of the two services mentioned above. They will help to save on time, and transaction costs too.
