At the beginning of December 2020, I shared about Safaricom’s in-house testing of a new M-Pesa app. It was a new approach to M-Pesa bringing to the front-end insights on spending, direct access to statements, and much more. It seems right now the app is open to the public, and it is really good. Like really good! There’s also 1GB of free data for customers who install and sign in to the new App. So if that’s an incentive to try it out, go ahead.
Only a few weeks ago, Safaricom launched the new mySafaricom App. So it might seem weird they already have another standalone M-Pesa app as this is already baked in on the mySafaricom App. However, the new M-Pesa app does so much more. It is meant to be a place you can easily see all the important data about how you use M-Pesa, bills you pay, people you send money to, and much more including detaching your mobile money wallet from your SIM card.