Tag: Mpesa

  • How to fuliza mpesa loan

    How to fuliza mpesa loan

    In Kenya, where mobile money services have transformed how people transact, Safaricom’s Fuliza M-Pesa loan stands out as an innovative solution. Let’s delve into Fuliza, how it works, and why it matters.

    What Is Fuliza M-Pesa?

    Fuliza M-Pesa loan is a continuous overdraft service offered by Safaricom, in collaboration with the Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA). It caters to M-Pesa users who must complete transactions even when their accounts lack sufficient funds. Think of it as a safety net—a financial bridge that ensures seamless transactions, even in tight spots.

    An overdraft occurs when an account balance goes below zero, and a person or business continues to make transactions. In other words, it’s when you spend more money than you have available in your account. Overdrafts can happen through various means, such as writing a check, using a debit card, or initiating electronic transactions like Fuliza.

    How Does Fuliza Work?

    In Kenya Fuliza an Mpesa loan has become a part of our daily lives. Unlike most loans where you have to secure your loans to get a facility, fuliza is an unsecured facility that uses your history of using Mpesa to assess your creditworthiness. Your frequency of transactions will be used to assess your ability to pay back the loan. Please note that an overdraft is still a loan that attracts fees and interest

    1. Overdraft Facility: Fuliza acts like an overdraft. You can borrow funds within your assigned limit, even if your M-Pesa account balance is low.
    2. Immediate Access: Fuliza allows you to send money, pay bills, and buy goods without worrying about insufficient funds. It tops up the amount you are short on and charges an interest on this facility.
    3. Collaboration: Safaricom collaborates with KCB and CBA to make Fuliza possible.

    How to Register and Fuliza M-Pesa loan

    1. Ensure you have an active Safaricom line registered for M-Pesa.
    2. Dial *234# on your Safaricom mobile phone.
    3. Select “Fuliza M-PESA” from the menu options.

    Follow the prompts to opt into Fuliza.

    If you haven’t registered for Fuliza M-Pesa, you’ll receive an option to join. Once registered, you’ll have access to the following features:

    • Check My Limit: Find out your Fuliza overdraft limit.
    • My Fuliza Balance: Monitor your outstanding balance.
    • Mini Statement: Review recent Fuliza transactions.
    • Query Charges: Understand applicable fees.
    • Know More About M-Pesa: Explore additional M-Pesa services.

    Remember, your Fuliza limit depends on your M-Pesa account history.

    Eligibility and Limit

    To qualify for a fuliza M-pesa loan there are a few things you need to qualify. This includes:

    • M-Pesa customers registered using their national ID, Kenyan passport, or Military ID can activate Fuliza. Foreign passport registrations are not eligible.
    • Upon opting in, you receive a limit defining the maximum overdraft amount you can access. This limit depends on your M-Pesa account history.

    Repayment and Charges

    1. Access Fee: When you borrow, a one-time 1% access fee applies.
    2. Daily Maintenance Fee: Safaricom charges a daily maintenance fee based on your borrowed amount. The maximum daily fee is Ksh. 30.
    3. Repayment Period: Fuliza loans are repayable within 30 days from disbursement.

    Interest: No traditional interest applies; instead, the daily maintenance fee covers the cost

    How to Repay Fuliza Loan

    • Dial *234# on your Safaricom mobile phone.
    • Select “Fuliza M-PESA” from the menu options.
    • Choose “Pay balance” and enter the amount you want to repay.
    • Follow the prompts to complete the repayment.

    If you don’t repay your overdraft fuliza M-pesa loan on the stipulated timeline:

    Activation and Usage

    1. Smartphone Users: Sign up through the Mysafaricom app and access the Fuliza M-Pesa option.
    2. Non-Smartphone Users: Dial *234# and select Fuliza M-PESA. You must be a Safaricom customer registered on M-PESA for at least 6 months.

    Withdrawal Limitations

    • You can use Fuliza funds for:
      • Paying via Lipa Na M-Pesa.
      • Sending money to other M-PESA users.
    • Direct withdrawal of Fuliza M-pesa loan funds is now available. You can withdraw directly from Fuliza

    Default Consequences

    • If you default on repayment:
      • Deposited funds will be used to repay Fuliza.
      • If your M-Pesa account remains empty, your name and accounts may be submitted to Credit Reference Bureaus (CRB).
  • Hela Pesa and the Salary Advance Revolution in Kenya

    Hela Pesa and the Salary Advance Revolution in Kenya

    There comes a time in a human’s life when it is inevitable that they will need help. Financial help to be exact. These are difficult times, especially for ordinary citizens with almost double-digit inflation rates and the price of basic commodities beyond the reach of millions of ordinary Kenyans. During these times, each one of us needs a reliable financial partner who has got your back and won’t turn you down when you need help the most.

    Hela Pesa Salary Advance

    It is in tandem with the above scenario that Hela Pesa Salary Advance personal loan lays its foundation. On the philosophy of a more accessible, reliable, and dignified way when it comes to the availability of credit. Hela Pesa believes that one needs to have a backup in times of crisis and, to be fair, there hasn’t been a crisis like this in a long time.

    Our Salary Advance personal loan boosts your confidence in giving you the power and the knowledge that the door won’t be slammed in your face at the moment of need, setting you apart from the crowd as it goes scrambling around madly, panicking and calling everybody in the phonebook ‘akuangushie kakitu utamsort mwezi ikiisha’.

    Instead, we assure you will always be there for you when the going gets tough, as it more often than not, does.  Instead of the panicked scrambling around, we envision a cool, calm, and collected way, sweat and hassle-free, and painless. We envision you sitting by your phone, tapping your phone calmly knowing that in the end, we will always come through.

    Personal Finance

    Although a Salary Advance is technically defined as a personal loan provided by financial institutions to salaried individuals in borrowing against future earnings, we believe that ours is far superior to what is in the market today. In most cases, this kind of advance is allowed only once on many platforms. However Hela Pesa, through our Salary Advance allows you to borrow multiple times as long as your credit eligibility is intact.

    When you repay your loan, Hela Pesa allows you the leeway to borrow and access our Salary Advance over and over again, ad infinitum. This means that you, as a customer are not restricted at all on the number of times you want to borrow, either as a top-up, or a brand-new loan.

    This, we believe, gives you massive flexibility in planning your finances whilst at the same time giving you the freedom of not being trapped in a vicious cycle of having to depend on your monthly salary alone in making your budgets.

    Also read: A Salary loan in Kenya

    Easy Application

    Hela Pesa is here to make sure that you minimize the number of hassles and headaches that you have to go through in planning your finances. Deep down, we are human and we understand that it’s quite hard, as goings go currently. That is why we are more than willing to be your partner to see you through these tough times. We strongly believe that with our Salary Advance, the possibilities become endless when it comes to spending your money.

    Our Salary Advance package is not restricted to only just emergencies as it has been viewed traditionally. You have the freedom to utilize this loan for any purpose that you feel is right. These include but are not limited to, Holiday and travel expenses, medical expenses, house repairs and renovation, school fees or even starting a side hustle. The list is endless with what you could do with it. The choice is yours.

    Hela Pesa Salary Advance is a personal loan and a salary advance all rolled into one. This gives you massive advantages as our client by offering you the best of both worlds when it comes to credit. One advantage of a personal loan is speed and ease of access to the loan and Hela Pesa is right up there with the best of them if not the best. From registration to application to approval and disbursement, we’ve streamlined the process to ensure that the money gets to your phone as fast as possible.

    We’re here to ensure that your life runs as smoothly as possible and our speed of access ensures that the anxiety and anguish that is more often associated with loan processing is reduced to the very minimum. Our relationship with you, as a client, is defined primarily by how fast we get you the money that you’ve applied for, and we promise that we won’t let you down.

    Ease of Use

    Further, as a personal loan, Hela Pesa ensures that your Salary Advance comes as a lump sum. This essentially means that whatever amount you’ve applied for comes in full. This gives you peace of mind and makes sure that we deliver on your dreams and aspirations as exactly as you envisioned them.

    This makes it easier to start that side hustle that you’ve always wanted to set yourself up financially or buy that dress you’ve always desired or buy her that gift that will bring your romance to its climax. Further, it gives you peace of mind, especially during emergencies, for example, medications that may require fast and lump sum payments. These can be all achieved by the salary advance and our Hela Pesa Salary Advance makes you sure-footed in the slippery road that is money.

    Hela Pesa Salary Advance requires no collateral as a requirement. Unlike traditional loans, our salary advance doesn’t require you to put up your assets to access it. Indeed, unlike other lenders who may also need you to bring in guarantors, Hela Pesa chooses deliberately not to go that route.

    We believe in our clients therefore putting them through hoops to provide credit is not our philosophy. We believe in a working relationship with our clients and an establishment of trust is one of the core ways of establishing that business relationship.

    As a salary advance, on the other hand, our product is thus guaranteed by your government employer. This essentially means that you do not have to go around talking people into backing you when you need a line of credit. For us, your employment says more than enough.

    Once we have an agreement with your employer, that is all the guarantee that we’ll ever need. This gives us an edge and ensures speed in processing your salary advance Accessing our Salary Advance, all you have to do as our client is to furnish us with your details, and voila! That is all it takes to access our products.

    Hela Pesa gives you flexibility and room to choose your credit terms. The amount that you wish to have, the amount of time that it will require you to repay it whether 2 or 24 months it is all in your hands. In further easing your life and especially in repaying your loan, Hela Pesa does all the grunt work for you and simply deducts the amount straight from your check-off account.

    This enables you to focus on the most important and valuable aspects of your life because, frankly, we think that keeping a loan repayment schedule constantly in your mind is not the best way to live your life to the fullest and thus should not be getting in the way of living your life. This, we believe is a win-win for both of us as it gives us both, and especially you, peace of mind. This way when your loan has been repaid, you can borrow again and again to meet your needs and achieve your goals.

    In line with being the best Salary Advance provider in Kenya, we offer a website where you can register for free. No upfront fees or membership fees are applicable. Further, we provide what we think is the best loan app for a Salary Advance loan in Kenya. The Hela Pesa Loan app gives you the ability and authority to take matters into your hands. In addition to application and disbursement, you can track the performance of your loan, schedule your repayments, apply for a top-up, and so much more.

    Part of being a good business partner involves excellent customer relations and that is one of the many fields in which we excel. We recognize that you, the customer are the most important cog in our business. We have therefore pulled all stops to ensure that our interaction with you brings you back again and again. We operate on all platforms, whether on the phone, via email, or via chat to ensure that all your questions are asked. We pride ourselves on being the best by ensuring that you get nothing but the best.