My challenge is u go to I&M bank and ask for their services. Truth be told I use my US account to withdraw from paypal then wire never thought of changing

Please stop before your nose falls off.

Lemmie get this clear.
You are in US,You withdraw from paypal into your US account.You then wire that into the kenyan account. (lets say I&M.)
This happens because Paypal has no biz with your kenyan account.
It's strictly PP and US acc.

Fastfoward Kenya.
You approach I&M and ask if you can withdraw from paypal on this end?
Why would you do that if you are well aware that money can only move from PP into a US account?

If that is were the case,wouldn't it have been easier to withdraw from PP direct into the kenyan account while in US thereby skipping the US account and wiring altogether?


Why bother about changing PP details for a local bank's sake,which has no biz with PP.

could be wrong but I dont get you.

When I opened a PP account here,I thought I needed my bank's help to operate it.I approached my local bank and was shocked to find out they knew nothing about PP!
They misled me soo much and made me fill forms for online banking instead.
Some crazy manager was talking about unlocking my card for online banking and I thought something was a miss.
I thought being an International bank they would help move cash from paypal into my account but alas,that is not what PP says.

I do not need my local bank to do ANYTHING! cz they have no biz with PP.All I needed was the card to register.Transaction and withdrawal is my headache.
So when you keep mentioning a bank I just dont get it cz all that matters is the Card.

Thanks Alma, Essyk and Murchur for the good discussion. Murchur, I had no idea about this I&M facility. Heading there tomorrow morning to get the details. I will thank you a million if it is true.

From my understanding and to try to bring more clarity on this issue......Nation are saying the truth but are doing a lot of injustice for not bringing in more clarity.

1. When Nation says that you can withdraw from paypal to your Hela card, I guess this only applies to Kenyans living in those countries where it is possible to withdraw money to a card (as per paypal terms). Of course Kenya is excluded here because in any case, the service is targeted to People living outside Kenya. But the Nation is not telling us that it is still not possible to do this if you are in any other country in the world where paypal does not allow you to do this. Is Nation assuming that all Kenyans in the diaspora live only in countries where one is allowed to withdraw to their cards by paypal?

2. For Kenyans living in Kenya and interested in e-commerce, the only way you can withdraw from your paypal is to a USA bank account. Searching from the internet, there are so many agents who promise to help people to open a USA bank account even if you are not a US resident. But you never know if you will deal with the right people. If I&M bank can help one to do that, then bingo, we have a Kenya solution to this headache.