You can use the KCB General Purpose Card to purchase online or open a paypal account, but not to receive payments from paypal.

Been using it now for more than three years, it's cheap and works well, but:

1. You have to get a new card every year because the card expires annually. I understand that it's to weed-out inactive accounts, but why can't they give active long-standing customers maybe a 4 year card or something like that?

2. To check your account balance, you still have to call the call center. They have https://estatements.kcbbankgroup.com/ but you can't check your account balance. The e-statement portal only worked briefly when the service was launched, then soon after it broke, and it has been like that to-date. The only new thing that was added was the ability to check your mpesa transaction status, anyways, you still get an sms notification from KCB when the mpesa transaction has been received. The e-statements website looks ancient compared to the main site, but that's the least of my worries, just need it to at least do what it's meant to do - Give you statements, so that we do not have to call every time.

Note we are talking about the General Purpose Card, not the card that comes with a bank account.

The GPC does not require an individual to have a bank acc.

http://ke.kcbbankgroup.c...a-general-purpose-card/

Not sure then how yours can be valid for that long, I'm on my 3rd card, will have to get the 4th card this May.

I also inquired about that card and they told that you can't use it withdraw money from PayPal. But you can use it to VERIFY your paypal account. So far, I think Payoneer is the monopoly when it comes to PayPal withdrawals here in Kenya.

I have used PayPal-Equity withdrawal method. Works like a charm. takes 3 days to credit and the fees are reasonable

Waiting to see what will Safaricon charge...

i still think its expensive, i normally do

Paypal (charge:1%) -> Payoneer -> Equity Bank (Strictly USD Account) (charge: 1%) -> withdraw as USD and get the best rate (Forex or Equity if it much) {4 Days}
or
Paypal (charge:1%) -> Payoneer -> ATM (charges: 400Ksh/50k ) {1 Day}

Now this one

Paypal (charge:3%) -> Safcom (330 withdrawal/50k) {3 Days} (Best for conviniency)

Looks like the cost are on paypal and not safcom end