The Republic of Kenya is a country in Eastern Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the east, Tanzania to the south, Uganda to the west, and Sudan to the northwest, with the Indian Ocean running along the southeast border.

The best Merchant Account Kenya

PayWorld is leading supplier of Merchant Accounts in many countries with clients in Kenya. With several years of experience with Merchant Account Services we can help new businesses to establish an online trading presence as well as helping existing Kenyan business to lower and simplify transaction rates.

For Startups and New Business

If you are an established business that is already trading, and are looking for additional processing capacity, better rates or a more stable processor, then you can apply online for an assessment on all the payments solutions we offer.  

Approved Sectors include: 

• Forex Merchant account
• Crypto Currency Merchant Account
• Adult merchant account
• MOTO Merchant account
• Offshore account
• High Risk Merchant Account
• Low Risk merchant account
• Ecommerce merchant account Kenya

The below outline how SCA-Partners will assist our clients secure international merchant account without our client travel;

1. Our client settles an initial instalment of USD $2000 with SCA-Partners
2. SCA-Partners collects due diligence from our client and completes a questionnaire for merchant account including the nature of products or service provided, the volume of expected translations and currencies required, our client confirms to SCA-Partners if they also require either a Physical POS terminal, virtual terminal or MOTO option to accept card payment by other means than the website payment gateway.
3. SCA-Partners staff approaches global merchant account provider and banks with detailed business and operational plan. Our goal is to ensure in writing a welcome email from the bank re your business.
4. Following completion of the above, our client settles a second installment of USD $ 1500 with SCA-Partners.
5. SCA-Partners prepare a quality merchant account opening application for our client’s signature and email returns us a scan copy of the same.
6. The merchant providers front office manager reviews and confirm the: Signed merchant account opening application is completed and further due diligence requirements.
7. Our client settled a third installment of USD $1000 with SCA-Partners.
8. SCA-Partners submits the original signed quality complete application together with due diligence documentation and additional supporting legal documents including AML and CFT policies implemented by our client.
9. The merchant provider in house legal and compliance department critically review the account application. Our client website and supporting due diligence and revert to SCA-Partners to secure additional information.
10. The merchant account provider’s underwriting team approves the merchant application and email our client the; merchant account number, login detail, and fee schedule for signature. The contract will also include the complete guide and code required to integrate the payment gateway on the client’s website. If required SCA-Partners can provide IT assistance to our clients to implement the payment system at additional fee.
11. Our client settles a final installment of USD $ 950 with SCA-Partners.
12. Our client test the temporary merchant account for one week and if satisfied with the service, sign the final service agreement for SCA-Partners to supply to the merchant account provider.
13. Following completion of the above and signing of the official contract, the merchant account provider activate the account for our client use and finalizes secure payment gateway connection on our client’s website.
14. Our client can now securely receive customer’s transactions.

Click here to apply for a Merchant Account or to find out what payment services are available for a startup business In Kenya