YuMobile has today entered into a partnership deal with Faulu Kenya and Craft Silicon that will provide a mobile payment facility for its subscribers to settle their utility bills through its mobile money transfer service, yuCash.
As a registered yuCash subscriber, all one has to do is link their account to Elma – the mobile commerce platform from Craft Silicon. Subscribers will be required to download the Elma application by visiting www.elma.bz/elma through their mobile phones, upon which they get to follow simpler steps to access and use the service. After this is done, it means that subscribers will not have to visit service provider outlets to make their payments, for example, water and electricity.

While signing the partnership deal, yuMobile Country Manager Madhur Taneja said, "We understand the busy lifestyles our customers go through every day and we now given another convenient and reliable solution to suit their needs. Our partnership with Faulu Kenya and Craft Silicon to launch this service reaffirms our commitment to respond to our customers' daily needs."

Madhur went further to explain the new exciting promotion for its yuCash users. From today, yuCash users can send money for free. All charges for sending money have been waived meaning yuCash users can send money without incurring any costs. yuCash money transfer service is significantly differentiated from other money transfer services offered in the market as it is accessible to any mobile subscriber on any network. A yuCash user enjoys a free history check of up to 30 transactions.

Faulu Kenya Managing Director, John Mwara said: "Faulu Popote continues to take advantage of the new technological innovations in the sector to bring, unrivalled convenience to the customer making it easier than ever for Kenyans to manage their money. The partnership with yuCash on the utility Bill Payment service is indeed the way to demonstrate our commitment to listen to the needs in the market and incorporate solutions that match their ever-changing lifestyles."

Steps for using the process

Step 1:

After application download, register for Elma by providing:-

First name

Last Name

Select Country (Kenya) from the drop down menu

Enter Mobile Number e.g. 0751 234 567

PIN (4-6 characters)

Step 2: Funding your Elma account

Send money from your yuCash a/c to Business Code '101010' ,Enter message as 'Elma' , Enter yuCash MPIN and Send.

(please wait for 30 minutes for your yuCash-Elma a/c to be linked)

STEP 3: To pay bill using yuCash:

Go to the Elma application on your handset

Log in with their Elma PIN

Select pay utilities option

Select service from the menu:, E.g. Kenya Power Bill Payment:

Select KPLC

Enter Account Number

Enter Amount

On the payment Option, Select yuCash

Enter your Elma PIN Select PAY.

Note: Utility Bill Account to be fully updated after 24hours.