Airtel Money Charges: Withdrawal, Airtel To Airtel, Transfer To Other Networks (UPDATED)

Airtel has made some few changes on the transaction charges of Airtel Money in 2021.

Basically because of the Covid-19 pandemic the whole world is experiencing, the costs have been reduced.

Airtel has waived all person to person transaction fees for Airtel Money customers across all the bands.

Airtel Money Tariffs has been updated as of January 1st 2021. Active immediately.

Below are the new Airtel Money charges for withdrawal, transfer money from Airtel to Airtel users and transfer of money from Airtel to other networks, such as Safaricom M-Pesa and Telkom.

Here is how to register for Airtel Money if you haven’t registered yet.

How to register for Airtel Money in Kenya

With your airtel Sim card and your national ID, you can easily register for airtel money by simply visiting the nearest Airtel agent.

Don’t worry, it will take you like 20 minutes to be registered as an airtel money user.

You will be asked a few questions that will enable your Airtel Sim to be registered to Airtel money

The entire process will be FREE of charge. You will not pay anything to be registered as an Airtel money user in Kenya.

Also Read: New Safaricom MPESA transaction charges

Once registered, all you need to do is activate your account, put in a strong password and you are done, you will be assisted through all this steps by the agent.

You can now be able to use your Airtel Money to, pay your bills, pay school fees, pay water bills, pay for your electricity bill, buy airtime for your number or other numbers, send money to any mobile network in Kenya, withdraw cash at an Airtel Money agent, withdraw cash at the bank or an ATM, and also have Mobile Banking.

Now here is the 2021 Airtel Money Charges and Tariffs

Please Note the following:

Charges waived for transfers from Airtel Money account to the bank account

The maximum amount per transaction for Airtel Money has been increased from Ksh. 70,000 to Ksh. 150,000

The current tariff for mobile money transactions for Ksh.70,000 will apply for transactions up to Ksh. 150,000

The daily limit for mobile money transactions are also increased from Ksh. 140,000 to Ksh. 300,000

The new charges are 1bob and 2bob for bands, Ksh10-49 and Ksh50-100 respectively after your first 3 transactions.

Airtel Money account balance limit has also been increased from Ksh. 140,000 to Ksh. 300,000

Here is the new 2021 Airtel Money tariffs:

Airtel Money Charges 2021:

TRANSACTION LIMIT IN KSHS.		TRANSACTION TYPE IN KSHS.
Minimum	Maximum	Transfer To Airtel	Transfer To Other Networks	Withdrawal from Airtel Money Agent
10	49	FREE	FREE*	N/A
50	100	FREE	FREE*	10
101	500	FREE	7	27
501	1,000	FREE	9	27
1,001	1,500	FREE	15	27
1,501	2,500	FREE	24	27
2,501	3,500	FREE	33	49
3,501	5,000	FREE	36	66
5,001	7,500	FREE	45	82
7,501	10,000	FREE	51	110
10,001	15,000	FREE	57	159
15,001	20,000	FREE	60	176
20,001	25,000	FREE	66	187
25,001	30,000	FREE	66	187
30,001	35,000	FREE	66	187
35,001	40,000	FREE	66	275
40,001	45,000	FREE	66	275
45,001	50,000	FREE	66	275
50,001	70,000	FREE	66	330
70,001	150,000	FREE	66	330

Want to send money from your Airtel Money account to Mpesa?
Easy! Here is how to transfer money from your Airtel Money Account to Mpesa.

How to Send Money from Airtel Money to MPESA

This process is as easy as ABC, make sure you have enough money on your Airtel Money account and follow this easy steps

On your mobile phone.

· Dial *222#

· Select Send Money

· Select send to M-Pesa

· Enter the recipients(safaricom) mobile number

· Enter Amount

· Confirm transaction details

· Enter your PIN

· Press okay

That’s it! Your money will be transferred from your Airtel Money account to the MPESA number you provided, in no time.

For confirmation, you will receive a message from Airtel confirming that the money has been sent to MPESA successfully.

Charges May Apply.