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Gitonga R Community Member

Mpesa payment has been rejected

Good day! I have a problem with M-Pesa Payments. I have been using the Current M-Pesa account to receive payments for over an year now. But lately, when i withdraw to the account, the payment method keeps failing. It happened earlier this week (Feb 2021), but finally, I was able to reactivate and withdraw (after 3 trials). Today (2/26/2021) I tried withdrawing again, it has failed.

 

What annoys me is that every time Upwork deducts withdrawal fee, although the payment is rejected the fee is not reimbursed.

 

Please @Upworksupport, look into this, help understand why the payment method keeps failing. Thanks.

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William's avatar
William M Community Member

I am experiencing the same issue.
@upwork please assist.
Richard's avatar
Richard S Community Member

When I try to withdraw payment via Mpesa I get the message, failed and my payment method is disabled. On trying to enable and request funds again, I receive the same error message. Please assist
collin's avatar
collin o Community Member

Hello, What was the solution? My MPESA withdrawals have also been rejected for the same reason.

Daniel's avatar
Daniel W Community Member

**Edited for community guidelines**

Am getting this message everytime I try to make a withdrawal . I have re-enabled my payment method and it has cost me $4 yet not yet successfull. Kindly fix this. 

Joanne's avatar
Joanne P Moderator

Hi Daniel,

 

I've shared your concern with the team. One of our agents will reach out and assist you directly via a support ticket.

~ Joanne
Upwork
Bob's avatar
Bob K Community Member

Hi, my withdrawal to Mpesa failed/rejected. I re-enabled and withdrew again. Thanks. It went through.  

Gliceria's avatar
Gliceria W Community Member

Hi every time a payment gets rejected, request for the transaction fee to be refunded. That's what I do, so I don't lose money. It will take about 24 to 36 hours to get it refunded.

Nikola's avatar
Nikola S Moderator

Hi Gliceria,

 

Thank you for reaching out to us. I checked and it looks like you already have an open ticket regarding your concern. Please feel free to follow up on your open ticket if you have any additional questions and our team will be happy to assist you further. 

 

~ Nikola
Aleksandar's avatar
Aleksandar D Community Manager

Hi all,

 

I'm sorry to hear about your withdrawal issues. Our team will continue assisting you further on your support tickets

 

Thank you.

~ Aleksandar
Upwork
Brian's avatar
Brian R Community Member

I keep trying to withdraw my funds to mpesa and it gets rejected. I've tried it 5 times with the same disappointing results. Can you help please, i am in urgent needs of the funds
Pradeep's avatar
Pradeep H Moderator

Hello Brian,

 

Thank you for your message. I checked and noticed that your Mpesa details were added on 05/23/2021 and will be active on 05/26/2021. You will be able to withdraw funds from 5/26/2021.

 

Thank you

Pradeep H.

Brian's avatar
Brian R Community Member

My mpesa was added on 6th may, i just removed and added it again today to
see if the problem will be fixed. So now i have to wait 3 days to make a
withdrawal. That's sad. This issue has been there from feb 2020, what are
you doing to fix it. Plus itd not the first time making a withdrawal, the
1st time it was so smooth.
Sulemani's avatar
Sulemani A Community Member

Today is 2nd March 2021 and we still have this problem. Sad, indeed. It sucks to know that whatever you have earned is a problem withdrawing. 

Aleksandar's avatar
Aleksandar D Community Manager

Hi Sulemani,

 

I'm sorry to hear about your problems with withdrawing. I checked and it looks like you already have a support ticket for this. Please allow more time for our team to review your case and respond accordingly. You will be notified of their response.


Thank you.

~ Aleksandar
Upwork
William's avatar
William M Community Member

Hi there,

 

I made an Mpesa withdrawal and I am experiencing delays.

 

Also, over the weekend I made other withdrawals via Mpesa, the payments kept bouncing, and up to date my withdrawal fees (about 4 tries) are yet to be refunded.

 

This is really inconviniencing.

Joanne's avatar
Joanne P Moderator

Hi William,

 

I've escalated your concern to the team. One of our agents will reach out and assist you directly via a support ticket.

~ Joanne
Upwork
Wilbroad's avatar
Wilbroad J Community Member

I don't know what is happening but Upwork is really inconveniencing us with the Mpesa error. I lost 10USD with failed attempts. It's such a pity that we have to toil for our hard-earned money when the company is deducting huge sums from us. 

Pheneas's avatar
Pheneas M Community Member

I have experienced this same problem today. I have tried twice, so you can count the $2 down. I had to change my payment method to PayPal. What's happening?

Joanne's avatar
Joanne P Moderator

Hi Pheneas,

 

I've shared your concern with the team. One of our agents will reach out and assist you directly via a support ticket.

~ Joanne
Upwork
Joanne's avatar
Joanne P Moderator

Hi Willbroad,

 

I can see that you already have an open ticket regarding this issue. One of our agents will update your ticket and assist you further. 

~ Joanne
Upwork
Ryan's avatar
Ryan W Community Member

I'm having issues getting paid, my payment method keeps getting disabled and then when I try to withdraw again I keep getting charged $0.99, why I'm I still getting charged and the problem is not on my side?

Brenda's avatar
Brenda K Community Member

I'm experiencing the same thing. Not fair that i have to be charged for that. What could be the problem?

Joanne's avatar
Joanne P Moderator

Hi Brenda,

 

I've shared your concern with the team. One of our agents will reach out and assist you directly via a support ticket.

~ Joanne
Upwork
Joanne's avatar
Joanne P Moderator

Hi Ryan, 

 

I can see that you already have an open ticket regarding this issue. One of our agents will update your ticket and assist you further. 

~ Joanne
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