How it Works

Yo! Payments aims to interconnect all mobile money providers and provide Yo! Payments account holders with a unified method of receiving payments from any customer subscribed to any mobile money service provider.



Mobile Money Transactions

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Yo! Payments enables you to transfer money from your account to a mobile money account, as well as receive money from a mobile money account into your account. Note that you can only receive money from a mobile money account if you have a Business Account.

 

Internal Transactions

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Yo! Payments offers the ability to transfer funds from your Account to the Account of another Yo! Payments user.

 

Fees

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The following fees apply:

Inbound Mobile Money Transactions. For transactions involving the transfer of funds from a mobile money account holder, into your Yo! Payments account, a transaction fee of 3% of the value of the transaction is applied. Note: The mobile money account subscriber may be charged Standard Network Operator Pay-Bill transfer fees.

Outbound Mobile Money Transactions.  For transactions involving the transfer of funds from your Yo! Payments account into a mobile money account, a tiered transaction fee applies as follows:

  • For amounts between UGX 500 and UGX 60,000, a fee of UGX 300 per transaction applies
  • For amounts between UGX 60,001 and UGX 500,000, a  fee of UGX 500 applies
  • For amounts between UGX 500,001 and UGX 1,000,000, a  fee of UGX 800 applies
  • For amounts over UGX 1,000,001, a fee of UGX 1,000 applies
  • Note: Standard Network Operator Bulk Payment Charges may apply. (For payments to MTN Mobile Money Accounts, a tiered bulk payment fee between UGX 300 and UGX 1,200 depending on the transfer amount applies, for payments to Airtel Money Accounts, a tiered bulk payment fee between UGX 300 and UGX 1,000 depending on the transfer amount applies. Note that Network Operator Charges may be subject to change from time to time. Please contact your account representative for the latest Network Operator Charges).

Bank Transfers.  For transactions involving transfer of funds from your Yo! Payments account into your bank account, standard Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) or SWIFT Telegraphic Transfer charges apply.

Internal Transfers. A fee of 0.5% per transaction applies for transfers from your account to the account of another Yo! Payments user.

All transaction fees, apart from Network Operator Charges, are indicated in your statement. You may view all transaction fees applied to your account by clicking "View Statement".

 

Account Types

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Yo! Payments offers two account types namely Business Accounts and Personal Accounts. Business Accounts have all Yo! Payments features including API access and ability to receive payments from mobile money account holders. Business Accounts are for commercial use of Yo! Payments. Personal Accounts do not have API access and do not have the ability to receive payments from mobile money account holders. However Personal Accounts have all other features.

 
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