{"id":23997,"date":"2026-01-15T01:25:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T01:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/23997\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T01:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T01:25:15","slug":"uber-stops-accepting-visa-cards-on-kenyan-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/23997\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber stops accepting Visa cards on Kenyan platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 14 \u2013 Uber has stopped accepting Visa card payments in Kenya, citing rising global payment processing costs.<\/p>\n<p>The ride-hailing firm said it routinely reviews payment options across markets to manage costs while minimising disruption to users.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe regularly review our payment methods on a market-by-market basis to ensure we\u2019re keeping costs reasonable while balancing any potential impact on consumer experience,\u201d an Uber spokesperson said, adding that the decision followed such a review.<\/p>\n<p>The change affects only Visa cardholders. Payments via Mastercard, American Express, M-Pesa and cash remain available on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Visa currently dominates Kenya\u2019s card payments market, supported by a wider cardholder base and a larger ATM network than competitors. However, card usage continues to face stiff competition from mobile money, particularly M-Pesa, which remains the preferred payment option for most Kenyans due to its widespread adoption and limited card penetration.<\/p>\n<p>Visited 137 times, 16 visit(s) today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan 14 \u2013 Uber has stopped accepting Visa card payments in Kenya, citing rising global payment&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[14710,305,80,14711,14712,14713,14714],"class_list":{"0":"post-23997","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kenya","8":"tag-accepting","9":"tag-featured","10":"tag-kenya","11":"tag-kenyan-platform","12":"tag-stops","13":"tag-uber","14":"tag-visa-cards"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}