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Global Financial Service Disruptions

KCB M-PESA

commercial bank · KE · Africa · KCB Bank Kenya Ltd (with Safaricom)

UnexplainedStatus: unknownTier 1Severity 2 of 5Evidence confidence: mediumAnalyst-verified

KCB M-PESA suffered repeated unplanned interruptions from 19 to 22 Oct 2026 that Safaricom attributed to a system issue, with some customers' withdrawals debited but not credited for up to 48 hours. A separately announced maintenance window on 24 to 25 Oct overran its planned end.

First disruption
Oct 19
First public signal
Oct 19 (Customer reports on X)
Acknowledged
Oct 20
Restored
not yet
Duration
not established
DFX first recorded
Nov 5 14:58 UTC

What was restricted

withdrawalsdepositstransfers outtransfers inScope: single service

Repeated interruptions 19 to 22 Oct: users unable to withdraw, deposit, see savings, manage loans or move funds between KCB M-PESA and M-PESA; some withdrawals debited but not credited for 12 to 48 hours.

Cause, kept in separate layers

What the institution said
Safaricom Care: 'system issue' affecting KCB M-PESA (20 Oct); later a scheduled maintenance window 24 Oct 20:00 to 25 Oct 06:00 EAT that overran
DFX classification
Unexplained (cyber: unconfirmed)
Conflicting reports
The 24 to 25 Oct downtime was announced in advance (scheduled, excluded as such) but overran; it is not clear which period the stuck-funds reports belong to.

Evidence