How long does KES to USD take?

Dollar bank payouts typically land within minutes. Eversend to Eversend is instant. Your first transfer can take longer while we verify your identity once.

What is the KES to USD rate today?

The big number at the top of this page is the current rate, refreshed within the last 30 minutes. What you see on the send screen is exactly what your recipient gets.

Are there limits on sending out of Kenya?

Transfers out of Kenya follow Central Bank of Kenya rules. Any limits or checks that apply to your amount are shown in the app before you confirm, so there are no surprises after you send.

What do I need from my recipient?

For a US bank payout, their routing and account numbers. For a wallet payout, just their Eversend account.

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🇰🇪🇺🇸KES → USD corridor

Send money from Kenya to the US.

The short answer

Eight thousand miles between an M-Pesa wallet and an American checking account, closed in one send. Kenyans paying US colleges, buying from US vendors, or moving funds to family stateside fund this route from M-Pesa or a bank, watch the KES to USD figure lock on screen, and the dollars land by ACH.

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Send KES → USDUp to date

You send

KSh

🇰🇪KES

1 KES = 0.007478 USDLIVE

fees included · updated in the last 30 min

Recipient gets

148.35

🇺🇸USD

fee 0.49% + $0.49deducted, shown before you send

76.95 USD more than a typical bank transfer would deliver

Arrives in about a minutemedian 1.0 min, last 90 days

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Today's rate · KES → USD

1 KES = 0.007478 USDUpdated in the last 30 min

The rate refreshes every 30 minutes. The recipient amount you see already includes our commission: what you see is what they get.

Delivery times

How fast money arrives in the US.

Delivery depends on how the recipient is paid. These are measured times, not promises.

Bank account

~1 min

typically within minutes

Direct to a US checking or savings account via ACH details.

Eversend

Instant

Lands the moment you send

If they have Eversend, the money is theirs the second you confirm.

Medians measured over the last 90 days of real transfers. A first transfer may need a one-time verification.

Send KES to the US in 3 steps.

01

Prove it's you, once

Verification is a one-time step in the app.

02

Fund from M-Pesa

Shillings in from M-Pesa or a Kenyan bank.

03

Land the dollars

US routing and account number; ACH does the rest.

Where the money lands

Payout methods in the US.

US bank accounts

Payout to a US account using routing and account numbers.

Checking accountsSavings accountsACH transfer

Eversend wallet

Free and instant USD between Eversend accounts.

Eversend to Eversend

KES → USD, compared

A typical bank

Eversend

Can you even send it?

Often refused or branch-only

From your phone, in-app

Rate you see

Hidden until it lands

Shown before you send

Transfer fee

Wire fees at both ends

0.49% + $0.49 to bank account, wallet free

Money arrives

2 to 5 business days

Within minutes

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KES → USD questions.

Yes. Eversend is one of the few licensed services that pays out of Kenya to US dollar accounts. You send KES, we convert at the rate shown upfront, and the dollars land in their US account.

Wallet to checking account.

M-Pesa shillings become ACH dollars, rate locked first.

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