KCB Bank Tanzania, the Tanzanian subsidiary of Kenya’s KCB Group, has integrated PayPal into its KCB Mobile App, allowing users to link a PayPal wallet and move the balance into a local bank account.

The feature was launched on 16 October 2026, and a follow‑up release on 6 November claimed the bank was the first in Tanzania to embed PayPal within a banking app.

Customers can create a new PayPal account or link an existing one inside the app, receive international payments, and withdraw the funds in Tanzanian shillings to their KCB account.

KCB’s announcement names freelancers, entrepreneurs, small businesses, tourism operators and content creators as the primary audience for the new service.

The bank has not disclosed fees, exchange‑rate methodology, withdrawal limits, processing times or the specific PayPal currencies that can be transferred.

KCB Bank Tanzania’s head of digital financial services, Josina Njambi, presented the feature at the launch event.

The service is limited to KCB Bank Tanzania customers; KCB’s Kenyan app does not yet offer PayPal integration.

In Tanzania, PayPal also partners with Vodacom’s M‑Pay​a mobile‑money platform, which enables transfers between PayPal and M‑Pay​a wallets, offering an alternative route for freelancers paid in dollars.

Kenyan users already have similar options: Equity Bank provides a direct PayPal withdrawal link, while other banks rely on linked Visa or Mastercard cards, and M‑Pay​a has been a PayPal partner in Kenya since 2018.