Popote Pay

Popote Pay is a cloud-based spend management and payables automation platform for businesses in Kenya that need to pay suppliers, staff, and expenses digitally with approvals and visibility.

It helps finance teams control company-wide spend while enabling employees and managers to request or make payments within defined limits:

• Unified funding (multi-banking): Link multiple bank accounts and mobile money wallets and access funds in one place, with business-level amount thresholds.
• Payment workflows and disbursements: Set up requisition and approval chains, then send single or bulk payments to mobile numbers, tills, paybills, or bank accounts, either immediately or scheduled.
• Spend tracking and analytics: Tag payments by expense categories and cost centres (for example branches, projects), review detailed statements and analytics, and keep audit-friendly records.
• Accounting support: Export transactions to Excel and integrate with accounting or ERP systems (including QuickBooks and systems such as SAP) to support reconciliation and bookkeeping.

Available on Web, Android, and iOS.

Designed for B2B teams, including SMEs and corporates, covering directors, managers, finance teams, and employees who need controlled access to company funds.

Notable in the Kenyan market for connecting business payments to common local rails (mobile money, tills, paybills, and bank accounts) and offering optional tools for surplus fund investments and unsecured working-capital loans (typically approved within 24 hours, per the provider).