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For e-cash payments, Food on Track app of IRCTC partners with Mobikwik
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Wednesday, 03 August, 2016, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Our Bureau, Mumbai
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fiogf49gjkf0d MobiKwik, India’s largest mobile payments company with over 32 million users, and the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), which handles the catering, tourism and online ticketing operations of the Indian Railways, announced an exclusive partnership wherein the former will power e-cash payments on the latter’s e-catering application, Food on Track.
The app allows passengers to order food from their favourite restaurants and get it delivered in their train coaches. MobiKwik is also powering payments for IRCTC Connect, which allows users to book train tickets instantly.
Commenting on the tie-up, Mrinal Sinha, chief operating officer, MobiKwik, said, “Last year, MobiKwik became the primary wallet on IRCTC Connect, and this year, we are taking out partnership a step further by offering a robust e-cash payments option on IRCTC’s e-catering app.”
“Our partnership will greatly benefit users as they don’t have to worry about paying in cash or search for change, given that trains halt at platforms only for a few seconds or minutes,” he added.
Transacting with the MobiKwik wallet on the move is fast and convenient. Users can pre-order food at over 300 stations from prominent food chains, including Dominos, Punjab Grill, KFC and IRCTC Food Plaza and pay through it even in areas with patchy mobile connections as it is the lightest mobile wallet app in the country.
“MobiKwik has been chosen as the preferred wallet by IRCTC, as apart from other modes of loading money in the wallet, we have also enabled cash loading through cash pick-up in select cities and cash deposit at over 1,00,000 locations across 1,000 cities in India,” Sinha said.
“This is especially helpful for those who do not have access to Net banking, credit or debit cards, or are not comfortable using the same,” he added.
Users can see all cash loading locations in the nearby feature on the MobiKwik app. The cash pick-up service of MobiKwik is available in New Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Jaipur and Surat. The service recently completed one million transactions.
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