BoB Financial and Snapdeal Launch Co-Branded JCB RuPay Contactless Credit Card

The co-branded card will offer up to 5% cashback on spends done on the Snapdeal app and website

·Cardholders can also get benefits worth up to INR 500 by activating their credit card within 30 days of issuance

BOB Financial Solutions Limited (BFSL), the wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of Baroda (BoB) and Snapdeal in partnership with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and JCB International Co. Ltd. have announced the launch of the Snapdeal BoB JCB RuPay Credit Card. The card is designed keeping in mind the purchase behaviour of shopping enthusiasts and will offer a host of attractive benefits and rewards. The card will also be usable at international merchants and ATMs through the extensive JCB global network.

Users of the co-branded credit card will receive up to 5% unlimited cashback (accrued as 20 reward points on every INR 100 spent) on the Snapdeal app and website. Activation of the co-branded credit card within 30 days of issuance will entitle the cardholder to shopping benefits on Snapdeal worth up to INR 500.

The card also offers 10 Reward points per INR 100 spent on online, grocery and departmental store spends. For purchases in all other categories, customers will get 4 reward points for every INR 100 spent. The cardholders will also enjoy free Add-On cards for family members, waiver of 1% fuel surcharge, easy EMI options (pre and post purchase), and periodic offers across merchants.

Commenting on the partnership, Shailendra Singh, MD & CEO, BOB Financial said, "We are happy to launch our co-branded credit card with Snapdeal, in partnership with NPCI, at a time when both new customer acquisition as well as usage from smaller cities and towns continue to grow at an impressive pace. The challenges brought about by the pandemic have resulted in a rapid adoption of digital payments even in interior locations of the country. Our co-branded credit card will offer additional value to this large segment of customers that constitute Bharat!".

Himanshu Chakrawarti, President, Snapdeal Limited said, “Snapdeal’s target audience is the value-savvy, mid-income, price-conscious buyers who predominantly live in the smaller cities of India. The partnership between BOB Financial, NPCI and Snapdeal brings together parties with a deep understanding of this mega-segment of consumers and how they are evolving in terms of their use of technology and digital payments. Our co-branded card is another important step in offering additional value to our users.”

Ms. Praveena Rai, COO, NPCI said, “We are happy to associate with BOB Financial and Snapdeal for the launch of the distinctive co-branded JCB RuPay Contactless Credit Card. We believe that this proposition will appeal strongly to millions of Snapdeal and BOB Financial’s customers at large by offering them a unique and rewarding experience. At NPCI, we are strategically focussing on creating a wide array of offerings in the credit segment for the customers to experience delightful and memorable retail as well as e-commerce shopping.”

Mr. Yoshiki Kaneko, President and COO, JCB International Co. Ltd. said, “We are extremely excited to partner with BFSL and Snapdeal through our esteemed network partner RuPay. This product, besides offering great value and benefits within India, comes with unique benefits and privileges internationally. This includes access to exclusive JCB in-city lounges at many key international travel destinations and special discounts exclusively for JCB cardmembers at many international merchants. We are sure the cardmembers will enjoy the benefits of carrying this card with them wherever they go.”

About BOB Financial Solutions Limited:

BOB Financial Solutions Limited was established in the year 1994. It is a Non-Banking Financial Company, wholly owned by Bank of Baroda. The Company’s primary business is in credit cards with its key differentiator being simple, easy-to-understand products that are fairly priced and efficiently serviced. A pioneer in the space of credit cards, BOB Financial offers an array of products catering to all segments of customers. It is leveraging state-of-the-art technology to provide unique payment solutions to its customers.

For more information, visit www.bobfinancial.com

Bengaluru Airport Successfully Launches DigiYatra App’s Beta Version for Contactless Processing of Passengers

BIAL has pioneered the DigiYatra effort from its early concept days since 2017

As India celebrated its 75th Independence Day, the beta version of DigiYatra App was successfully rolled out at the Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (BLR Airport).

Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL) has been pioneering the DigiYatra effort from its early concept days and pilot trials have been held since January 2017 at BLR Airport. DigiYatra – the contactless, seamless processing of passengers at airports, based on the use of single token face biometrics for verification of passengers is a significant project led by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Government of India.

For the first phase rollout of the DigiYatra Central Ecosystem (DYCE), BLR Airport is one of the two selected airports in India and passengers experienced this new-age, contactless and seamless process that commenced on 15th August 2022.

The first passenger who checked-in using the DigiYatra App was felicitated at BLR Airport today

 
At BLR Airport, the DigiYatra Biometric boarding system at e-gates is operational and being rolled out at full scale for all domestic airlines in a phased manner, covering checkpoints for domestic travel. Passengers experienced a seamless check-in, passed through security, and boarded their respective flights using their single token face biometric for validating their identity and their boarding pass.

Vistara Airlines and AirAsia are the two airlines that are currently integrated with DigiYatra. Passengers can easily enroll on the DigiYatra app from the comfort of their homes. The app is currently available on Google Playstore for Android users, and an iOS version will be made available in one month.

“It is our constant endeavour at BIAL to offer innovative ways to simplify the passenger journey and make it as seamless as possible. The Digi Yatra Central Ecosystem implementation is one more step towards achieving this. We are glad to be part of the first phase rollout and value the trust reposed in us by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, DGCA, and the Government of India. As the new gateway to India, BLR Airport is keen to be at the forefront of change and innovation,” said Hari Marar, MD & CEO at Bangalore International Airport Ltd. (BIAL).

The DYCE is being built on the standards defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) which include Self Sovereign Identity (SSI) with Verifiable Credentials (VCs), Decentralised Identifiers (DIDs) with a trust layer of a Distributed Ledger and ensuring adoption of Privacy by Design and Privacy by Default as the fundamental tenets. This ensures privacy issues are taken care of and passengers will not have to worry about sharing their data as it is secure and will be deleted after 24 hours following their travel.

DYCE is the initiative of the Digi Yatra Foundation (DYF) which was set up as a joint venture company in 2019, and BIAL is one of the key shareholders. The DigiYatra Foundation will be a pan-India entity and the custodian of the Passenger ID validation process.

Federal Bank Launches RuPay Signet Contactless Credit Card

Federal Bank joined hands with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch the ‘Federal Bank RuPay Signet Contactless Credit Card’. One of the major highlights of this card is, it comes with the lowest Annual Percentage Rate (APR) starting from just 5.88% per annum.

The Federal Bank RuPay Signet credit cardholders will gain access to a wide variety of offers and deals across categories including travel, food and dining, shopping, sports, entertainment, lifestyle and much more. With a range of exciting offers, the card is presently offered to existing customers of the Bank. The offers include Amazon Gift vouchers as welcome benefits, attractive reward points, Buy One Get One (BOGO) free offer at INOX, complimentary membership programs, complimentary Swiggy vouchers, complimentary lounge access at Domestic and International airports and much more.

Adopting a ‘Digital First’ card approach, the card is immediately made available for use in FedMobile, the Bank’s Mobile Banking application, through a 3 click process. The physical card will be delivered to the customer in due course. Specially designed for millennial customers, this card offers an interesting 3-2-1 rewards structure personalised for them. They would get 3x rewards on spends for Electronics & Apparel categories, 2x rewards on Entertainment category and 1x rewards for other categories, using the Federal Bank RuPay Signet credit card.

Commenting on the launch, Ms. Praveena Rai, COO, NPCI said, “We are excited to launch with our partner bank - the Federal Bank RuPay Signet Contactless Credit Card. This card has a significant potential to attract new-age customers as it has a complete package of benefits suiting their lifestyle backed up with an innovative cashback scheme. At NPCI, for RuPay, we continue to work towards offering a delightful and contactless shopping experience to all our customers. We also believe our association with Federal Bank will provide a wider penetration of RuPay contactless cards in the country.”

Virtually launching the card, Shalini Warrier, Executive Director & Business Head- Retail, Federal Bank said, “Federal Bank has, yet again, ensured that the mantra of “Digital at the fore, Human at the core” comes to life via this latest offering, the RuPay credit card. This card is also a symbol of our strong partnership with NPCI, an entity known for innovation in the retail payments space.”

About Federal Bank Limited

Federal Bank (NSE: FEDERALBNK) is a leading Indian private sector bank with a network of 1,289 banking outlets and 1,957 ATMs/Recyclers spread across the country. The Bank’s total business mix (deposits + advances) stood at ₹ 3.05 Lakh Crore as on March 31, 2021. Capital Adequacy Ratio (CRAR) of the Bank, computed as per Basel III guidelines, stood at 14.62% as on 31st March 2021. Federal Bank has its Representative Offices at Dubai and Abu Dhabi that serve as a nerve center for Non Resident Indian customers in the UAE. The Bank also has an IFSC Banking Unit (IBU) in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City). Federal Bank is transforming itself, keeping its principles intact, into an organization that offers services beyond par. It has a well-defined vision for the future as a guidepost to its progress.

About NPCI

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) was incorporated in 2008 as an umbrella organisation for operating retail payments and settlement systems in India. NPCI has created a robust payment and settlement infrastructure in the country. It has changed the way payments are made in India through a bouquet of retail payment products such as RuPay card, Immediate Payment Service (IMPS), Unified Payments Interface (UPI), Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM), BHIM Aadhaar, National Electronic Toll Collection (NETC Fastag) and Bharat BillPay. NPCI also launched UPI 2.0 to offer more secure and comprehensive services to consumers and merchants. NPCI is focused on bringing innovations in the retail payment systems through use of technology and is relentlessly working to transform India into a digital economy. It is facilitating secure payments solutions with nationwide accessibility at minimal cost in furtherance of India’s aspiration to be a fully digital society.

SBM Bank India and StashFin to Launch Contactless Prepaid Cards

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Singapore-based neobanking startup StashFin and SBM Bank India today announced the launch of their co-branded contactless prepaid cards. Designed through collaboration, these prepaid cards will boost access to credit for underbanked consumers. With this launch, the innovation and technology-led business partnership is set to bridge the growing credit gap in India.

The Visa powered card comes with a contactless EMV chip, offering the cardholders 24x7 access to funds. With its enhanced safety and security features, the prepaid card acts like a personal overdraft facility, allowing the customer to take loans up to Rs. 5 Lakh. This card can be used for free ATM cash withdrawals and online/offline payments at all merchant platforms and PoS terminals across India. Notably, with a hassle-free approval process, card users can convert all their purchases into EMIs and pay interest only on the funds used, a unique feature available on the StashFin SBM card.

Talking about the partnership, Tushar Aggarwal, Founder of StashFin, said, “We are committed to offering seamless credit services to our customers and work tirelessly towards it”. The neobanking startup aim to disrupt traditional lending in India and increase credit footprint amongst the unbanked population. “The sophisticated technology infrastructure of SBM Bank enables secured contactless payment instantly and offers 24x7 fund access anywhere in the country. We are glad to introduce a product that will fulfil the financial requirements of millions of consumers thereby ensuring their financial inclusion.” added Tushar.

Commenting on the opportunity, Neeraj Sinha, Head- Retail & Consumer banking, SBM Bank India said, “With the economy rebounding rapidly, there is buoyancy in consumerism. Demanding access to affordable credit is key. Our collaboration with StashFin and subsequently the launch of the co-branded cards are small steps towards smart banking for lenders.”

Emergence of neobanks and growth of the digital fintech sector has transformed the global financial architecture to a large extent. The ability of neobanking platforms like StashFin, to offer hassle-free, smart and transparent services has pushed modern banking towards a continually growing trajectory. The highly strategic bank and fintech partnerships aids the growth further with the ever-expanding reach and widened impact.

About StashFin

Headquartered in Singapore, StashFin is a neobanking venture started by a team of former financial services professionals dedicated to disrupting the traditional banking space. The team has worked with reputed firms in the Banking and Financial Services space, such as Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Citi, Deloitte, Kabbage, etc. in India and the USA. The Company has serviced millions of customers and has been one of the best startups to work for by LinkedIn in 2019.

About StashFin Credit Line Facility

StashFin offers a Credit Facility of up to US$ 6K through a customer-focused StashFin App. Users avail lower effective interest rates with a reset every quarter based on their risk assessment. The interest is payable only on drawn down funds. Users gets instantaneous drawdown initiated through the StashFin App. The Credit Facility is available 24x7 365 days a year. The drawdown amount can be as small as US$ 10. StashFin offers free ATM withdrawals to users, who make the repayment in the form of easy monthly instalments. StashFin delivers a seamless customer experience through unique features and it has grown more than hundred fold over the last 24 months. StashFin architecture was rated as the best in class by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Click on the below link for the AWS virtual series featuring StashFin: https://yourstory.com/session/how-to-empower-a-platform-with-a-data-pipeline-at-


About SBM Bank (India) Ltd

SBM Bank (India) Limited “SBM Bank India” is the first bank to receive universal banking license from the Reserve Bank of India to set up and operate as a Scheduled Commercial Bank under Wholly Owned Subsidiary (WOS) mode offering banking services in India. SBM Bank India has a network of 7 branches located in Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ramachandrapuram and Palghar. SBM Bank India has profound domain expertise and is led by a core team c comprising of industry veterans having over a century of cumulative experience in banking and financial services. The Bank offers a diverse suite of universal products and services to its customers which include Deposits, Advances, NRI Services, Treasury Products and Trade Finance Services. SBM Bank India stands poised to embark on a new journey, innovating in every sphere of its business, expanding its service proposition to include an extensive suite of retail and wholesale banking products and capital markets.

Cloud-based Hotel Management Start-up Lingertech Ties up with 15 Hotels & Introduces Contact-less Experience

Lingertech, a cloud based hotel management start-up announced that it has tied up with 15 hotels across northern India to add to the comfort and leisure of hospitality. Using this cloud based technology, Lingertech is helping small and medium hotels to adopt technology easily and seamlessly at an affordable cost. The hotel is provided with seamless services in managing all hotel departments like the front office, housekeeping, restaurant, accounts, health clubs, banquets, etc. It is also helping the hotels in managing the entire hotel departments on a single window.

Speaking on the new tie-ups, Sandeep Kumar, Founder – Lingertech, “With customers becoming confident in travelling, it is important for hotel players to provide a reassurance & experience to plan their holidays at ease.” He further added that hotels need to be tech driven be it motels, small hotels or big brands. With the ease of technology Lingertech & small hotels aim to bring lifestyle experiences.”


The Hotel industry is adapting to new technologies and making sure to offer contactless services by minimizing customer touch points within the hotel. The guests is allowed self-check-in & check-out where the customers can check-In through their mobiles even before reaching the hotel. While in the room, guests can download the APP & check all the details of the hotel facilities. The guest can select and gain access to the digital menu. After selecting the dishes, guests can complete the order and make the payments via digital mode or settle the bill at the time of checkout.

About Linger Tech

LingerTech, a cloud based integrated hospitality management technology start-up has launched a one-shop-solution to optimize entire property management processes. Their package will help small and medium hotels to adopt technology easily and seamlessly. This will enable budget hospitality groups to offer contactless hotel experience to their customers at an affordable cost. LingerTech aims to equip the Indian Hospitality Industry with technology to enable them to meet the “travelling in the COVID era” challenge head-on.



The company is the following digital facilities: self-check-in, check-out, contact-less food menu, contact-less lift operation within the hotel. This Property Management System (PMS) offers digital communication and touch-less support to the hotel staff as well.

rf IDEAS and Nymi Partner for Truly Contactless Authentication Solutions

rf IDEAS, a leading manufacturer of credential readers for authentication and logical access, announced a new technology partnership with Nymi, the creator of the Nymi Band™, an innovative workplace wearable wristband for secure hands-free authentication. This partnership will enable 100% contactless authentication to networks, data, applications, and devices for industries that must maintain the strictest standards of hygiene.

rf IDEAS is a well-established leader in contactless credential readers, including WAVE ID^® Mobile readers that incorporate Bluetooth^® Low Energy technology for use with mobile credentials. The Nymi Band is a sleek rechargeable device worn on the wrist that is unlocked via personal biometrics. It also incorporates Bluetooth Low Energy connectivity, enabling instant multi-factor authentication when used with WAVE ID readers.

In many industries—such as healthcare, pharmaceuticals, biotech—users are challenged with the need to access multiple secure systems, often while wearing personal protective equipment, taking extraordinary measures to avoid the spread of germs. The rf IDEAS and Nymi partnership will greatly simplify authentication in these environments.

Andrew Foxcroft, Vice President at Nymi explained, “A hospital could enable single sign-on access to medical records, secure printers, nursing stations, medication carts and more with a wave of our Nymi Band over an rf IDEAS reader. There’s no need to type a password, handle an ID card, or even remove gloves." 

Tod Besse, SVP, Global Sales & Marketing at rf IDEAS, agreed, “It’s a real game-changer: a completely touchless, hands-free authentication solution that doesn’t require facial or retinal scanning. With the combination of the Nymi Band, WAVE ID readers, and our expertise across a wide range of industry-specific security needs, we’re frankly very excited to be transforming contactless authentication through this partnership." 

To learn more about using the Nymi Band with your rf IDEAS reader visit www.nymi.com.  

About rf IDEAS

rf IDEAS, Inc. is a leader in logical access solutions for healthcare, manufacturing, government and enterprise. Backed by the company’s strong partnerships with leading identity access management providers rf IDEAS readers enable innovative solutions for single sign-on, secure printing, attendance tracking and other applications that require authentication. rf IDEAS readers support nearly all credentials worldwide including the growing set of mobile credentials. For more information, visit www.rfIDEAS.com.

rf IDEAS® is a registered trademark of rf IDEAS, Inc. All other trademarks, service marks and product or service names are property of their respective owners.

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Pune-based Lebenor launches Halcove Touch Free Buttons to make Elevators safe to travel

Easy to replace button; tested and approved by leading Lift manufacturers; Made in India

The recent COVID-19 pandemic has forced everyone to rethink safe living and adopt better hygienic practices in their day-to-day lives. From washing hands regularly to sanitizing surfaces, humans have become increasingly cautious of touch points as contaminated surfaces are one of the key sources of virus transmission. In adapting to this new situation, everyone is trying to minimize physical contact in an effort to reduce risk of virus contraction.

Elevator buttons are one of the most common touch points that are used numerous times by multiple people in residential societies, commercial complexes, malls and many other places. Needless to say, the risk of an elevator button being contaminated is high.

With Halcove Touch Free buttons installed in the Lift, traveller has to place the finger near to the surface of the button and the sensor inside the button will detect the presence of finger within a proximity distance of 10-15 mm and operate the lift.

Halcove Buttons make the elevator 'travel safe' without any change in the way the user interacts with the elevator since ages. Halcove buttons are also designed to replace any existing buttons without any major modifications.

Speaking on the launch of Touch Free Elevator Button, Lebenor Co-Founder-Amarnath Kamath said, "We observed people using car keys, toothpicks, key chains etc. to operate elevators so as to avoid touching the push buttons to avoid infection. What if we could operate the lift without ever having to touch the lift buttons? This is when we realised that contactless operation of elevators in India can reduce 40 crore touches per day, and completely eliminate one common source of infection."

Visit https://lebenor.com/video-channel to know more about the product.

About Lebenor

Lebenor is a DIPP registered start-up with business objective to design, develop and manufacture products for Building Automation. The founders of the company are engineering professionals with more than 20 years' experience in the field of Embedded product development and system integration.

We believe that contactless technology is a step forward in the right direction to prevent spread of Covid-19 infection and are working on innovative products incorporating contactless technology to make the world a safer place.

For more information, kindly visit: www.lebenor.com

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'Thru' Allows Guests to Check-In into Hotels Using their Own Mobile Phone

World's first end-to-end contactless, cloud- based check-in solution from DigiValet

DigiValet – the architects of the innovative guest-facing technology across luxury hotels, launches Thru, an end-to-end cloud-based solution for hotel guests to complete their entire check-in process effortlessly from their own personal device, without having to download any app or software. By facilitating check-ins remotely, from anywhere in the world, Thru eliminates all conventional touch points that the guests and hotel staff would otherwise be exposed to. Thru is remarkably easy to use.

Thru ensures no more extended queues at the hotel reception and no more physical exchange of identity cards, forms and credit card, allowing for a seamless and safe experience in just four steps.

1.  48 hours prior to a guest's scheduled check-in, Thru sends an SMS inviting guests to use the service.
2.  Upon clicking the link, the guests are prompted to scan their identity cards which Thru uses to automatically fill the registration card fields.
3.  The guest can then review all the details, sign digitally and even pay the pre-authorisation amount securely using their preferred payment method.
4.  A confirmation code confirms the completion of the process. Upon arrival the guests will have to only show this code and pick up their sanitized keys and head into their rooms.

Thru

Not just guests, Thru assists hotels by improving their operational efficiencies, reducing manpower costs and preventing lobbies and receptions from getting crowded during peak check-in and check-out times. Thru's multilingual support ensures that language is no longer a barrier for the modern-day traveler.

Announcing the launch, Rahul Salgia, Founder & CEO, DigiValet said, "Thru is designed to allow rapid adoption and seamless implementation. It can be implemented in any hotel in just 1 day using entirely online sign-up process. Hotels do not need to buy any additional hardware or software. Further, Thru comes with absolutely no adoption fee or any exorbitant capital layouts. In fact, Thru's per check-in model means that the service pays for itself."

Thru leverages DigiValet's expertise of providing top notch hospitality solutions to empower the larger hospitality market with treasured technologies that have historically serviced some of most prestigious names around the globe.

About the Company:

Founded in the year 2009, DigiValet has revolutionised the in-room experience for hotel guests forever. Today, DigiValet is world's number one guest experience design company known for its intuitive wisdom of guest interaction. Iconic global hotels like Armani in Dubai and Milan, Raffles in Singapore, Bvlgari Paris, Amanpuri Phuket, Aventura, Orlando - USA and W Hotel, London have unanimously acknowledged Digivalet for setting an experience benchmark; being a dependable innovator and first mover in the space of hospitality technology.

DigiValet has a diversified portfolio and offers solutions to Hospitality industry, Hospitals, Senior Living & Serviced Residences. With its principal office in India, DigiValet has presence across USA, UK, Singapore, UAE, & Australia.

O2O Commerce Firm Dotpe Enables McDonalds India (North & East) for Contactless Ordering

• DotPe is currently live across all outlets in Delhi NCR 
• Plans to enable select restaurants across North and East regions by August end

With restaurants and QSRs operating under specific safety guidelines issued by the government, social distancing and safe dining have become key concerns for all the operators. To help their customers avoid queues and to enable convenience ordering, Gurgaon-based O2O commerce and fintech platform DotPe has partnered with McDonald’s India – North and East.

The platform is currently offering its digital ordering solutions fully integrated with a payment gateway in all the restaurants of McDonald’s across Delhi NCR.

A technology startup, DotPe provides neo digital transformation and commerce solutions to restaurants and F&B brands. By offering its QR code & WhatsApp based SCAN-ORDER-PAY solution with direct communication & digital ordering management technology, it can assist restaurants to ensure streamlined business operations while following the social distancing norms and make customers feel safe through minimal human intervention while ordering and settling their bill.

As part of its association with McDonald’s India – North and East, DotPe has placed QR code across all key restaurants, whereas the store managers will be guiding the customers on how to use it.

Customers can scan the QR code prominently displayed in the restaurants from their mobile phones and can view the menu through their phone browsers just like an e-commerce catalogue. The customers can order from the catalogue while remaining seated and can make the payment through the phone using any medium including UPI, PayTM, Google Pay or Card. The order-related communication will further take place over the customer’s WhatsApp number, from the WhatsApp business account of McDonald’s. Once the order is ready, customers can simply pick up their order from the counter as takeaway or dine-in in the restaurant.

Speaking on the association, Shailaz Nag, Co-Founder and CEO, DotPe said, “Since social distancing is the new normal, customer safety remains the prime importance for every restaurant and brand. By using our QR Code & WhatsApp based Scan Order Pay solution, customers can avoid multiple human interventions, maintain social distancing norms and safety while dining in and/or ordering takeaways. We are quite thrilled to team up with McDonald’s. We are confident in seeing significant business upticks, given the relevance of our solution to the current times.’’

Speaking on the association, Mr. Robert Hunghanfoo, Head, CPRL (Connaught Plaza Restaurants Pvt. Ltd. operates McDonald’s restaurants in North and East India), said, “Our priority is ensuring the safety of our customers and providing a safe, yet convenient experience, whether it is dine-in or take away. With DotPe’s Scan-Order-Pay technology, we are committed to providing a safe and contactless experience to our customers.”

Currently used by prominent food & beverages chains, DotPe envisions onboarding 1 million merchants over the next few months to leverage its contactless dining solution and revolutionise retail and dining in the country.

About DotPe

Dotpe is a Gurgaon based online to offline commerce platform that enables offline merchants/retailers to digitise their store in a matter of a few minutes and start accepting contactless orders. It recently raised $8mn in seed funding in Feb 2020 by marquee investors like Naspers (Porseus) Fosun Group and Info edge ventures.

Dotpe is founded by the former PayU Co-Founder Shailaz Nag along with ex PayU employees Gyanesh Sharma, Anurag Gupta and Varun Jha

DotPe to enable Contactless Dining and Take-aways at Nexus Malls

The platform has already on boarded 30 food brands that are using DotPe’s QR-based contactless commerce and payments solution to maintain social distancing

With malls operating under specific safety guidelines issued by the government for the past one month now, social distancing has become a key concern for all the food vendors at the food courts. To help their customers avoid queues and chaos in such areas, Gurgaon-based O2O commerce and fintech platform DotPe has partnered with Nexus Malls. The platform is currently offering its digital ordering solutions fully integrated with a payment gateway to 30 food vendors across 3 major malls, Ahmedabad One, The Mall of Amritsar and Elante, Chandigarh’s food courts and is planning to get more brands onboard.

A technology startup, DotPe provides neo digital transformation and commerce solutions to restaurants and F&B brands. By offering its QR code & WhatsApp based SCAN-ORDER-PAY solution, direct communication & digital ordering management technology to them, it can assist food courts to ensure streamlined business operations while following the social distancing norms and make customers feel safe through minimal human touch while ordering and settling the bill. As part of its association with Nexus Malls, DotPe has placed a common QR code across various floors of the mall whereas the floor managers and operations team will be guiding the customers on how to use it.

Guests can scan the QR code placed on the tables from their own mobile phones and view the menu of all the restaurants through their phone browsers just like an e-commerce catalogue. They can order from the catalogue while remaining seated at the food court or walking through the mall corridors while shopping and also make the payment through the phone using any medium including UPI. The order-related communication will further happen over the guests’ WhatsApp number. Once the orders are ready, guests can simply pick their orders from the counters of the food vendor and either dine in there or take away.

Speaking on the association, Shailaz Nag, Co-Founder and CEO, DotPe said, “Since social distancing is here to stay for long, customer safety remains the prime importance for every restaurant and food joints especially in food court areas where ordering procedure can be quite chaotic. By using our Digital Ordering solution, customers can avoid multiple human interventions. We have one QR code for all the food brands, which can be quite convenient for the customers who want to order food from their favourite vendors but end up avoiding the queues, being worried about safety.”

“Since, Nexus Malls is one of the first ever commercial establishments to get on board with us, we are quite thrilled that by deploying our QR-based solution, the restaurants at its mall’s food courts across Amritsar and Chandigarh have already started seeing significant business upticks. Their overall transaction settlement has come down as the payments were settled through UPI, whereas their pilferage rates have reduced to negligible, considering that more orders are being placed online. By adopting our solution, the merchants have also seen their cart values increase owing to variants push on every order by default irrespective of human intervention,” added Mr. Nag.

Mr. Jayen Naik, Senior Vice President, Operations and Projects at Nexus Malls, said, ‘’At Nexus Malls, safety of our patrons, retailers and staff is paramount. We are working with all our retail partners to ensure the experience at our malls is as contactless as possible. With DotPe, we have found a reliable partner who is able to provide a contactless food ordering platform across our malls wherever dine-in is permissible. We are certain, the patrons and our food court partners will find the solution provided by DotPe will be mutually beneficial to all stakeholders.’’

Visitors at both the malls too were quite impressed with the new mode of digital food ordering and payment. One of them said, “The best part is you don’t have to head to every brand’s counter and wait for the queue to end. It’s awesome how we can directly place our orders from our tables and continue maintaining social distancing norms. Choosing from multiple menus are easy, the payments are easy, what else do you want. It’s totally convenient in times like these.”

Currently, used by prominent food & beverages chains like Starbucks, McDonalds, Haldiram’s, Social, Chilis, Barista, Cafe Delhi Heights to name a few. DotPe envisions on-boarding 1 million merchants over the next few months to leverage its contactless dining solution and revolutionise retail and dining in the country.

About DotPe

Dotpe is a Gurgaon based online to offline commerce platform that enables offline merchants/retailers to digitise their store in a matter of a few minutes and start accepting contactless orders. It recently raised $8mn in seed funding in Feb 2020 by marquee investors like Naspers (Porseus) Fosun Group and Info edge ventures. Dotpe is founded by the former PayU Co-Founder Shailaz Nag along with ex PayU employees Gyanesh Sharma, Anurag Gupta and Varun Jha