IndusInd Bank, in association with MobiKwik, India’s largest issuer-independent digital financial services platform, launched a co-branded wallet ‘IndusInd Mobikwik’ that allows IndusInd Bank customers to pay at the 2 million strong MobiKwik merchant network using their accounts, with a “Direct Debit Feature”.
According to a statement by IndusInd bank, the unique ‘Direct Debit Feature’ will allow IndusInd Bank Account holders to link their accounts just once and pay using the cobrand App as and when required, thereby eliminating the need to load the MobiKwik prepaid wallet separately. The transaction is authorized with an additional factor of authentication, in line with mobile banking guidelines.
Commenting on this association, Ritesh Raj Saxena, Head–Savings, Digital & Payments Business, IndusInd Bank said, "The partnership with MobiKwik is to leverage the synergies in the payments business between Banks and fintechs, to bring the customers the best of both the worlds in a seamless fashion. The latest PPI guidelines of RBI reinforce the roadmap for wallet operators and partnerships with Banks, and our association is a significant step in the same direction.”
According to Ms Upasana Taku, Co-Founder, MobiKwik, "It’s a privilege to partner with IndusInd Bank as this special wallet created by MobiKwik will enable 10 million IndusInd Bank customers to easily perform digital payments by seamlessly transferring money from their bank account to the merchant, at the press of a button without loading money in their wallet.”