To eliminate the hassle behind recharging a NCMC card, Bharat BillPay has collaborated with SBI powering NCMC. It will simplify the process and encourage customers to sign-up for NCMC and boost the ‘one nation, one card’ initiative by the government.
What is NCMC ?
In 2019, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs launched the National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) under an initiative called ‘one nation, one card’. It aims at secure, swift and cashless transactions for travel, toll tax and parking fees. Multiple type of payments enabled using only one card.
It specifically aims at simplifying transactions at public transportations such as buses, metros and trains besides promoting cashless payments across the country. The government has partnered with more than 25 banks, including SBI, across the country who provide NCMC cards. They are available as debit, credit and prepaid RuPay cards.
SBI’s collaboration with Bharat BillPay
Recently, a subsidiary of National Payments Corporation of India, Bharat BillPay platform (NBBL) has announced its collaboration with SBI’s NCMC in an attempt to provide hassle-free experience to NCMC consumers.
It has already been put to use at Noida Metro, Nagpur Metro, MMRDA Line 2A & 7, Chennai Metro, Kanpur Metro, and Parliament Canteen via SBI Unipay – the bank’s Bharat BillPay-enabled application. In a statement by CEO of NBBL,Noopur Chaturvedi said, “NCMC customers, across locations, can now enjoy a seamless experience while recharging, at the platform of their choice. This is one more step to ease digital payments, backed by the certainty, reliability, and safety of our Bharat BillPay platform.”
The customers can top up their cards online using SBI Unipay or other Bharat BillPay enabled platforms through prepaid, debit or credit cards. The maximum limit for recharge set at the time is 10,000 INR. After the recharge, they can update their balance with a single tap on the terminal.
