Soon, book your Indian Railways train tickets with IRCTC payment aggregator – iPay
Friday, June 22, 2018 IST
Soon, passengers or users while booking their train tickets through the official website of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) or IRCTC's Rail Connect app, won't need any third party vendor's bank digital wallet.
IRCTC-iPay: Good news for those who travel frequently by Indian Railways! Soon, passengers or users while booking their train tickets through the official website of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) or IRCTC’s Rail Connect app, won’t need any third party vendor’s bank digital wallet. The e-ticking as well as catering arm of the national transporter, IRCTC, is all set to come up with its own payment aggregator known as IRCTC-iPay. Recently, the announcement was made by IRCTC through a tweet. The payment aggregator of IRCTC-iPay will be available on the official website of IRCTC by the month of August, this year. The payment aggregator IRCTC iPay will have various payment options such as Credit Card, Debit Card, International Card, Auto Debit, UPI, Wallets etc. The tweet also mentioned that PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) security certificate has been granted to IRCTC. More details about this new payments platform are yet to be disclosed.
Interestingly, IRCTC also provides IRCTC SBI (State Bank of India) card, which offers up to 10 per cent value back on AC1, AC11 and CC booking as SBI card travel reward points for booking tickets at IRCTC’s website. The IRCTC SBI card also allows passengers to save up to 1.8 per cent every time they book their train tickets online.
The IRCTC SBI Platinum Card offers several benefits, which include 350 activation bonus reward points on spending Rs 500 or more within 45 days of card issuance. The IRCTC SBI Platinum Card also offers 100 cash back on the first ATM cash withdrawal within 30 days of receiving the card. In addition to these, it also offers many other exclusive benefits such as value back benefits, zero payment gateway charges, fuel surcharge waiver etc. In order to apply for the IRCTC SBI Platinum card, passengers can SMS “RAIL” to 56767 or can simply visit www.sbicard.com, “Apply Now” section.
Related Topics
Related News & Articles
The PNR gets automatically cancelled via IRCTC when a train is cancelled from start station to the end station
Recently posted . 611 views . 1 min read
Keeping in mind the requirement of the travellers, the Indian Railways has made provision for online booking of Tatkal tickets so that people can travel even to the...
Recently posted . 572 views . 2 min read
The arrest of Salman, who is currently in the custody of the Railway Protection Force, is expected to expose several such rackets being run for booking of train t...
Recently posted . 480 views . 1 min read
While talking about several initiatives undertaken by his ministry in order to transform Indian Railways as a smart transporter, Goyal stated that while deliberat...
Recently posted . 502 views . 2 min read
There have been multiple cases of couples getting caught on Delhi Metro sharing intimate moments, the most worrying part of this is a major privacy breach.
Recently posted . 1K views . 1 min read
Trending News & Articles
While the Uttarakhand High Court has asked to block 857 websites, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) found 30 portals without any pornographic content.
...
Recently posted . 61K views . 1 min read
The four boys as well as five school officials, including the director and principal, were arrested after the incident. The minors were presented before the Juvenil...
Recently posted . 8K views . 1 min read
Rahul was having an Italian passport and was carrying suitcase full of dollars. Some say it was about was it $2 million.
Rahul and his girl friend was th...
Recently posted . 7K views . 7 min read
True – Tr...
Recently posted . 6K views . 83 min read
More in National
We have to revive this combination of ancient Indian knowledge which brings inner peace and wisdom with modern education that brings us physical comfort and materia...
Recently posted. 615 views . 1 min read
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal to merge Bank of Baroda (BoB), Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank.
Recently posted. 738 views . 0 min read
An extensive plan is being worked out even though annual return filings has been postponed by two months to August 31.
Recently posted. 529 views . 0 min read
Recently posted . 1K views
Recently posted . 1K views
Recently posted . 1K views
Recently posted . 1K views
Recently posted . 1K views . 48 min read
Recently posted . 1K views . 42 min read
The 'Happiness Curriculum' will include meditation, value education and mental exercises.
Recently posted. 611 views . 0 min read
Varanasi: Girish Chandra Tripathi, the Vice-Chancellor of the Banaras Hindu University, has categorically denied any police crackdown on gir...
Recently posted. 579 views . 8 min read