RuPay DEBIT CARD OF SBI AND ICICI BANKS

RuPay Debit card of SBI, ICICI
 

RuPay is one of the most popular Payment gateway. This gateway is developed in India and most of the banks have adopted this payment system. The Rupay has many benefits over international payment gateway such as Visa and Master card 

After the announcement of Lucky Grahak Yojana and Digidhan Vyapar yojana,  RuPay debit card had become the hot topic. Most of the prizes (about 80%) are being given to payments done through the RuPay card. You would have also seen than the Debit card given under Jan Dhan Yojana are the RuPay card.


You may ask, why is this card getting too much importance? Is it most beneficial among all the digital payments?  Is it better than the Visa and Master cards? In this article, you will get the answers of all these questions and much more.

What is RuPay card?

RuPay is a payment gateway similar to the Visa, Master, Maestro. The payment gateway facilitates money transfer among among banks, account and all other banking channels. Because of the payment gateway, we can use ATM machine and Swipe machine of any other bank. Even our card works in other countries.

 

RuPay term is made from the combination of two words Rupee and Payment. Like other international cards such as Visa/Master, it can be used for transactions on ATMs, Point of Sales (POS) and online sites.

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has launched this card on March 26, 2012. You should know that NPCI is an umbrella organization for all type of retail payments systems in India. It facilitates the payments through the IMPS, UPI, USSD and AEPS. All the big banks of India has jointly established this organisation.

BE proud of…

Yes! Now we are the sixth country in the world which owns domestic payment gateway system. Before us, there were Other five countries only. Those were USA, Japan, China, Singapore and Brazil.

Where Can You Use RuPay Card

You can use the Rupay card at various places. You can perform following tasks using a RuPay card.

Transaction At ATM

Your debit card enables you to withdraw money from an ATM. You can get money anytime, irrespective of bank is open or closed. In India, you may withdraw up to Rs 40,000 in a day. It is the limit of a common debit card. If you own a higher value card you can use it to withdraw up to 1 lac rupees per day. The banks fix the withdrawal limit, thus it can vary. You can also know your bank balance and get a mini statement through the ATM. You would have seen this feature.

Payment At a Shop

Using your RuPay card you can also pay for a product or a service. This facility is available on those shops which have the POS machine. This machine is used to get data from your card. It pays to the merchant immediately. You would also get a receipt of this payment.

Online Payment

RuPay card can be also used for the online shopping and payments. To use it online, you have to give the details of your Rupay card. It includes 16 digit card number, validity and CVV number. Along with this, you have to also authenticate the transaction by entering ATM PIN or 3D secure PIN.

 

 

Reach of RuPay card

Within a short period of 4 years, this card has captured a big market. After the note ban in India, the RuPay card transaction has increased 7 times. There are about 30 crore RuPay card in India of which 20 crore cards are linked to Jan Dhan accounts. More than 10 lakhs RuPay debit card transactions are done daily.

Gloabal Reach

NPCI had tied-up with an American card issuer, Discover Financial Services (DFS). Because of this arrangement, RuPay card is accepted at all the Discover & Diner PoS and ATM networks across the world. DFS has over 25 lacs merchants worldwide. It has made the RuPay, a global card.

NPCI and Japan Credit Bureau International (JCBI) had made an alliance. By this JCB cards would be accepted at all POS terminals and ATMs in India. Same to NPCI member banks. They can issue RuPay/JCB cards which will be accepted at all POS terminals in the JCB network worldwide. Especially in Eastern countries.

China's Union Pay and NPCI also made a deal. So that  CUP cards will be accepted at all RuPay POS terminals in India. In the return, RuPay card gets the same facility.

RuPay is Cheaper

Unlike Visa and MasterCard, RuPay doesn't take charge for joining the RuPay Payment Scheme. It proves a boon to the co-operative banks. Due to minimal cost, they are able to issue RuPay cards. Now 27 Public Sector Banks, 13 Private Banks and over 250 Co-operative & Gramin Banks are issuing RuPay card. There are also 18 prepaid instruments on board which issue RuPay prepaid cards.

Security of RuPay Card

1. It uses high-end technology EMV chip, especially for high-end transactions.  Actually, It was quite easy for criminals to clone magnetic stripe cards. They used skimming to steal information stored in magnetic strip. RuPay card with chip and PIN cards are very difficult to clone. So RuPay card has lesser chance of fraud.
2. Data of customers and transactions doesn't go out of the country. It also makes RuPay card secure.
3. Users will get SMS alerts for every transaction made through this card.
4. NPCI has partnered with Acculynk to provide secure encryption and authenticated consumer PIN for all its customers for e-Commerce purchases under the brand RuPay PaySecure.

Benefits for customers using RuPay Debit card

Cash back on utility bill payments

• You can save money on the payment of utility bills for example, electricity, water and gas.
• You would get 5% or ₹50 cashback  (Whichever is lower) on payment using the RuPay Platinum Debit Card
• This type of cash back is limited for only those services which are registered as the the MCCs (Merchant Category Codes) allotted by NPCI.
• This scheme is valid till 31 March 2018.

 

Fuel Surcharge Waiver

• When you buy petrol using RuPay Platinum Debit Card, you would get cash back of the fuel surcharge.
• The purchase of fuel should be more than Rs 300 to avail this offer.
• The cash back would be given considering fuel surcharge 0.75% (1% of above 20000 purchase)
• The fuel surcharge cash back would be given at the end of the month and it would not exceed ₹75.
• This offer is valid till 31st March 2018

 

Cash Back on Railway ticket Booking

till 31st March 2018

• If you book your railway ticket through www.irctc.co.in by using RuPay Platinum Debit Card. you get ₹25 cashback.
• It is applicable only on ticket costs above 300 rupees.
• Only one transaction is eligible for this Cash back.
• The cashback will be calculated at the end of a month.
• The offer is valid till 31st March 2018.

Insurance Benefit

If you are a RuPay cardholder, you get a personal accident death and permanent total disability insurance cover of upto 2 lakhs. With Visa or Mastercard It is not available. However to get this insurance you should have done at least one transaction in last 90 days. It can be done in an ATM, a POS terminal, a MicroATM or in the online transaction. Bank transactions are also valid in such a case.

Advantages for banks or Merchants

Affordable electronic transactions for local banks

RuPay card is more beneficial for banking institutions.Banks pay the higher transaction fee in case of foreign cards such as Visa and MasterCard. RuPay cards are 'made in India' so these are available in less cost than international cards. RuPay charges 40% less for clearing and settlement than the international debit cards like Visa and Master card.

For example: If we do a transaction of Rs.2000 through an international card, the banks have to pay a transaction fee of around ₹3.25.  whereas for RuPay card this would be around ₹2.50. Also for ATM, e-commerce and point of sale transactions, RuPay card is cheaper.

Low expenditure for Merchants

According to a State Bank of India, Bank get  0.75% fees for transaction from merchant in case the amount is less than Rs 2,000.  If the amount is more than Rs 2,000 then it is 1% of the amount. SBI had completely waived off this fee for any transaction through RuPay cards. Other public and private sector banks are also giving such benefits to Merchants.

RuPay Card: Limitations

As we learned RuPay cards provide us many benefits in comparison to Visa or MasterCard debit cards. But there are some limitations also.

1. RuPay card is not widely accepted globally.
2. RuPay offers mainly debit cards, however, Visa and MasterCard offer both debit and credit cards.  Through RuPay Kisan card , It has also entered in credit section, but it is only for specified uses.

Conclusion

You must know the importance of Self-Dependence. Foreign companies have to work under the laws of their country. Suppose, USA government tells Visa to block services to the banks of other country, they have to do so. It has happened in past. During Ukraine crisis, Visa and Mastercard have blocked Russian banks. To prevent any such condition you need a trusted system. Through NPCI's RuPay card Indian government and RBI has developed such a system.

 

 

 

ब्रिगेडियर नरेन्द्र ढंड.
Brigadier Narinder Dhand.
NOIDA -(NCR) - 201303

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