BEST ties up with payment gateway to facilitate contactless ticketing

Updated On: 16 September, 2020 05:58 AM IST | Mumbai | Rajendra B Aklekar

Undertaking assigns unique QR code to more than 10,000 conductors for the service; transaction mode available on both Android, IoS

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The experiment of digital payment of fares had been started at two bus depots, Colaba and Wadala, initially. Pic/Bipin Kokate

Call it BEST's big cashless transaction push amid the lockdown, or simply yet another move to solve the problem of loose change! A prominent payment gateway, PhonePe, has now partnered with the BEST to provide contactless ticketing, with over 10,000 conductors assigned a unique QR code for this.

Officials said commuters who use these services everyday will now be able to pay the fare through UPI based QR codes on some major routes without worrying about carrying cash or exact change for their fare.