MasterCard, Beam Announce Alliance to Provide a New e-Payment System to People in India
At Mobile World Congress, MasterCard Worldwide, announced its collaboration with Beam, a mobile and electronic commerce wallet, to launch a first-of-its kind, low-cost, MasterCard mobile companion pre-paid card that will allow over 14 million mobile wallet consumers of Beam to transact at physical merchants, online and access ATMs.
“Our collaboration with MasterCard Worldwide’s pre-paid card system enables us to offer our customers a unique product that fits their lifestyle and provides access to ATMs and card- transactions at merchants, further extending the reach of our Mobile Wallet to a wide range of cashless solutions and our endeavor to make Beam an aspired brand,” said Anand Srivastava, Chairman, Beam.
Consumers can easily enjoy Beam services by registering for an account via SMS, Beam’s website, wapsite or app and transacting at anytime from anywhere. Beam services include telecom/DTH-TV/data card recharge, utility bill payments, rail, air and bus travel bookings, mobile/e-commerce, movie tickets, ringtones, wallpaper, songs, games, COD/home delivery and more. The registration is free, paperless and hassle-free – it does not require a change in SIM card, download of software or a credit, debit or net bank card, and works on all mobile phones.
About Beam
Beam is a mobile wallet that is used to pay your bills, recharge mobile balance and DTH connections, book movies and rail tickets among other things.
About MasterCard
MasterCard is a technology company in the global payments industry. They operate the payments processing network, connecting consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments and businesses in more than 210 countries and territories.
Source: Mastercard