Good news for regular metro travellers! State Bank of India’s National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) cardholders can recharge their cards online now through NPCI Bharat BillPay platform.

The introduction of NCMC recharge as a biller category will enable customers to recharge or top-up their cards conveniently online, avoiding long queues and ensuring a hassle-free experience, the the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) said in a release on Thursday.

“In a bid to further enhance the convenience for travellers, NPCI Bharat BillPay Limited (NBBL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Payments Corporation of India, in collaboration with SBI, has onboarded SBI NCMC cards on its Bharat BillPay platform,” the release said.

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Where can SBI NCMC cards be used?

The category is already live with SBI NCMC cards for Noida Metro, Nagpur Metro, MMRDA Line 2A & 7, Chennai Metro, Kanpur Metro, and Parliament Canteen via the bank’s Bharat BillPay-enabled application, SBI Unipay, and more frontend platforms will go live with the service soon.

What is the recharge ceiling on these SBI cards?

Customers can easily top-up their NCMC cards with up to Rs 10,000 online through Bharat BillPay-enabled platforms, supporting various methods such as prepaid, debit, and credit cards. After a successful recharge, customers simply need to tap their NCMC card on the terminal to update their balance.

Speaking on the development, Noopur Chaturvedi, CEO, NPCI Bharat BillPay, said, “We would like to extend our gratitude to SBI for co-creating and launching this new category with us, which will ease the lives of daily transit users of NCMC cards. 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.”

Mahesh Kumar Sharma, DMD (Transaction Banking & New Initiatives), SBI, said, “SBI is thrilled to partner with NPCI Bharat BillPay to offer our customers this industry-first offering that promises to revolutionize the way they commute. Through this development, SBI NCMC cardholders can avoid long queues and enjoy the instant and secure option of topping up their wallets via SBI Unipay and all other Bharat BillPay-enabled digital front-end platforms.”

Follow these steps for recharging NCMC cards via Bharat BillPay:

  • Open SBI Unipay (or other Bharat BillPay enabled front-end platforms)
  • Choose NCMC category
  • Select Biller
  • Input mobile number & last 4 digits of NCMC card number
  • Enter recharge amount
  • Make payment

About NPCI Bharat BillPay

Incorporated in December 2020, NPCI Bharat Billpay is responsible for driving the RBI-conceptualised Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS). Bharat BillPay is a one-stop ecosystem for payment of all bills providing an interoperable and accessible “Anytime Anywhere” Bill payment service to customers across India with certainty, reliability and safety of transactions.