MobiKwik offers zero surcharge

New Delhi January 11: Good news for the Indian citizens as the Domestic mobile wallet platform MobiKwik on Tuesday waived surcharge on payments at petrol pumps and LPG gas payments.

"The announcement of zero surcharges on all petrol pumps and LPG transactions will benefit consumers and will motivate them to continue using digital payments," said Upasana Taku, Co-founder of MobiKwik, in a statement.

MobiKwik is currently accepted across petrol pumps and gas stations in 20 cities that includes all major Indian Oil, Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum pumps in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, and Hyderabad, among others.

Other mobile wallets such as Paytm already offer such waivers at fuel pumps.

Before the government scrapped Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 on November 8, customers paid a transaction fee along with a surcharge on it for buying fuel with debit or credit card. But for promoting cashless payments at petrol pumps, customers were exempted from paying these charges.