Airtel Payments Bank partners Noise, NPCI for NCMC-enabled smartwatch

NEW DELHI: Airtel Payments Bank in collaboration with wearables maker Noise and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) will launch its National Common Mobility Card (NCMC)-enabled smartwatch, integrated with the RuPay chip.

The smartwatch, conceptualised by Noise, brings payments to the user’s wrist, and offers the convenience of NCMC-enabled tap and pay transactions, according to a joint statement.

This launch marks the second phase of the partnership between Airtel Payments Bank and Noise.