Swiggy partners with PhonePe For simplified payment

Amazon's online payments processing arm Amazon Pay has confirmed to partner with Dominos to enable customers on Domino's online platforms to make payments using Amazon Pay along with offers, weekend deals and cashbacks.

Customers are looking for convenience, fast delivery, easy checkouts, quicker refunds and a secured shopping experience and this tie-up is a natural progression for both players, the company said in a statement.

"We are happy to partner with Dominos Pizza to extend the trusted and convenient Amazon Pay experience for customers," said Manesh Mahatme, Director, Acceptance and Merchant Payments, Amazon Pay.

Amazon Pay's availability on Dominos' apps is being made available for both, Android and iOS users.

"With this partnership, we are also extending our commitment to transform the customer experience both within and outside our restaurants," said Kapil Grover, Chief Marketing Officer, Domino's Pizza India.

Online marketplace for food delivery Foodpanda has announced its partnership with digital payments platform PhonePe to enable seamless digital payments for all its users.

The partnership allows consumers to choose from several payment options such as PhonePe Wallet, UPI (Unified Payment Interface), Credit and Debit cards to pay for their food orders on Foodpanda.

"The partnership with PhonePe is in sync with the country's swift movement towards digital payments considering they are less time consuming, secured and reliable. Like this, we intend to enter several other partnerships in the future to create a robust food tech ecosystem for all our stakeholders," said Head of Partnerships and New Initiatives, Foodpanda, Anuj Sahai.

"At PhonePe, we are working to create a smooth and secure payment ecosystem that is conducive to all types of digital transactions be it using wallets, UPI or debit, and credit cards. Online food ordering is a fast-growing use case that has gained significant popularity among consumers. With this partnership with Foodpanda, PhonePe customers would be able to pay for their food orders faster," said Head- Business Development, PhonePe, Pradeep Dodle.

Online food ordering and delivery platform Swiggy has said it would use privately-run ICICI Bank to allow its delivery fleet to make digital payments.

"Through the use of Unified Payment Interface (UPI)-based solution for instant fund transfers and automated cash deposit machines at ICICI Bank branches and ATMs across the country, the delivery fleet will have a hassle-free way of transferring funds," the company said in a statement.

Swiggy operates with a fleet of over 20,000 delivery persons delivering food from over 25,000 restaurants across 12 cities.

With cash-on-delivery being a widely used method of payment on the platform, the digital payment methods allow the delivery men to quickly transfer the funds to Swiggy, saving their time, according to the statement.

"With the delivery fleet being the backbone of Swiggy, the adoption of the digital payment solutions will support the ease of operations and save their time and thousands of kilometres of travel," said the company's Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Rahul Bothra in the statement.

The digital payment methods will also help in preventing any cash leakages, the company said.

Founded in 2014, Swiggy aims to "change the way India eats" and is currently operational in cities like New Delhi, Gurugram, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai among a few others.

Sodexo, the country’s largest meal benefits company, has partnered with online food delivery startup Swiggy to give its 3 million users in India greater access to restaurants.

The French firm has in recent months partnered with several food delivery and servicing startups helping it to migrate into a digital world from the era of paper vouchers. The latest partnership will enable Sodexo’s meal benefit users to order food on the Swiggy app and pay through the meal cards. Swiggy has a network of more than 20,000 active restaurants catering to consumers in eight major cities.

Stephane Michellin, CEO of Sodexo Rewards and Benefits Services in India said “This partnership with Swiggy will give greater access to our consumers, especially the always-on millennial, to order food from the thousands of restaurants in their network using the Sodexo Meal Card. With the growing millennial workforce, we want to integrate the best of both latest technology and wider access for meal benefits. All our clients who are opting for the Sodexo meal cards are being given access to the combined platform (of Zeta and Sodexo).

Sodexo has been consistently partnering with tech startups in India to transition to the digital era within the December 31 deadline set by the Reserve Bank of India.

Rajeev Agrawal, CEO at Innoviti Payment Solutions Sodexo said “Around 70-75% of our retail outlets will be compliant with norms of Sodexo acceptance, which includes the likes of Reliance Fresh and Ratnadeep Stores whose acceptance infrastructure runs parallel to the card schemes like Visa and Mastercard.”