Truecaller, the phone directory app, has declared association with RedBus (bus ticketing platform) to provide digital ticketing experience to the consumers. Below the new association, RedBus will be accessible as a small app on the Truecaller app below the Payments segment.
The association will permit users to perform end-to-end booking payments from search to login, checkout & compare with login credentials of Truecaller, the firm claimed to the media. Apart from this, the Swedish company has incorporated its strong UPI platform in the application. This will let its consumers to perform payments squarely employing Truecaller Pay at the time of booking a ticket.
Commenting on the association, Head of Payments and VP at Truecaller, Sony Joy, claimed, “We are incredibly eager about this association with RedBus, the market disruptors and leaders of a complete mean of transport. We think we can merge Truecaller’s scale of distribution, RedBus’ expertise, and seamless BHIM UPI transactions on Truecaller Pay, to make the experience a delight for our users. This is extraordinary to us since this is first of many such associations for mini-apps where our dream is to offer super-even payment experiences on a series of scenarios with a high possibility for development.”
On a related note, Truecaller earlier claimed that it is now offering consumers the alternative to record voice calls with the help of the app. The firm discussed about this functionality in one of the support pages, offers data on how one can record calls and what edition it might operate on.
“Call recorder is lastly here. It is a function request which we look at daily so it is not a question to not include it, you ask it and we give!” claimed the company support page. The firm states that all the calls will be stored in the smartphone and is not stored on servers of the company.
