Guwahati: As an extension of its flagship campaign Team Cashless India', Mastercard organized three engagements in Guwahati, Lucknow, and Varanasi to generate greater awareness and understanding of digital payments, and e-mail stated.

The Mastercard Team Cashless India volunteers partnered with the All Assam Restaurant Association (AARA) in Guwahati, local shopkeepers to bolster the digital payments infrastructure.

The Mastercard volunteers and SBI Payments spoke to micro-merchants about the convenience, safety, and other benefits of accepting digital payments.

With nearly 80% of micro-merchants in the North East region not yet equipped with digital payment acceptance infrastructure, the collaboration with AARA is expected to go a long way. In line with the government's 'Digital North East Vision 2022', this initiative equips restaurant and hotel owners with a safe, seamless, secure mode of payment to consumers, which in turn brings greater transparency and efficiency to the eco-system.

The Team Cashless India campaign is part of Mastercard's worldwide commitment to bring 1 billion people and 50 million micro-businesses into the digital economy by 2025,