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Frog8 in the Press
From a global-first WhatsApp ticketing launch to PM Modi using our kiosk — here's how the world has covered our work with BMRCL and Namma Metro.
PM Modi purchases Metro ticket at Frog8 TVM, flags off Yellow Line
Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally used the QR code-enabled Ticket Vending Machine at Ragigudda Metro Station — the same TransiGo 2000 built and deployed by Frog8 — before flagging off Bengaluru Metro's Yellow Line covering 19 km and 16 stations.
Modi in Bengaluru LIVE: PM inaugurates Namma Metro Yellow Line
The Hindu's live coverage of PM Modi trying the QR-enabled kiosk at Ragigudda and flagging off the Yellow Line — a landmark for Bengaluru's transit infrastructure.
Read article →PM Modi inaugurates Bengaluru Metro Yellow Line, lays ₹15,000 cr Phase 3 foundation
The Print covers the full inauguration — PM Modi tried the QR code-enabled TransiGo kiosk, rode the inaugural service with school students and Metro workers, and laid the foundation for Phase 3.
Read article →Bengaluru launches QR train ticketing service on WhatsApp
TechCrunch covers Bengaluru Metro becoming the first transit agency in the world to enable end-to-end QR ticketing on WhatsApp — a global first, backed by Frog8's AFC integration.
Read article →Namma Metro tickets now available on 9 more apps via ONDC
BMRCL expands QR ticketing to EaseMyTrip, Rapido, Redbus, Namma Yatri and five more platforms — deepening the ecosystem Frog8 helped build.
Read article →Namma Metro QR ticketing on WhatsApp — how it works
Deccan Herald explains how commuters buy Namma Metro QR tickets through the WhatsApp chatbot — BMRCL being the first transit agency in the world to enable end-to-end QR ticketing on WhatsApp.
Read article →Bengaluru Metro — Industry-First QR Ticketing for 380K Daily Commuters
Yellow.ai's case study documents how the WhatsApp chatbot + Frog8 AFC integration scaled to 380,000 daily commuters with AI-driven automation.
Read article →Namma Metro WhatsApp QR ticketing — step-by-step guide
Zee Business covers the nationwide buzz around Bengaluru Metro's WhatsApp ticketing launch, calling it a landmark in India's digital transit story.
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Deep Dives from the Inside
Long-form analysis from the team operating at the intersection of transit, banking & payments in India. Fully sourced. More publishing soon.
Dignity by Design: India's Women's Free Transit
5+ crore women ride India's state-run buses free every day — a transport subsidy at a scale no other country has attempted. Frog8 asks what technology could add: a card issued once at a self-service kiosk, faster and more dignified boarding, verified journey data, and a channel for benefits beyond transit.
The Suryavanshi Question: When the Safe Bet Is the Risky One
India's most talked-about teenager is a risk-pricing problem before he is a cricket one. We built a base-rate model over 29 IPL-to-India transitions, ran an adversarial review, and let the data speak. The Test range is 16% to 86%. That width is the finding.
NCMC: Why India's One-Card Vision Is Still Waiting at the Platform
India has 20+ metro systems across 18 cities — each a payment silo. The NCMC mandate has existed since 2019. Seven years later, interoperability remains largely theoretical. Frog8 breaks down what's actually blocking it: not technology, but procurement fragmentation, issuer incentives, and the missing last-mile kiosk infrastructure that makes card adoption possible at all.
The BC Banking Bet: Kiosks, Correspondents, and India's 400 Million
120 crore Indians have Jan Dhan accounts. 50 crore use UPI. But 65% of financial transactions still happen within 2 km of a branch — leaving 400 million people dependent on cash and agents. Business Correspondents and self-service kiosks are how India's banking infrastructure reaches beyond the branch. Frog8 maps the gap, the unit economics, and why unattended kiosks change the equation.
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RBI's New e-Mandate Framework
Our Director and investor
Sunil Kulkarni on NDTV Profit, unpacking what the RBI's latest e-mandate rules mean for recurring payments in India — and where the structural gaps still lie.
Proud to see our friend, investor and fellow Director at Frog8,
Sunil Kulkarni, on NDTV Profit this week on the RBI's new e-mandate framework.
What's new
But here's the worry
Once a mandate is authenticated, a 24-hr SMS is the only safety net. SMS in India is imperfect. Cross-border chargebacks are weaker.
A real example
Last week I OTP-authorised a $10 App Store trial. What went through was $10 (OTP was taken) — plus a $49 'upgrade' bundled into a follow-up auth. No fresh OTP. It went through. I'll be charged $49 next month, unless I cancel.
Open questions
Is this 'unauthorised' or a 'dispute'? Does zero-liability cover engineered consent? What's the chargeback path?
If it's fuzzy at ₹850, it's a structural gap at ₹1 lakh.