How Digital Payments & Online Recharge Make It Easier To Stay Indoors & Safe

Now, it’s your time to do your part by assisting others stay connected with their loved ones without having to leave their homes.

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The Coronavirus outbreak has caused plenty of concern and uncertainties, forcing a country-wide lockdown, keeping people in their homes. However, while testing our collective capacity to respond quickly, the pandemic is also offering us an unprecedented opportunity to come together. A heightened sense of solidarity and a shared sense of purpose is all that we need to fight it right now. As the world comes together in its quarantined agony, Bharti Airtel also offers you an opportunity to help people around you stay connected with their loved ones. As India adopts social distancing and self-isolation measures, the time spent on phone calls, video calls and internet, in general, is increasing rapidly. But while you could easily recharge your phone online, it’s not that easy for some people who are either not good with tech or don’t have the means. They still rely on physical stores to get these things done, which obviously is not an option anymore. Fortunately, Airtel has made recharges of all of its services distance-friendly. Now you can recharge your prepaid mobile, DTH services and pay post-paid, broadband internet bills and more through the Airtel Thanks App with just a few taps. The user-friendly platform also offers you the convenience of making payments via the mode of your choice, including net-banking, credit/debit cards, mobile wallets, and Unified Payments Interface (UPI). With this, the leading telecommunication service provider has taken a leap in helping you stay indoors and safe. Now, it’s your time to do your part by assisting others stay connected with their loved ones without having to leave their homes. How can you help people through the Airtel Thanks app? If you have older adults in your family or in your building, who still prefer going to a shop for most things, including mobile recharges, you can introduce them to the Airtel Thanks app. With the help of this app, they can choose from a wide range of plans to recharge their phone and DTH connection. Also, they won’t have to queue up for hours to pay their electricity, gas or water bills. Not only will it help them during the lockdown but even after this. In case, you have a driver or domestic help, who either doesn’t have a smartphone or doesn’t know how to use UPI apps, you can recharge their mobile phones too through the Airtel Thanks app. It will help them stay connected with their families in the time when they need it the most. Not only this, the Airtel Thanks app also offers the Airtel Payments Bank feature which gives you the freedom to bank from anywhere. It’s UPI enabled and provides you with an option to make simple, secure and quick payments through your mobile phone. With this, you can give an advance salary to the people who make your life easier on every other day. This could really help them out in these testing times. With the right resources at hand, staying indoors can be much easier not just for you but for others around you as well. So, reach out and make use of countless benefits of the Airtel Thanks app while following social distancing to keep yourself and people around you safe, healthy and connected!