Use RuPay card, get cashback upto Rs 16,000 in these 8 countries: Things you MUST know

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Now you can use RuPay card and get cashback up to Rs 16,000 in at least 8 countries. In an announcement made by the National Payments Corporation of India on Thursday, NPCI said that Indians travelling to the UAE, Singapore, Sri Lanka, the UK, the US, Spain, Switzerland and Thailand will be able to earn up to Rs 16,000 cashback per month by getting their RuPay International Card activated. Here are things you must know to avail the cashback benefit. 

1. With RuPay International cards --JCB, Discover and Diners Club--customers using multiple cards can earn more cashbacks under the 'RuPay Travel Tales' campaign.
2. To avail the cashback benefit, customers will have to do a minimum transaction of Rs 1000 and the maximum cashback is capped at Rs 4,000 for a single transaction.
3. The offer can be availed by customers using RuPay International Card four times a month that can give them a chance of earning up to Rs 16,000 as cashback.
4. Praveena Rai, COO, NPCI said, "We always aim to create an end-to-end value proposition for RuPay International cardholders to make their overseas travel experience seamless and memorable. The campaign is not only providing an exciting platform for travelers to earn cashbacks but also motivating them to migrate towards digital transactions nationally and globally".
5. Apart from earning cashbacks, RuPay International cardholders can access to RuPay affiliated domestic/international airport lounges.
6. They also can avail attractive offers on booking international fights and hotels in association with Thomas Cook and Make My Trip, the release said.
7. RuPay has a partnership with Discover Financial Services (DFS) and Japan based JCB International, allowing RuPay users the access to across 190 countries.
8. As on date, there are over 1,100 banks live on RuPay platform including SBI, HDFC Bank, Axis bank, among others.
9. RuPay card base has crossed 600 million, half of which are in the mid and premium segments, NCPI said.
10. NPCI was incorporated in 2008 as an umbrella organization for operating retail payments and settlement systems in India. An initiative of RBI and IBA under the provisions of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, NPCI was initiated for creating a robust payment and settlement infrastructure in the country.