Walk-up card payments do not work well in India, for a reason that has nothing to do with charging: there is no widely available pre-authorisation on UPI, so an operator either collects a fixed amount up front or accepts the risk of a driver leaving without paying. This release makes the prepaid wallet the path of least resistance instead.
What shipped
- Driver wallets with top-up, balance checks at session start and automatic deduction on session close.
- Refunds that split correctly. A session paid partly from wallet balance and partly from a gateway charge refunds proportionally to each, rather than dumping the whole amount into one.
- Per-driver limits — daily and monthly caps on spend and energy, which fleets asked for and residential societies immediately started using.
- RFID settings per tenant: whether unknown tags are accepted, whether a tag requires a positive balance, and what happens when the platform is unreachable.
- Refresh-token rotation on the driver app, so a stolen device does not stay authenticated indefinitely.
The balance check that matters
An RFID tag presented at a charger previously authorised on the strength of the tag being valid. It now also checks the driver has a balance to charge against, which closes the case where a driver with a zero wallet completed a full DC session and left an uncollectable receivable.
What is next on this surface
Auto top-up when a balance falls below a threshold, and a reimbursement flow for drivers charging at home on an employer’s account. Both are in build.