Terms & Conditions
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Privacy Policy
Last Updated on 1st January, 2026.
This Privacy Policy/Notice is an electronic record in the form of an electronic contract formed under the Information technology act, 2000 and the rules made thereunder and the amended provisions pertaining to electronic documents / records in various statutes as amended by the Information technology act, 2000. This privacy policy does not require any physical, electronic or digital signature. This privacy policy is a legally binding document between you and Freecharge Business and Technology Services Limited hereafter referred to as FBTSL (both terms defined below). The terms of this privacy policy will be effective upon your registration on the Website (as defined below) and will govern the relationship between you and FBTSL for your use of the Website. This document is published and shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of the information technology (reasonable security practices and procedures and sensitive personal data or information) rules, 2011 under the information technology act, 2000; that require publishing of the privacy policy for collection, use, storage and transfer of personal information including sensitive personal information.
Please read this privacy policy carefully. By registering an account on the Website and agreeing to the privacy policy by checking the privacy policy check box, you hereby acknowledge and confirm that You understand the contents of the same and accordingly provide your clear, express and unequivocal consent to this privacy policy. It is further clarified that by providing Us Your personal information/ data and/or by making use of the services being provided by FBTSL (as stated on the Website), You hereby consent to the processing of Your Personal Data/ Information (as defined below), Sensitive Personal Information (as defined below) and Non-Personal Information (as defined below) by FBTSL, as specified under this Privacy Policy. You further agree that such collection, use, storage, disclosure and/or transfer of Your Information shall not cause any loss or wrongful gain to You or any other person.
If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, you may not accept the terms of the privacy policy and/or use this Website. You hereby provide your unconditional consent or agreements to FBTSL as provided under the Data Privacy Legislations and the rules and regulations made under therein.
FBTSL and any other person, directly or indirectly, controlled by, controlling, or under common control with, FBTSL is/are concerned about the privacy of the data and information of users (including merchants and buyers/customers whether registered or non-registered) accessing, offering, selling or purchasing products or services on the websites, mobile sites or mobile applications of FBTSL ("Website") and otherwise doing business with FBTSL.
The terms “We” / “Us” / “Our” individually and collectively refer to each entity being part of the definition of FBTSL and the terms “You” / “Your” / “Yourself” refer to the users.
This Privacy Policy is a contract between You and the respective FBTSL whose Website You use or access or You otherwise deal with. This Privacy Policy shall be read together with the respective terms of use or other terms and conditions of the respective FBTSL and its respective Website or nature of business of the Website.
- The FBTSL has provided this Privacy Policy to familiarize You with:
- The type of data or information that You share with or provide to any FBTSL, and that any FBTSL collects from You;
- The purpose for collection and usage of such data or information from You;
- The information security practices and policies of FBTSL; and
- The policy of FBTSL on disclosing, sharing or transferring Your data or information with/to third parties.
- Amendment of Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be amended / updated from time to time. You are requested to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed of any amendments or updates.
- Information collected and storage of Information
The information or data provided by You to FBTSL or collected from You by the FBTSL may consist of “Personal Information”, “Sensitive Personal Information” and “Non-Personal Information”.
- Personal Information
- Personal Information is information or data collected that can be used to
identify You.
Personal Information for the purposes of this Privacy Policy shall include,
but not be
limited to:
(i) Your name, parent’s name, address, telephone number, e-mail address or other contact information;
(ii) Your date of birth;
(iii) Your gender, marital status;
(iv) Your occupation;
(v) Your internet protocol address;
(vi) identification code of the communication device which You use to access the Website or otherwise deal with any FBTSL;
(vii) any other information provided by You during Your registration process on the Website (other than Sensitive Personal Information);
(viii) information provided by You towards complying with know your customer norms, either as part of Our internal policies and as may be required under applicable laws;
(ix) information relating to query all packages installed on your device. The information collected through this process, including information about the other apps installed on your device, will be used to detect fraudulent activities.
(x) your Short Messaging Service (SMS(es)) that are stored on your device for the purposes of, including but not limited to, registering you and your device for payments services, OTPs for logins and payments, enhancing your security, bill payments and recharge reminders. (xi) details that you have given permission to upload, sync or import (such as phone status & identity, contacts, calendar, camera, microphone or short messaging system) any information set out in this Clause pertaining to third parties that is provided to Us, during Your use of the Website;
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Such Personal Information may be collected in various ways including during
the course of You:
(i) registering as a user on the Website;
(ii) registering as a merchant on the Website;
(iii) availing certain services offered on the Website. Such instances include but are not limited to making or participating in any online survey or contest, communicating with the customer service of any FBTSL by phone, email or otherwise or posting user reviews on the services / items available on the Website;
(iv) otherwise doing business, transacting or attempting to transact on the Website; or
(v) otherwise dealing with any of FBTSL.
- We may receive Personal Information about You from third parties, such as social media services, commercially available sources and partners. If You access the Website through a social media service or connect a service on the Website to a social media service, the Information We collect may include Your user name associated with that social media service, any information or content the social media service has the right to share with us, such as Your profile picture, email address or friends list, and any information You have made public in connection with that social media service. When You access the Website or otherwise deal with any FBTSL through social media services or when You connect any Website to social media services, You are authorizing FBTSL to collect, store, use and retain such information and content in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
- Personal Information is information or data collected that can be used to
identify You.
Personal Information for the purposes of this Privacy Policy shall include,
but not be
limited to:
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Non-Personal Information
- FBTSL may also collect information other than Personal Information or Sensitive Personal Information from You through the Website when You visit and / or use the Website. Such information may be stored in server logs. This Non-Personal Information would not assist FBTSL to identify You personally.
- This Non-Personal Information may include:
(i) Your geographic location;
(ii) details of Your telecom service provider or internet service provider;
(iii) the type of browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome etc.);
(iv) information about Your device, including Your hardware model, operating system and version, device name, device applications, unique device identifier, mobile network information, the Website You last visited before visiting the Website and information about the device's interaction with our Services;
(v) clickstream data relating to Your activity on the Website, including but not limited to the duration of Your stay on the Website, date and time of Your access of the Website.
(vi) List of Installed Applications in your mobile phone for fraud detection and to offer personalised financial products.
- Non-Personal Information is collected through various ways such through as the use of cookies. FBTSL may store temporary or permanent ‘cookies’ on Your computer. You can erase or choose to block these cookies from Your computer. You can configure Your computer’s browser to alert You when We attempt to send You a cookie with an option to accept or refuse the cookie. If You have turned cookies off, You may be prevented from using certain features of the Website;
- Advertisements: FBTSL may use Third Party Service Providers to serve advertisements on behalf of FBTSL across the internet and sometimes on the Website. They may collect Non-Personal Information about Your visits to the Website, and Your interaction with Our products and services on the Website.
Please do note that Personal Information, Sensitive Personal Information and NonPersonal Information may be treated differently as per applicable law.
- Representations and Warranties
You hereby represent to FBTSL that, at all times during Your registration with Us:
- the information You provide to FBTSL is and shall be authentic, correct, current and updated, and that You have all the rights, permissions and consents as may be required to provide such information (including Information pertaining to any third parties) to the FBTSL; and
- Your providing the information to FBTSL and the consequent storage, collection, usage, transfer, access or processing of the same by FBTSL shall not be in violation of any third party agreement, laws, charter documents, judgments, orders and decrees.
The officers, directors, contractors or agents of FBTSL shall not be responsible for the authenticity of the information that You or any other user provide to any of FBTSL.
- Purpose of collecting, using, storing and processing Your Personal
Information/Non-Personal
Information/Sensitive Personal Information
- FBTSL reserves the right to collect, use, store, process and disclose
Your Personal
Information/Non-Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information for any
purpose
that may be permissible based on the consent obtained from You. FBTSL
uses
Personal Information/Non-Perosnal Information/Sensitive Personal Information
that is
collected for lawful purposes associated with the functions and activities
of FBTSL,
while also respecting your privacy. Such purposes (“Purposes”) include but
are not limited
to:
(i) facilitating Your use of the Website or other services of FBTSL;
(ii) responding to Your inquiries or fulfilling Your requests for information about the various products and services offered on the Website;
(iii) providing You with information about products and services available on the Website and sending You information, materials, and offers about products and services of FBTSL;
(iv) to the extent necessary, sending You important information regarding the Website, changes in terms and conditions, user agreements, and policies and/or other administrative information;
(v) sending You surveys and marketing communications that FBTSL believe may be of interest to You;
(vi) personalizing Your experience on the Website by presenting advertisements, products and offers tailored to Your preferences;
(vii) helping You address Your problems incurred on the Website including addressing any technical problems;
(viii) if You purchase any product or avail any service from the Website, completing and fulfilling Your purchase. For example, having Your payments processed, communicating with You regarding Your purchase, and providing You with related customer service;
(ix) properly administering the Website;
(x) conducting internal reviews and data analysis for the Website (e.g., to determine the number of visitors to specific pages within the Website);
(xi) improving the services, content and advertising on the Website;
(xii) facilitating various programmes and initiatives launched by FBTSL by itself or through a collaboration with Third Party Service Providers or Banks;
(xiii) analysing how Our services are used, to measure the effectiveness of advertisements, to facilitate payments;
(xiv) conducting academic research and surveys;
(xv) protecting the integrity of the Website;
(xvi) responding to legal, judicial, quasi-judicial process and providing information on law enforcement agencies or in connection with an investigation on matters related to public safety, as permitted by law;
(xvii) conducting analytical studies on various aspects including user behaviour, user preferences etc.;
(xviii) permitting third parties who may need to contact users who have bought products from the Website to facilitate installation, service and any other product related support;
(xix) implementing information security practices;
(xx) determining any security breaches, computer contaminant or computer virus;
(xxi) investigating, preventing, or taking action regarding illegal activities and suspected fraud;
(xxii) undertaking forensics of the concerned computer resource as a part of investigation or internal audit;
(xxiii) facilitating payments/repayments for the use of the Website or other any other FBTSL services ;
(xxiv) tracing computer resources or any person who may have contravened, or is suspected of having or being likely to contravene, any provision of law including the Information Technology Act, 2000 that is likely to have an adverse impact on the services provided on any Website or by FBTSL;
(xxv) enabling a potential buyer or investor to evaluate the business of FBTSL; or
(xxvi) sharing, disclosing or transfer of such data in the event of any merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets or business of FBTSL to a third party or in the event of bankruptcy of FBTSL
You hereby agree and acknowledge that the Personal Information/Non-Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information so collected is for a lawful purpose, connected with a function or activity of FBTSL or any person on their respective behalf, and the collection of Personal Information/Non-Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information is necessary for the Purposes.
- FBTSL reserves the right to collect, use, store, process and disclose
Your Personal
Information/Non-Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information for any
purpose
that may be permissible based on the consent obtained from You. FBTSL
uses
Personal Information/Non-Perosnal Information/Sensitive Personal Information
that is
collected for lawful purposes associated with the functions and activities
of FBTSL,
while also respecting your privacy. Such purposes (“Purposes”) include but
are not limited
to:
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Storage and Processing of Your Personal Information/Non-Personal Personal
Information
- Your Personal Information/Non-Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information will primarily be stored in electronic form. However, certain data may also be stored in physical form.
- We may store, collect, process and use Your data only within the Republic of India to the extent permissible under applicable laws
- We may enter into agreements with third parties (Within India) to store or process Your Personal Information/Non-Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information. These third parties may have their own security standards to safeguard Your Personal Information/Non-Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information and We will, on commercially reasonable basis, require such third parties to adopt reasonable security standards to safeguard Your I Personal Information/Non-Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information, as per the requirements of applicable laws.
- Sharing and disclosure of Your Personal Information/Non-Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information You hereby unconditionally agree and permit that FBTSL may transfer, share, disclose or part with all or any of Your Personal Information/Non-Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information, within the Republic of India to FBTSL, Third Party Service Providers / Partners / Banks and Financial Institutions for one or more of the Purposes, government agencies upon directions of such agency, or to any other third party as may be required under applicable law. In case of any Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information so transferred, shared, disclosed or parted with, We will contractually oblige the receiving parties of the information to ensure the same level of data protection adopted by FBTSL is adhered to by the receiving party.
- You acknowledge and agree that, to the extent permissible under applicable laws, it is adequate that when FBTSL transfer Your information to any other entity within India, FBTSL will place contractual obligations on the transferee which will oblige the transferee to adhere to the provisions of this Privacy Policy.
- FBTSL may transfer/disclose/share Non-Personal Information to third parties who support Our business, such as providing technical infrastructure services, analysing how Our services are used, measuring the effectiveness of advertisements, providing customer / buyer services, facilitating payments, or conducting academic research and surveys. Such transferees shall adhere to confidentiality obligations consistent with this Privacy Policy.
- Notwithstanding the above, We use other third parties such as a credit/debit card processing companies, payment gateways, pre-paid cards etc. to enable You to make payments for buying products or availing services on the Website. When You sign up for these services, You may have the ability to save Your card details for future reference and faster future payments. In such case, We may share or disclose Your relevant Personal Information/ as necessary for the third parties to provide such services, including Your name, residence and email address. The processing of payments or authorization is solely in accordance with these third parties’ policies, terms and conditions and We are not in any manner responsible or liable to You or any third party for any delay or failure at their end in processing the payments.
- FBTSL may also share Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information with such third parties to whom FBTSL believes it is necessary to do so in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of various terms and conditions or Our policies.
- We reserve the right to disclose Your Personal Information/Non-Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information when required to do so by law or regulation, or under any legal obligation or order under law or in response to a request from a law enforcement or governmental agency or judicial, quasi-judicial or any other statutory or constitutional authority or to establish or exercise Our legal rights or defend against legal claims.
- You further agree that such disclosure, sharing and transfer of Your Personal Information/Non-Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information shall not cause any wrongful loss to You or to any third party, or any wrongful gain to Us or to any third party.
- Links to third party websites
- Links to third-party advertisements, third-party websites or any third party electronic communication service may be provided on the Website which are operated by third parties and are not controlled by, or affiliated to, or associated with, FBTSL unless expressly specified on the Website.
- FBTSL are not responsible for any form of transmission, whatsoever, received by You from any third party website. Accordingly, FBTSL does not make any representations concerning the privacy practices or policies of such third parties or terms of use of such third party websites, nor does FBTSL control or guarantee the accuracy, integrity, or quality of the information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, videos, messages or other materials available on such third party websites. The inclusion or exclusion does not imply any endorsement by FBTSL of the third party websites, the website's provider, or the information on the third party website. The information provided by You to such third party websites shall be governed in accordance with the privacy policies of such third party websites, and it is recommended that You review the privacy policy of such third party websites prior to using such websites.
- Security & Retention
- The security of Your Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information is important to us. FBTSL strive to ensure the security of Your Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information and to protect Your Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information against unauthorized access or unauthorized alteration, disclosure or destruction. For this purpose, FBTSL adopts internal reviews of the data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures, including appropriate encryption and physical security measures to guard against unauthorized access to systems where FBTSL stores Your Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information. FBTSL shall adopt reasonable security practices and procedures as mandated under applicable laws for the protection of Your Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information. Provided that, Your right to claim damages shall be limited to the right to claim only statutory damages under Information Technology Act, 2000, and You hereby waive and release all FBTSL from any claim of damages under contract or under tort, to the extent permissible under applicable laws.
- If You choose a payment gateway to complete any transaction on the Website, then Your credit card/debit card data may be stored in compliance with industry standards/ recommended data security standards for security of financial information such as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.
- FBTSL may share Your Personal Information/Non-Personal Information with third parties under a confidentiality agreement which inter alia provides that such third parties shall not disclose the Personal Information/Non-Personal Information further unless such disclosure is for the Purpose. However, FBTSL is not responsible for any breach of security or for any actions of any third parties that receive Your Personal Information/Non-Personal Information. FBTSL is not liable for any loss or injury caused to You as a result of You providing Your Personal Information/Non-Personal Information to any third party (including any third party websites, even if links to such third party websites are provided on the Website).
- Notwithstanding anything contained in this Policy or elsewhere, to the extent permissible under applicable laws, FBTSL shall not be held responsible for any loss, damage or misuse of Your Personal Information/Non-Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information, if such loss, damage or misuse is attributable to a Force Majeure Event (as defined below).
- A Force Majeure Event shall mean any event that is beyond the reasonable control of FBTSL and shall include, without limitation, sabotage, fire, flood, explosion, acts of God, civil commotion, strikes or industrial action of any kind, riots, insurrection, war, acts of government, computer hacking, unauthorised access to computer, computer system or computer network, computer crashes, breach of security and encryption (provided beyond reasonable control of FBTSL), power or electricity failure or unavailability of adequate power or electricity.
- While We will endeavour to take all reasonable and appropriate steps to keep secure any Personal Information/Non-Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information which We hold about You and prevent unauthorized access, You acknowledge that the internet or computer networks are not fully secure and that We cannot provide any absolute assurance regarding the security of Your Personal Information/Non-Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information.
- You agree that all Sensitive Personal Information shall be retained till such time required for the Purpose or required under applicable law, whichever is later. Personal Information/Non-Personal Information will be retained indefinitely.
- Deletion of FBTSL account - Right to erasure
- On receipt of account deletion request, FBTSL will delete your data and
immediately stop collecting, storing, and using your personal information
and other
data, except as otherwise required by applicable laws and regulations or
industry
standards. For example, FBTSL will retain your transaction related
details and
corresponding data for compliance purposes as per RBI, PMLA and PPI &
Guidelines
respectively, for up-to as may be permitted under the extant applicable
law.
Certain services such as Bill payment services under BBPS and Mobile recharge services are provided in partnership with other service providers who have integrated their services on the FreechargeBiz platforms. When you use these services, a separate account or profile may be created with those service providers. Please note that when you request deletion of your FBTSL account, this deletion request will not automatically delete or affect any accounts, credentials, or data maintained by third-party service providers. You may continue to access such accounts or transaction details directly through the respective third-party websites or applications, and any data deletion or modification in those platforms must be requested in accordance with their own privacy policies and procedures. - Legal Consequences of Account Deletion
Once the account is deleted, all related contractual relationships between you and FBTSL are terminated. The consequences of account deletion include but are not limited to the following:
- You will not be able to use/access this account to log in (signing in) to the FBTSL website, app, with your previous login credentials.
- You will not be able to perform any operations that require the account access.
- You will not be able to retrieve the personal information, transaction records, business data, and historical information under the account.
- You will not be able to use FBTSL services.
- If you wish to create an account with the same mobile number and/or email id, through which you had raised your account deletion request. In such case, FBTSL shall consider and register you on its platform as new customer.
- Not with standing contrary to the above, the deletion of your account does not mean that all your account operations and responsibilities before your account deletion are exempted or mitigated.
- Customer can raise the Deletion request at care@freechargebiz.com and the same shall be completed within a period of 90 days from the Date on which the request is received.
- On receipt of account deletion request, FBTSL will delete your data and
immediately stop collecting, storing, and using your personal information
and other
data, except as otherwise required by applicable laws and regulations or
industry
standards. For example, FBTSL will retain your transaction related
details and
corresponding data for compliance purposes as per RBI, PMLA and PPI &
Guidelines
respectively, for up-to as may be permitted under the extant applicable
law.
- Indemnity
You shall indemnify and hold harmless FBTSL, its officers, directors, contractors or agents and any third parties relying on the Information provided by You for any losses, including all claims, damages, liabilities, deficiencies, assessments, interest, awards, settlements, penalties, fines, costs or expenses, suffered, incurred, sustained by, or imposed on FBTSL, as a result of, arising out of, with respect to, in connection with or by reason of a breach or non-performance of any of the terms, conditions, representations, warranties or covenants contained in this Privacy Policy by You.
- User discretion and opt out
- You agree and acknowledge that You are providing Your Personal Information/Non Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information voluntarily, out of Your own free will. You have an option not to provide or permit FBTSL to collect Your Personal Information/Non Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information or later on withdraw Your consent with respect to such Personal Information/Non-Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information so provided herein, in writing, by sending an email to the grievance officer, details of whom are set out in clause 14 of this Privacy Policy, or to such other electronic address of the respective FBTSL as may be notified to You. In such case, You should neither visit the Website nor use any services provided by FBTSL nor shall contact FBTSL. Further, FBTSL may not deliver products to You, upon Your order, or FBTSL may deny You access from using certain services offered on the Website. FBTSL also reserves the right to store and not delete the data that is required for its operations to provide You with continuous usage of its services.
- You can review, add or update Your Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information on a regular basis. Any Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information found to be inaccurate or deficient, can be amended or corrected by You, as feasible. However, We will not be responsible for the authenticity of the Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information provided by You to Us or to any other entity acting on behalf of Us. Kindly note that FBTSL shall retain Your previous Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information in its records, as required under applicable law.
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Grievance Officer
- If You find any discrepancies or have any grievances in relation to the
collection,
storage, use, disclosure and transfer of Your Personal Information/Sensitive
Personal
Information under this Privacy Policy or any terms of the terms of use of
FBTSL, and other terms and conditions or policies of any FBTSL,
please contact the following
personnel:
Mr. Ganji Laxminarayana, the designated grievance officer
Phone: 9266685153
E-mail: grievanceofficer@freechargebiz.com
Working Days: Monday to Friday
Working Hours: 9:30 am to 6:30 pm - For loans: Mr. Soumitra Roy, Nodal Officer Axis Bank LTD. NPC1,
5th Floor “Gigaplex”, Plot No .I.T.5, MIDC Airoli
Knowledge Park, Airoli, Navi Mumbai – 400708
Email: nodal.officer@axisbank.com
Call: 080-61865200 Timings: 9.30 am to 5.30 pm Monday to Saturday (except 2nd and 4th Saturdays and bank holidays)
- We will strive to address Your feedback and concerns in a timely and effective manner. The details of the grievance officer may be changed by Us from time to time by updating this Privacy Policy.
- If You find any discrepancies or have any grievances in relation to the
collection,
storage, use, disclosure and transfer of Your Personal Information/Sensitive
Personal
Information under this Privacy Policy or any terms of the terms of use of
FBTSL, and other terms and conditions or policies of any FBTSL,
please contact the following
personnel:
- Business / Assets Sale or Transfers
By accepting this Privacy Policy, you hereby agree that, in the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets or business of FBTSL to a third party or in the event of bankruptcy of FBTSL, FBTSL may transfer or otherwise share some or all of its assets, including Your Personal Information/Non-Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information to such third party. Should such a sale or transfer occur, FBTSL will reasonably ensure that the Personal Information/Non-Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information You have provided and which We have collected is stored and used by the transferee in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy and with applicable laws. Any third party to which FBTSL transfer or sell as aforesaid will have the right to continue to use the Personal Information/Non Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information that You provide to Us or collected by Us immediately prior to such transfer or sale for the Purposes.
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Further Acknowledgements
You hereby acknowledge and agree that this Privacy Policy:
- is clear and easily accessible and provide statements of policies and practices FBTSL with respect to Personal Information/Non-Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information ;
- provides for the various types of Personal Information/Non-Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information to be collected;
- provides for the purposes of collection and usage of the Personal Information/Non Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information;
- provides for disclosure of Personal Information/Non-Personal Information/Sensitive Personal Information; and
- provides for reasonable security practices and procedures as per the applicable laws, rules and regulations for the time being in force.
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Definitions
- “Third Party Service Providers” or “Partners” shall mean any third party entity with which any of FBTSL has a contractual arrangement for providing any kind of services to the respective FBTSL; and
- “Banks” shall mean various banks, financial institutions, payment system providers who are licensed by the Reserve Bank of India and with whom any of the FBTSL has entered into an agreement.
- The FBTSL has provided this Privacy Policy to familiarize You with:
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Digital Lending Privacy Policy
Last Updated on 1st January, 2026.
This privacy policy is a legally binding document between you and Freecharge Business and Technology Services Limited(FBTSL). The terms of this privacy policy will be effective upon your accessing any digital loan/digital lending product available on the “website” (website/mobile site/mobile application) of FBTSL and will govern the relationship between you and FBTSL for your use of the website. This document is published and shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of the Information Technology (Reasonable Security Practices And Procedures And Sensitive Personal Data Or Information) Rules, 2011 under the Information Technology Act, 2000; the Digital Lending Guidelines as published and updated by the RBI from time-to-time, and other applicable regulations.
This privacy policy shall be read together with the respective terms of use or other terms and conditions of FBTSL, including the general Privacy Policy which can be found on our website here: https://www.freechargebiz.in/termsandconditions. This privacy policy shall be applicable to customers availing digital lending services from FBTSL. However, if you use any other services provided by us, the general Privacy Policy shall apply. We will ensure that the Personal Information collected from you when you avail our other services will not be used for any of the digital lending services we provide without your explicit consent.
This privacy policy describes how your data and ‘Personal Information’ is used for facilitating loan products offered by our lending partners on the FBTSL website.
This policy may be amended / updated from time to time. We will notify you of any amendment of, or update to, the policy; as required under applicable laws.
In this policy, Personal Information shall mean any information that relates to a person; which can be used by itself to uniquely identify, contact, or locate a person, or can be used with information available from other sources to uniquely identify an individual.
FBTSL intends for this Privacy Policy to help you understand the following:
- What Personal Information is collected from you when you avail loan products?
- What do we do with the Personal Information we collect?
- How do we secure your Personal Information?
- What control can you exercise over the Personal Information we collect?
- How long do we store the Personal Information collected?
- How can you contact us for any Grievances you may have?
FBTSL follows a data collection approach that is strictly need-based, gathering information only when necessary, and only when you have given explicit consent for the same.
What Personal Information is collected from you when you avail loan products?
To facilitate your use of loan products, we may collect the following:
- Personal Details: Full name, date of birth, gender, email ID, mobile number, PAN Number, marital status, father's & mother's name, current and permanent address.
- Employment & Income details: Employment/ profession type, employer/ company name, industry, registration type, individual & household income, office address.
- Bank Details: Bank account number, IFSC code, Bank name,
- Information obtained from your mobile device by way of using our app like device information (including storage, model, mobile network, apps installed) but excluding phonebook, call logs, contacts and photos/media.
- In addition, we may also request one-time access to certain features of your mobile phone like camera, microphone, location or any other facility, necessary for the purposes of credit assessment/on-boarding/KYC performed by lending partners. We do not collect or store any biometric data.
What do we do with the Personal Information we collect?
Any Personal Information we get from you is stored only in servers located within India, and will only be used for limited purposes. These limited purposes may include (non-exhaustively):
- Facilitation of your loan application from our lending partners
- Compliance with laws or orders from regulators, courts, or other authorized bodies
- Maintenance and administration of our website
- Improving our marketing to provide you with customized offerings and deals, etc.
- Maintain and improve our products and services
- To send communication, through SMS, Voice Call, IVR, WhatsApp or any third-party messaging platform, in relation to your use of the Platform or Services, or to address any grievances raised by you.
- To undertake research and analytics for mitigating frauds.
No Personal Information will be shared with any third party unless you have given explicit consent to us for the same, except for cases where such sharing is required as per statutory or regulatory requirements. We will share the information collected with third parties and our business associates for the purpose of availing technology services and promotional/business communication. A list of all third parties we share your Personal Information with (as per your explicit consent), is provided below:
- Karza Technologies Private Limited
- TSS Consultancy Private Limited
- Karix Mobile Private Limited
- MattsenKumar Services Pvt. Ltd.
- Gupshup Technology India Pvt Ltd.
- ValueFirst Digital Media Pvt Ltd.
- Bureau ID India Pvt Ltd
- Vansun Operations Private Limited
- SAN Softwares Private Limited
- Experian Credit Information Company of India Private Limited
How do we secure your Personal Information?
Your Personal Information is safe with us. We have implemented robust and industry-standard procedures, in accordance with applicable laws, to safeguard Personal Information and uphold security. It remains your responsibility to protect the security of your login details. Our servers are situated within secure environments, reinforced by firewalls and advanced security technologies, which effectively deter unauthorized interference or external access. These measures are in place to prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure appropriate data usage. Despite the reasonable security measures applied across all our digital platforms and internet connections, it is essential to acknowledge that security risks beyond our control, such as hacking, virus dissemination, force majeure events, breaches of firewall, and secure server software, may still pose potential threats. In the improbable incident of a data breach; FBTSL will take necessary and appropriate steps to mitigate the damage and to safeguard our user’s data. Further, reporting of such incident shall be done as per the requirement of applicable laws.
While the information is shared with third parties as per purposes set out in this Policy, processing of your Personal Information is governed by their policies. FBTSL ensures stricter or no less stringent privacy protection obligations are cast on these third-parties, wherever applicable and to the extent possible. FBTSL may also share Personal Information with third-parties such as legally recognized authorities, regulatory bodies, governmental authorities, and financial institutions as per purposes set out in this Policy or as per applicable laws. In the event you suspect that your personal information has/may have been compromised, you may reach out to our grievance officer and inform him/her of the same. FBTSL will take reasonable measure to redress the user’s above grievance.
What control can you exercise over the Personal Information we collect?
You will be able to contact the Grievance Redressal Officer (details provided below) if you wish to revoke consent already granted for use of any data or for collection of personal data, restrict disclosure to third parties, or if you wish for all your data to be removed from our custody (Please note that some data may still be retained in order to comply with applicable laws and regulations). You can raise the deletion request at care@freechargebiz.com and the same shall be completed within a period of 90 days from the date on which the request is received.
How long do we store the Personal Information collected?
Your information will be stored and retained by us for a period of 7 years, or until necessary to fulfil the stated purpose(s) at the time of collection. The aforementioned duration of seven years will be computed either from the moment your account is terminated or from the most recent instance of accessing our services, whichever occurs later. Further, upon any request by you for deletion, we will proceed to remove your Personal Information, unless you have an ongoing loan or active service with us, or if the retention of your Personal Information is mandated by relevant laws or regulatory obligations.
Details of Lending Partners/ Service Providers
Links to the website of our lending partners for further/detailed information about the loan products, the lender, the LSP (Us), particulars of customer care, link to Sachet Portal, privacy policies, etc. are provided below.
How can you contact us for any Grievances you may have?
If you find any discrepancies or have any grievances in relation to the collection, storage, use, disclosure and transfer of your data under this policy, any of the terms and conditions, or other policies of FBTSL, please contact the following personnel:
Mr. Ganji Laxminarayana,
Designated grievance officer
Phone: 9266685153
E-mail: grievanceofficer@freechargebiz.com
Working Days: Monday to Friday
Working Hours: 9:30 am to 6:30 pm
We will strive to address your feedback and concerns in a timely and effective manner. The details of the grievance officer may be changed by us from time to time by updating this policy.
Grievance Redressal for Axis Bank
Personal loan customers can connect to the bank through calls, email or by visiting branch/loan centres. Axis bank has set a maximum 10 days response time period and if the concerned customer is dissatisfied with the response received, he/she can escalate the complaint to Level 2.
- Level 1 - Front End Channels
- Contact number: 1860-419-5555/1860-500-5555
- Complaint Registration: https://application.axisbank.co.in/webforms/axis-support/index.aspx
- Branches/Loan Centres: Customers can visit the “Locate Us” section of the website (www.axisbank.com) to get the details of the nearest branch or loan centre
- Level 2 - Circle Nodal Officer/Nodal Officer at HO
The concerned customer can communicate with Nodal officers of the bank if he/she is not satisfied with the solution provided at Level 1. The bank claims to reply within 10 days and if the response received is unsatisfactory, he/she can escalate the matter to Level 3.
The customer can send an email/write a letter/call the Nodal Officer:
Write to Email Call Mr. Ashish Rajput
Assistant Vice President
Nodal Officer Axis Bank LTD. NPC1, 5th Floor, “Gigaplex”, Plot No .I.T.5, MIDC Airoli Knowledge Park, Airoli, Navi Mumbai – 400708nodal.officer@axisbank.com Ph. 91-080-61865200
9.30 AM to 5.30 PM
Monday to Saturday (except 2nd and 4th Saturdays and bank holidays) - Level 3 – Principal Nodal Officer
If the concerned customer still feels dissatisfied with the solution provided at Level 2, he/she can connect with the bank’s Principal Nodal Officer using the below-mentioned channels.
Write to Email Call Ms. Deepti Radkar
Executive Vice President
Axis Bank Limited, NPC1, 5th Floor, Gigaplex, Plot no I.T.5, MIDC, Airoli Knowledge Park. Airoli, Navi Mumbai - 400708pno@axisbank.com Ph. 91-080-61865098
9.30 AM to 5.30 PM
Monday to Saturday (except 2nd and 4th Saturdays and bank holidays)
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Terms of Use of FreechargeBiz
Last Updated on 1st January, 2026.
These Terms of Use, read with the Privacy Policy, are an electronic record under the Information Technology Act, 2000, and the rules made thereunder and the amended provisions pertaining to electronic records under various statutes as amended by the Information Technology Act, 2000 and is enforceable against You (as defined hereinafter) under law by way of Your acceptance hereof. This document is published in accordance with the provisions of Rule 3 (1) of the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011 that require publishing the rules and regulations, privacy policy and user agreement for access or usage of domain name https://www.freechargebiz.in/ (“Website”), including the related mobile site, domains, and mobile application (hereinafter collectively referred to as “Platform”).
Your use of the Platform and services provided through the Platform (“Services”) are governed by the following terms and conditions ("Terms of Use") including any terms and policies which are incorporated herein by way of reference along with any amendments / modifications made by Freecharge Business and Technology Services Ltd. (hereafter referred to as FBTSL) at its sole discretion and posted on the Website, including by way of imposing an additional charge for access to or use of the Services. These Terms of Use are a binding legal agreement between You and FBTSL (both terms defined below) and come into effect when You register for a FBTSL Account/FreechargeBiz Account or upon Your usage of the Platform and/or any Services.
For the purpose of these Terms of Use, wherever the context so requires "You" (with the term “Your” or “Yourself” being construed accordingly) or "User" shall mean any natural or legal person who registers for creation of an account with FBTSL (“FBTSL Account” or “FreechargeBiz Account”) or surfs the Platform or makes any transactions without registering on the Platform. Unless explicitly mentioned hereunder, the term “FBTSL”, "We", "Us", "Our" shall mean Freecharge Business and Technology Services Limited, a company registered under the Companies Act, 2013, having its registered address at 11th Floor, Tower C, DLF Cyber Greens, DLF Cyber City, DLF Phase 3, Gurugram, Haryana 122022.
Our Services are very diverse and additional terms or product requirements shall apply to certain Services. These Terms of Use are in addition to and not in derogation with terms and conditions of any other Service provided by FBTSL either individually or by affiliates of FBTSL (“Affiliates”) or by third parties. Thus, when You use any of the Services provided by Us through the Platform, You will be subject to the rules, guidelines, policies, terms, and conditions applicable to such Services, and they shall be deemed to be incorporated into these Terms of Use and shall be considered as part of these Terms of Use. If there is a conflict between these Terms of Use and the additional terms, the additional terms will supersede these Terms of Use.
Please read these Terms of Use carefully before You use the Platform and/or any Services. We reserve the right, at Our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these Terms of Use, at any time without any prior written notice to You. It is Your responsibility to review these Terms of Use periodically for updates / changes. Your continued use of the Platform following the posting of changes will mean that You accept and agree to the revisions. As long as You comply with these Terms of Use, We grant You a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited privilege to enter and use the Platform.
- Eligibility: The Platform and/or the Services should only be used or accessed by persons who are competent to enter into a legally binding contract under the Indian Contract, 1872. If You are a minor (i.e. You are under the age of 18 years), You may use the Platform or Services only with the involvement of Your parent or guardian. Additionally, by agreeing to these Terms of Use, You represent that You are an Indian resident and have a valid and subsisting right, authority and capacity to enter into these Terms of Use and to abide by all of the terms and conditions contained herein. You also undertake that You are not impersonating any person or entity, or falsely stating or otherwise misrepresenting identity, age or affiliation with any person or entity. FBTSL reserve the right to terminate Your account and / or refuse to provide You with access to the Platform if it is brought to Our notice or if it is discovered that You do not qualify the eligibility criteria provided herein.
- Registration and Your FBTSL Account:
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You agree and understand that You are responsible for maintaining the
confidentiality of the Account information i.e., Your password which,
together with Your e-mail address (“User ID”), allows You
to access the Platform. This User ID and password, together with any mobile
number or other information You provide form Your "Registration
Information." You agree to:
i. provide only current, accurate and complete information about Yourself in the course of registering to use the Services and
ii. maintain and promptly update the Registration Information, as necessary, to keep it true, accurate, current, and complete at all times. If You provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, or there are grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, we may suspend or terminate Your Account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Services (or any portion thereof) and You will not have any cause of action against Us for such suspension or termination of Your Account. You agree that FBTSL shall not be liable or responsible for the activities or consequences of use or misuse of any information that occurs under Your FBTSL Account in cases, including, where You have failed to update Your Registration Information including Your revised mobile phone number and/or e-mail address on the Platform.
- If You share or allow others to have access to Your FBTSL Account, by creating separate profiles under Your Account, or otherwise, they will be able to view and access Your Account information. You shall be solely liable and responsible for all the activities undertaken under Your Account, and any consequences therefrom. You may be held liable for losses incurred by FBTSL or any other User of or visitor to the Platform due to authorized or unauthorized use of Your FBTSL Account as a result of Your failure in keeping Your Account information secure and confidential or otherwise.
- All information and instructions received from Your FBTSL Account will be deemed to have been authorized by You and the recipients of this information shall rely on its authenticity based on the use of Your password. You will be responsible for all actions taken by anyone accessing the services using Your username and password/one time password (OTP).
- In the event of any dispute between two or more parties as to ownership of a particular FBTSL Account, You agree that FBTSL will be the arbitrator of such dispute. FBTSL’s decision (which may include termination or suspension of any account subject to dispute) will be final and binding on all parties.
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You agree and understand that You are responsible for maintaining the
confidentiality of the Account information i.e., Your password which,
together with Your e-mail address (“User ID”), allows You
to access the Platform. This User ID and password, together with any mobile
number or other information You provide form Your "Registration
Information." You agree to:
- Verification of Information: You understand that when You access or use the Platform or Services, We may share some or all of the information You provide with the third parties and other statutory, regulatory, and governmental authorities. By accepting these Terms of Use, You authorize FBTSL to request for supplemental documentation at any time (before or after Your FBTSL Account has been activated), in order to verify Your identity, and the accuracy of the information provided. If We cannot verify that the Registration Information is accurate and complete, We may deny Your use of the Platform and Services, or close Your FBTSL Account at any time.
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Ownership:
You acknowledge and agree that the Platform, the Services, including without
limitation any content available on the Platform and all trademarks, service marks
and trade names and other intellectual property rights associated therewith are, and
will remain, the property of FBTSL and its licensors, as applicable. All
content related to FBTSL’s corporate and business activities, whether embedded
in the Platform or otherwise, including any text, graphics, logos, button icons,
images, audio clips and software, is the exclusive property of FBTSL or its
licensors and is protected by applicable laws. The compilation (meaning the
collection, arrangement, and assembly) of any and all content on the Platform and
Services is also the exclusive property of the FBTSL and is protected by
applicable laws.
All software used on the Platform and the Services is the property of FBTSL or its licensors / software suppliers and protected by Indian and international copyright laws. Any use except as specifically permitted under these Terms of Use, including the reproduction, modification, distribution, transmission, republication, display, or performance, of the content on the Platform or the Services is strictly prohibited. All graphics, logos and service names are trademarks of FBTSL or its affiliates. Our trademarks should not be used in connection with any product or services without obtaining authorization from FBTSL, in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among Our customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits FBTSL. The logos and trademarks of third parties on the Platform belong to respective third parties / brands. - License and Restrictions:
- Subject to these Terms of Use, FBTSL grants You a limited, personal, non-assignable, non-transferable, nonexclusive, revocable, and non-sublicensable license to use and/or access the Platform and Services for such legitimate purposes that the Platform and Services intend to serve. You will be entitled to download and use any updates that We may make to the Platform and Services, subject to any additional terms, as and when these updates available. The license granted herein is revocable at any time and will continue until such time, when You cease to use or access the Platform and/or Services or Your use or access to the Platform and/or Services is terminated by Us.
- You may not, nor may permit any third party, directly or indirectly, to:
i. access or monitor any material or information on the Platform or Services or any associated system using any manual process or robot, spider, scraper, or other automated means;
ii. work around, bypass, or circumvent any of the technical limitations of the Platform or Services, use any tool to enable features or functionalities that are otherwise disabled in the Platform or Services, or decompile, disassemble, or otherwise reverse engineer the Platform or Services or otherwise exploit them for any commercial purpose;
iii. perform or attempt to perform any actions that would interfere with the proper working of the Platform or Services, prevent access to or use of the Services by Our other customers, or impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on Our infrastructure;
iv. copy, reproduce, alter, modify, create derivative works, publicly display, republish, upload, post, transmit, resell, or distribute in any way material, information, or Services;
v. post or transmit any file which contains viruses, worms, trojan horses or any other contaminating or destructive features, or that otherwise interfere with the proper working of the services;
vi. use and benefit from the Platform and Services via a rental, lease, timesharing, or other arrangement;
vii. downloading (other than page caching) of any portion of the services or any information contained therein, except as expressly permitted by Us
viii. transfer any rights granted to You under these Terms of Use;
ix. use the Platform and Services for the sale of firearms, firearm parts, ammunition, weapons, or other devices designed to cause physical harm;
x. use the Platform and Services for any illegal activity or goods or in any way that exposes You, other users, Our partners, or FBTSL to harm; or
xi. otherwise use the Platform or Services except as expressly allowed under these Terms of Use.
If We reasonably suspect that Your FBTSL Account has been used for an unauthorized, illegal, or criminal purpose, We may terminate or suspend Your FBTSL Account. Additionally, You give Us express authorization to share information about You, Your FBTSL Account, and any of Your transactions with law enforcement bodies and officials.
- Compatible Mobile Devices and Third-Party Carriers: We do not warrant that the Platform and/or Services will be compatible with Your mobile device or carrier. Your use of the Platform and/or Services may be subject to the terms of Your agreements with Your mobile device manufacturer or Your telecom carrier. You may not use a modified device to use the Services if the modification is contrary to the device manufacturer's software or hardware guidelines, including disabling hardware or software controls-sometimes referred to as ‘jail broken’.
- Privacy Policy: Please read Our Privacy Policy to understand Our practices which governs Your use of the Platform and Services. Any information (including Your personal information and/or sensitive personal data or information) provided by You on the Platform will be collected, stored, processed, transferred, or shared by Us in accordance with Our Privacy Policy. These Terms of Use are deemed to incorporate the Privacy Policy posted on this Website and accessible/embedded in the mobile application.
- Your Content: The Services may include functionality for uploading or providing suggestions, recommendations, feedback, photos, documents, and other materials or information ("Content"). You will not host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, update or share any Content through the Platform or Services that: (a) belongs to another person and to which the user does not have any right to, (b) is grossly harmful, harassing, blasphemous defamatory, obscene, pornographic, pedophilic, libelous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically objectionable, disparaging, relating or encouraging money laundering or gambling, or otherwise unlawful in any manner whatever; (c) harm minors in any way; (d) infringes any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights; (e) violates any law for the time being in force; (f) deceives or misleads the addressee about the origin of such messages or communicates any information which is grossly offensive or menacing in nature; (g) impersonate another person; (h) contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer resource; (i) threatens the unity, integrity, defense, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states, or public order or causes incitement to the commission of any cognizable offence or prevents investigation of any offence or is insulting any other nation; (j) is false, misleading, unlawful, obscene, indecent, lewd, pornographic, defamatory, libelous, threatening, harassing, hateful, abusive, or inflammatory; (k) encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offense or gives rise to civil liability; (l) breaches or infringes any rights of any person or entity, including rights of privacy or intellectual property; (m) contains corrupted data or any other harmful, disruptive, or destructive files; (n) in Our sole judgment, is objectionable, or which may expose FBTSL and its Affiliates or its customers to harm or liability of any nature.
- Single-Sign-On Services: FBTSL offers a Single-Sign-On Service (“SSO Service”) which permit Users to use the login credentials of his/her FBTSL Account to access all web pages and online platforms operated by FBTSL (hereinafter the “Participating Platforms”) with single log-in access / data, without going through a separate registration process every time. The number of Participating Platforms may also vary in the course of time. With regard to the contractual relationships of the Users with the respective Participating Platforms and Services offered thereto, for which the SSO Service can be used in accordance with these Terms of Use, these Participating Platforms and Services may alternatively have their own terms and conditions which shall be available on the respective Participating Platforms. In order to be able to use the SSO Service, You must have a FBTSL Account. You are permitted to set up only one FBTSL Account.
- In-App Services: FBTSL(in association with Freecharge Payment Technologies Pvt. Ltd. - FPTPL) facilitates purchase of and/or payments with respect to certain Services offered by third parties who have partnered with FBTSL to enable payments with respect to their services to be made through the Platform such as utility payments with respect to prepaid recharges for mobile, postpaid mobile bills, DTH bills, electricity, gas , insurance premiums etc. and payments with respect to third digital products such as electronic gift cards, etc. In addition, We provide value added services such as bill presentment, bill reminders, and transaction history for transparency of transactions, etc. (“In-App Services” powered by FPTPL). By choosing to use In-App Services, You understand that FBTSL nor its Affiliates assumes no liability for the actual delivery of the products and/or services with respect to which payments are being made using the In-App Services. All obligations with respect to the delivery of products and/or services will be solely that of the third party service provider and not of FBTSL. Further, all payments made using In-App Services shall be final. Such transactions cannot be refunded, returned, or cancelled once initiated.
- Our Fee:You understand that You may be charged a fee with respect to Your use of the Platform or Services. Further, We may also charge a fee with respect to certain optional valued added services that You elect to use. The amount of the fee will be displayed to You on the payment page. You agree to pay all such fees and charges as may be applicable to the Services You use and authorize Us to add the fee to the amount of the bill payment You request or bill You separately for such fees. You agree and accept that We reserve the right to change the fee structure from time to time.
- Rewards:
- Subject to these Terms of Use, customers who register for a FBTSL Account may be eligible to receive Freecharge Rewards (“Freecharge Rewards Program”). As a part of the Freecharge Rewards Program, You may receive offers, scratch cards, discounts, cashbacks, coupons, etc. (“Reward”) provided by Us or Our partners.
- Rewards program will be applicable on minimum transaction amount of Rs. 50 or above. In case of UPI transactions, the Customer will be eligible for a Reward only if the Customer makes payment using a Freecharge UPI handle.
- In order to be eligible to receive the Reward, the Customer will also be required to provide FBTSL access to the Customer’s location.
- The Rewards Program is not open to residents of the states where such contest/offer may be prohibited.
- The Reward You receive may be determined basis factors such Rewards that You may have received in the past, payment methods that You may use, how often You use the FBTSL Platform, etc.
- In case there is more than one offer available simultaneously, no two offers can be combined.
- In case the Reward is in the form of a scratch card, the scratch card must be availed within 30 days. Any scratch cards which remain unused for 30 days, will expire.
- If You avail any Reward provided by Us or Our partners (“Reward Program Partner”), You accept the terms and conditions provided in respect of such Reward. Further, You understand that all terms and conditions provided with respect to any Reward shall form part of and shall be read in conjunction with these Rewards Program Terms.
- Fulfillment of redemption requests against Rewards that may be offered by Reward Program Partners are subject to availability of the products and warranties/restrictions placed by the Reward Partners at the time of the redemption. In case a Reward Partner fails to honor a Reward, the liability of FBTSL shall be solely limited to providing the customer a substitute Reward as may be determined as suitable by FBTSL.
- FBTSL reserves the right to modify wholly or in part the Freecharge Reward Program by any other program or terminate the Freecharge Reward Program at any time Offer without assigning any reasons or without any prior notice to the You, including but not limited to placing a cap on the number of times a customer will be eligible to receive a Reward under this Freecharge Rewards Program. FBTSL also reserve the right to offer/ withdraw any special items for a special set of customers selected at its discretion. FBTSL reserves the right to disqualify any FBTSL Account from the benefits of this offer in case of any fraudulent activity/suspicious transactions.
- Cashback:Cashback received by the customer either upon redemption of a Freefund Code or Deal (subject to terms of the Deal Partners) or with respect to transactions made through Platform or using Services including any In-App Services (including Cashback received as a Reward), shall be in the form of ‘Freecharge Gift Instrument issued by Axis Bank’ (“Cashback”). The same shall be redeemable within 365 days from the date of issuance. You understand and acknowledges that the Cashback cannot be exchanged for its value in cash, either in full or in part. You further acknowledge that the value stored in the Cashback cannot transferred in any manner whatsoever.
- Freefund Code: This code entitles the customer to receive Cashback upon redemption (“Freefund Code”). The customer understands that the Freefund Code is not a prepaid payment instrument. The validity of a Freefund Code shall be as determined by FBTSL and conveyed to the customer at the time of issuance of the Freefund Code.
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Payments: All payments made through the Platform and/or with
respect to Services availed shall be compulsorily in Indian Rupees. You understand
and acknowledge that when You use any of the payment method/s available on the
Platform for availing the Services, FBTSL Entities shall not be responsible for
or assume any liability, whatsoever in respect of any loss or damage arising
directly or indirectly to You due to:
- Lack of authorization for any transaction(s), or
- Exceeding the preset limit mutually agreed by You and between bank/s and/or other institutions used by You in making payment, or
- Any payment issues arising out of the transaction, or
- Rejection of transaction for any other reason(s) whatsoever.
- Refunds:In case any amount is transferred, or payment is made by You to any third party through the Platform or Services, FBTSL shall not be liable to refund such amount to You under any circumstances. If You erroneously send a payment to the wrong party or send a payment for the wrong amount (for instance a typographical error at Your end), Your only recourse will be to contact the party to whom You have sent the payment and ask them to refund the amount. FBTSL will not reimburse You or reverse a payment that You have erroneously made.
- Communication: FBTSL, OUR AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, AFFILIATES MAY COMMUNICATE WITH YOU THROUGH E-MAIL, SMS, TELEPHONE, CALLS USING PRERECORDED MESSAGES OR ARTIFICIAL VOICE, CALLS AND MESSAGES DELIVERED USING AUTO TELEPHONE DIALLING SYSTEM OR AN AUTOMATIC TEXTING SYSTEM, BY POSTING NOTIFICATIONS ON THE PLATFORM (INCLUDING PUSH NOTIFICATIONS) OR ANY OTHER MEANS OF COMMUNICATION. BY USING THE PLATFORM, YOU CONSENT TO RECEIVE SUCH COMMUNICATIONS FROM FBTSL IN RELATION TO THE PLATFORM AND/OR SERVICES, YOUR FBTSL ACCOUNT INFORMATION, OR ANY UPDATES/ CHANGES TO THE PLATFORM/ SERVICES AND/ OR OTHER PROMOTIONAL OR MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS FROM FBTSL AND ITS AFFILIATES.
- Disclaimer of Warranties: YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT,
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, YOUR USE OF THE PLATFORM OR
SERVICES IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND DISCRETION. THE PLATFORM IS LICENSED TO YOU
"ASIS," "WITH ALL FAULTS," AND "AS AVAILABLE." YOU BEAR THE RISK OF USING IT.
FBTSL AND/ OR ITS AFFILIATES GIVES NO EXPRESS WARRANTIES, GUARANTEES, OR
CONDITIONS UNDER OR IN RELATION TO THE PLATFORM OR SERVICES. FBTSL AND/ OR ITS
AFFILIATES EXCLUDE ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS, INCLUDING THOSE OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON- INFRINGEMENT.
FBTSL MAKES NO WARRANTY AGAINST AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR: (A) INTERFERENCE OF YOUR ENJOYMENT OF THE PLATFORM OR SERVICES; (B) LOSSES OR DAMAGES INCLUDING ANY PERSONAL INJURY ARISING FROM OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO YOUR ACCESS OR USE OF THE PLATFORM AND/ OR SERVICES; (C) USE OF ANY CONTENT POSTED, TRANSMITTED, OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE PLATFORM AND/ OR SERVICES; (D) FAILURE, SUSPENSION OR WITHDRAWAL OF ALL OR PART OF THE PLATFORM AND/ OR ANY SERVICE AT ANY TIME; (E) ANY BUGS, VIRUSES, OR THE LIKE WHICH MAY BE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE PLATFORM OR SERVICES; (F) FUNCTIONAL, UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE OR BUG-FREE DELIVERY OF THE PLATFORM AND/ OR SERVICES; (G) SECURITY, RELIABILITY OR TIMELINESS OF THE PLATFORM AND/ OR SERVICES. ANY CONTENT OR MATERIAL DOWNLOADED THROUGH YOUR USE OF THE PLATFORM AND/ OR SERVICES IS AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS OF DATA OCCURRING ON YOUR DEVICE OR ANY OTHER LOSS OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND RESULTING FROM THE DOWNLOAD AND USE OF THE PLATFORM AND/ OR SERVICES. NO ADVICE, COURSE OF CONDUCT OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED BY YOU FROM FBTSL OR ANY PARTY OR THROUGH THE PLATFORM AND/ OR SERVICES WILL CREATE ANY WARRANTY UNLESS EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS.
WHILST FBTSL WILL UNDERTAKE ALL REASONABLE EFFORTS AND DUE DILIGENCE TO ENSURE SECURITY AND INTEGRITY, FBTSL WILL, IN PARTICULAR, NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE FOLLOWING: DELAY OR ERRORS IN TRANSMISSION AND/ OR STORAGE OF INFORMATION TO OR THROUGH FBTSL THAT MIGHT OCCUR FROM TIME TO TIME INTRUSION, DISTORTION, LOSS OR FORGERY OF DATA, ETC DUE TO ACT OF ANY THIRD PARTY, FAILURE OF ANY SOFTWARE AND/OR HARDWARE OR TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICE PROVIDER(S) USED BY FBTSL OR YOU OR ANY OTHER ACT BEYOND OUR REASONABLE CONTROL.YOU WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENCES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM ANYTHING TRANSMITTED OR CAUSED TO BE TRANSMITTED BY YOU, TO OR THROUGH THE PLATFORM AND/OR SERVICES.
THE PLATFORM AND SERVICES ARE CONTROLLED AND OPERATED FROM AND IN INDIA. WE MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS THAT THE SERVICES ARE APPROPRIATE OR AVAILABLE FOR USE IN OTHER LOCATIONS. THOSE WHO ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS DO SO AT THEIR OWN VOLITION AND ARE ENTIRELY RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE INDIAN LAWS, RULES, REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO EXPORT AND IMPORT REGULATIONS AND RBI REGULATIONS. YOU SHOULD NOT USE THE SERVICE IF YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF A COUNTRY EMBARGOED BY INDIA, OR ARE A FOREIGN PERSON OR ENTITY BLOCKED OR DENIED BY THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT. UNLESS OTHERWISE EXPLICITLY STATED, ALL MATERIALS FOUND ON THE SERVICES ARE SOLELY DIRECTED TO INDIVIDUALS, COMPANIES, OR OTHER ENTITIES LOCATED IN INDIA.
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Termination
- Our Right: We reserve the right, without notice and in Our sole discretion, to terminate Your access to, and use of, of the Platform and Services and to block or prevent Your future access to, and use of, the Platform and/or the Services. Upon termination, You must uninstall any copies of the Services from Your computer and/or mobile or other devices. We will not be liable to You for the termination of the services or for any consequence arising out of termination of the services.
- Your Right: You may terminate these Terms of Use by closing Your FBTSL Account at any time. Upon closure of a FBTSL Account, any pending transactions will be cancelled.
- Termination for Force Majeure: We will have the option to suspend or terminate these Terms of Use and the discontinue any Services with immediate effect on the occurrence of a force majeure event.
- Effect of Termination:We will not be liable to You for compensation, reimbursement, or damages in connection with Your use of the Platform or Services, or any termination or suspension of the Services. The termination of these Terms of Use does not relieve You of obligations to pay any fees or costs accrued prior to the termination and any other amounts owed by You to Us, and/or Our partners and service providers under these Terms of Use or terms with respect to any Services offered through the Platform.
- Indemnification: You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless FBTSL, its Affiliates and agents and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, successors and assigns from and against any claim, proceeding, loss, damage, liability, cost, demand or expense (including but not limited to attorney's fees) of any kind arising out of: (i) Your access to or use of the Platform and Services; (ii) any breach of these Terms of Use or rules and/policies of any payment system providers; (iii) Your violation of the rights of a third party, including but not limited to infringement of any intellectual property, proprietary right or trade secret of any person or entity, or of any privacy or consumer protection right that is implicated herein; (iv) any violation of law or contractual obligation and any claims, demands, notices pursuant to such violation; (v) fraud, negligence or misconduct by You individually or in connivance with any third party; (vi) Your wrongful or improper use of the Platform and/or the Services. These obligations will survive termination of these Terms of Use.
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Limitation of Liability:
- To the maximum extent permitted by applicable laws, under no circumstance will FBTSL or its Affiliates, their respective directors, employees or agents be liable to You or any third party for personal injury, or any special, incidental, indirect, punitive, exemplary or consequential damages whatsoever, including, but not limited to, damages for loss of profits or revenues, goodwill, failure to transmit or receive any data, loss of confidential information, business interruption, loss of privacy, corruption or loss of data, failure to receive or backup Your data (or archived data), for any cause of action, including contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise and any other loss whatsoever arising out of or in any way arising from or related to the use of or inability to use the Platform and/or Services, including without limitation any damages caused by or resulting from reliance by You on any information obtained from Us or that result from mistakes, omissions, interruptions, deletion of files, errors, defects, viruses, delays in operation or transmission or any failure of performance, whether or not resulting from acts of god, communications failure, theft, destruction or unauthorized access to Our records, programs or services; or following a failure, suspension or withdrawal of all or part of the Platform at any time, any third party content, software or functions used in connection with the Platform even if FBTSL or any or all of its agents have been advised of the possibility of such damages. In no event shall Our aggregate liability, whether in contract, warranty, tort (including negligence, whether active, passive, or imputed), product liability, strict liability, or other theory, arising out of or relating to the use or inability to use the services exceed any fee, You pay to Us, if any, to access or use the Services giving rise to the cause of action or Rupees One Thousand only (Rs. 1000/-), whichever is lesser.
- In addition, We shall not be liable for errors You make in using the
Platform and Services, including the following:
i. You erroneously direct Us to submit a payment instruction multiple time;
ii. You direct Us to process payment for the wrong amount;
iii. You direct Us to submit a payment instruction for a wrong party; or
iv. You provide Us with incorrect or incomplete information.
Any of the above issue(s) needs to be taken up directly with the payee.
- You understand and acknowledge that We do not have control of, or liability for, the goods or services that are paid for via Service(s)
- Your liability: Except as otherwise provided by law, You will be liable for any loss or damage resulting from Your breach of these Terms of Use or Your negligence, or which resulted from unauthorized, fraudulent, or dishonest acts by others (other than Us). You are liable for all payments that You make, or which are made or requested under Your FBTSL Account, even if that payment is unauthorized.
- Some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. If these laws apply, some or all of the above disclaimers, exclusions or limitations may not apply. You agree that, if You are dissatisfied with the Services or any portion thereof, Your exclusive remedy shall be to stop using the Services.
- Governing Law, Jurisdiction and Dispute Resolution: These Terms of Use will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of India. You agree that any legal action or proceedings arising out of these Terms of Use may be brought exclusively in the competent courts/tribunals having jurisdiction in Gurugram in India and irrevocably submit themselves to the jurisdiction of such courts / tribunals. If any dispute, controversy, or claim arises under these Terms of Use or in relation to any Service or the Platform, including any question regarding the existence, validity, or termination of these Terms of Use (hereinafter “Dispute”), the parties shall use all reasonable endeavours to resolve such Dispute amicably. If the parties are unable to resolve the dispute amicably within 30 days of the notice of such dispute, FBTSL may elect to resolve any Dispute by a binding arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 (hereinafter “Act”). Such Dispute shall be arbitrated on an individual basis and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party. The Dispute shall be resolved by a sole arbitrator, appointed in accordance with the Act. The seat of the arbitration shall be Gurugram and the language of this arbitration shall be English. Either You or FBTSL may seek any interim or preliminary relief from a court of competent jurisdiction in Gurugram necessary to protect the rights or the property belonging to You (or any of Our agents, suppliers, and subcontractors), pending the completion of arbitration. Any arbitration shall be confidential, and neither You nor FBTSL may disclose the existence, content, or results of any arbitration, except as may be required by law or for purposes of enforcing the arbitration award. All administrative fees and expenses of arbitration will be divided equally between You and FBTSL. In all arbitrations, each party will bear the expense of its own lawyers and preparation. This paragraph shall survive termination of these Terms of Use.
- No Obligation for Maintenance: FBTSL has no obligation to monitor the functioning of the Platform. However, You acknowledge and agree that FBTSL has the right to monitor the functioning of the Platform electronically or otherwise from time to time and to disclose any information as necessary or appropriate to satisfy any law, regulation, or other governmental request, to operate the Platform properly or to protect itself or its service providers, alliance partners, visitors, Users. FBTSL reserve the right to refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that, in its sole discretion, are unacceptable, undesirable, inappropriate or in violation of the Terms of Use.
- No Agency: These Terms of Use and Your use of or access to the Platform are not intended to create an agency, partnership, joint-venture or employer-employee relationship between You and the Platform, FBTSL, any partner, except where otherwise specifically agreed or appointed.
- Third Party Services and Links to Other Web Sites: We may display third party content or advertisements through the services and may provide links that will take You to web pages and content of third parties that are not under Our control (collectively, "Third Party Content"). We make no representation, warranty, promise or guarantee whatsoever concerning any aspect of any Third Party Content, including without limitation regarding its accuracy or completeness. You agree that Your use of all Third Party Content is entirely at Your own risk. We provide Third Party Content solely as a convenience to You, and the provision of such a link is not an endorsement by Us of any aspect of the Third Party Content. You acknowledge and agree that We are not responsible or liable in any manner for any Third Party Content and undertake no responsibility to update or review any Third Party Content. Please remember that when You use a link to go from Our Platform to another website, Our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. If You browse and interact on any other website, including those that have a link on Our Platform, this will be subject to that website's own rules and policies.
- Assignment: These Terms of Use, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred, or assigned by You. We may assign, in whole or in part, the benefits or obligations of these Terms of Use. We will provide an intimation of such assignment to You, which will be binding on the parties to these Terms of Use.
- Force Majeure:We will not be liable for failure to perform under these Terms of Use as a result of any event of force majeure including but not limited to acts of god, fire, wars, sabotage, civil unrest, labour unrest, action of statutory authorities or local or state, central governments, change in laws, rules, and regulations, affecting Our and/or the payment system providers performance.
- Waiver: Unless otherwise expressly stated in these Terms of Use, the failure to exercise or delay in exercising a right or remedy under these Terms of Use will not constitute a waiver of the right or remedy or a waiver of any other rights or remedies, and no single or partial exercise of any right or remedy under these Terms of Use will prevent any further exercise of the right or remedy or the exercise of any other right or remedy.
- Survival of Provisions:These Terms of Use by their nature and content are intended to survive the performance hereof by any or all parties hereto and will so survive the completion and termination of this Terms and Conditions.
- Severability: If one or more provisions of these Terms are held to be unenforceable under applicable law(s), the remainder of these Terms will be valid and enforceable.
- Waiver:If You breach these Terms of Use and FBTSL takes no action, We will still be entitled to use Our rights and remedies in any other situation where You breach these Terms.
- Non-Exclusivity: It is agreed and clarified that these Terms of Use are being executed on a non-exclusive basis and the Parties are at liberty to enter into similar terms and agreements with others.
- Grievance Officer: In the event You have any queries/complaints regarding usage of Platform and/or Services, please contact grievanceofficer@freechargebiz.com. The complaints will be redressed in the manner provided under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules framed thereunder and Our Grievance Redressal Policy.
- Notices: All notices, requests, demands, waivers, and other
communications required or permitted to be given under these Terms and Conditions
will be in writing and to be sent to the following addresses:
For FBTSL:
Postal Address: 11th Floor, Tower C, DLF Cyber Greens,
DLF Cyber City, DLF Phase-3,
Gurugram, Haryana - 122002Email: care@freechargebiz.com
For You:
To the name and email address provided at the time of registration.
Or, in each case, at such other address as may be specified in writing to the other parties in accordance with the requirements of this clause. All such notices, requests, demands, waivers, and other communications will be deemed duly given
- if by personal delivery, on the day after such delivery,
- if by certified or registered mail, on the second day after the mailing thereof,
- if by courier service or similar service, on the day delivered, or
- if emailed, on the day following the day on which such email was sent, provided that a copy is also sent by registered mail
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User Guidelines:
- In consideration for granting you the rights hereunder, you hereby agree not to use the Platform for any purpose that is unlawful under any applicable laws and/or in violation of the terms of these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. You shall not use the Platform in any manner that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair our server, or any network(s) connected to any of Our server, or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Platform. You shall not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any functions and features, other user accounts, computer systems or networks connected to any FBTSL server, in any manner, including, through hacking, password mining or any other means. You shall not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means which is not intentionally made available through the Platform.
- The Platform is made available to you for your own personal and non-commercial use alone. You shall not allow third parties to: (i) make and/or distribute copies of the Platform or any deliverable generated by the Platform; (ii) attempt to copy, reproduce, alter, modify and/or reverse engineer the Platform; and/or (iii) create derivative works of the Platform. (iii) create derivative works of the Platform.
- You accept that any and all operations emanating from your device shall be assumed to have been initiated by you.
- You shall not copy, reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works of our content that is available on the Platform. Also, you shall not reverse engineer or reverse compile our technology that is available on the Platform, including, without limitation, such Java applet, as may be associated with the Platform from time to time.
- You shall request FBTSL, to block the Account and change the passcode immediately for the Account, if your device has been lost or stolen.
- You are responsible for any and all activities that occur in your Account. You agree to notify FBTSL immediately of any unauthorized use of the Account or any other breach of security. FBTSL shall not be liable for any loss to you or your organization owing to negligent actions or a failure on your part to inform FBTSL within a reasonable time, about loss or theft of your device and/or any unauthorized access in your Account, either with or without your knowledge.
- You shall be liable for losses incurred by FBTSL or any other party due to a third party’s use of the Account. You shall not use any other person’s account at any time, without the permission of the account holder and FBTSL.
- FBTSL shall make all reasonable efforts to ensure that your information is kept confidential. However, FBTSL shall not be responsible for any disclosure or leakage of confidential information and/or loss or damage of the device due to theft, negligence, or failure on your part to practice safe computing.
- You shall ensure that while using the functions and features, all prevailing and applicable laws, rules, and regulations, shall at all times, be strictly complied with by You and FBTSL shall not be liable in any manner whatsoever for default of any nature, by you, regarding the same.
- You understand and acknowledge that upon using the Product, you authorize us to access third party sites designated by you, on your behalf, to retrieve such information requested by you, and to register for accounts requested by you. For all purposes hereof, you hereby grant us a limited powers and hereby authorize us with the full power of substitution and re-substitution, for you and in your name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to access third party internet sites, servers or documents, retrieve information, and use your information, all as described above, with the full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection with services and facilities available on the Platform, as fully to all intents and purposes as you might or could do in person. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT WHEN WE ACCESSES AND RETRIEVE INFORMATION FROM THIRD PARTY SITES, WE ARE ACTING AS YOUR AGENT, AND NOT THE AGENT OR ON BEHALF OF THE THIRD PARTY. You agree that such third parties shall be entitled to rely on the foregoing authorization, agency granted by you.
- Warranties:
- The Platform and the functions and features therein are provided on an "as is" and on an "as available" basis. We expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.
- We shall make reasonable efforts to make available the Services and the Services at all times. However, we make no warranty that the Platform and the Services shall meet your requirements, be uninterrupted, timely, secure, and/or error free. Further we do not make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained from the use of the functions and features or as to the accuracy, reliability and/or quality of the output derived therefrom.
- We shall not be liable for the loss and/or damage of the confidential information or data of the User arising as a result of an event or a series of related events, that is beyond our control including failures of or problems with the internet or part of the internet, attempted hacker attacks, hacker attacks, denial of service attacks and/or viruses or other malicious software attacks or infections.
- Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the Platform is done at your own discretion and risk and you are solely responsible for any damage to your device or loss of data that results from the download of any such material. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from us through or from the service will create any warranty not expressly stated in these Terms of Use.
Specific terms and conditions with respect to certain In-App Services:
Certain services such as bill payment services under BBPS and mobile recharge services are provided in partnership with other service providers who have integrated their services on the FreechargeBiz App/Website. Your use of such bill payment and recharge services shall be governed by the terms and conditions as may be prescribed by such partners. You further understand that no dispute or claim shall be raised against the FBTSL in the event of denial of services or non- receipt or deficiency of services by such Partners. You further agree, acknowledge and consent to share such personal or other information to Partners as may be essential and necessary for provision of bill payment and recharge services.
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Terms and Conditions for Freecharge balance account (Prepaid Payment Instrument) issued by Axis Bank Limited
This document is an electronic record in terms of Information Technology Act, 2000 and generated by a computer system and does not require any physical or digital signatures.
This document is published in compliance of and shall be governed by Indian law, including but not limited to (i) the Indian Contract Act, 1872; (ii) the Information Technology Act, 2000, the rules, regulations, guidelines and clarifications framed thereunder; (iii) the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 and applicable rules, regulations and guidelines made thereunder; and (iv) Reserve Bank of India act, 1934 and the applicable rules, regulations and guidelines made thereunder for the bank for issuance and operation of pre-paid payment instrument and for money transfer (V) Master Direction- Know Your Customer(KYC) Direction, 2016 issued by RBI.
This document is disclosed in compliance with Section 21 of Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 and as required to be disclosed under policy guidelines on issuance and operation of pre-paid payment instrument in India.
This agreement is a legally binding document between you and the bank (both Terms defined below). The Terms of this document will be effective upon your issuance of pre-paid payment instrument by the bank or your usage of pre-paid payment instrument and will govern the relationship between you and the Bank for the Use of Freecharge Balance Account and Services (defined below). These Terms are in addition to and not in derogation with Terms and Conditions of any other product or services of the bank. Before Axis Bank Limited issues You the Freecharge Balance Account or before You use the Freecharge Balance Account (Prepaid Payment Instrument) issued by Axis Bank Limited, please read these TERMS & CONDITIONS carefully.
By offering to acquire, accepting or using Freecharge Balance Account, You are unconditionally agreeing to the Terms and Conditions set out below with Axis Bank Limited and will be bound by them.
By agreeing to these Terms and Conditions, You represent the following:- You are 18 (eighteen) years old or older;
- Capable of entering into a legally binding agreement;
- You are an Indian resident;
- You have not been previously suspended or removed from the Prepaid Payment Account Services or Single-Sign-On Services;
- You have valid and subsisting right, authority, and capacity to enter into these Terms and Conditions and to abide by all of the terms and conditions contained herein; and
- You are not impersonating any person or entity, or falsely stating or otherwise misrepresenting identity, age or affiliation with any person or entity.
All references in these Terms and Conditions to You or Your shall refer to the users or Customer of Website or Merchant Site(s). All references in these Terms and Conditions to We, Us, or Our shall refer to Freecharge Business and Technology Services Ltd. hereafter referred to as FBTSL, and their respective affiliates, as the case may be.
1. DEFINITIONS: Unless the context requires otherwise the terms defined shall have the same meaning attributed to them herein:
a) "Applicable Law(s)" shall mean all applicable central, state and local laws, statute, regulations, orders or directives as may be amended and in effect or re-enacted from time to time, order or other legislative action of any government authority to the extent having the force of law and in each case, any implementing regulation or interpretation issued thereunder including any successor Applicable Law;
b) "Customer" shall mean the registered user of FreechargeBiz account who also acquires Freecharge Balance Account from Axis Bank Limited
c) "FreechargeBiz Account" shall mean the account created by the Customer by using the services provided by FBTSL, upon the Customer “signing in” or “signing up” for the purposes of entering into a Transaction with a Merchant or other Customer; which would give the Customer access inter alia to Freecharge Balance Account.
d) "Freecharge Balance Account" or "Prepaid Payment Account" shall means a) a Small prepaid payment instrument and Full KYC prepaid payment instrument as the case may be, issued by Axis Bank Limited and which is branded with FBTSL in the form of a virtual payment account ("Freecharge Wallet") and/or (b) prepaid gift instrument(s) issued by Axis Bank Limited in the form of a virtual payment account ("Freecharge Gift Instrument"), which can be used on the Website or Merchants site(s) (a) to make payments for goods and services (" Products") purchased/availed through Merchant(s) or for transfer of funds from one Customer's Freecharge Wallet to another Freecharge Wallet if permissible under Applicable Law or for any other purposes as may be specified from time to time by the Bank.
e) "FBTSL" shall mean Freecharge Business and Technology Services Limited, a private limited company incorporated in India under the Companies Act, 2013 and having its registered office at 11th Floor, Tower C, DLF Cyber Greens, DLF Cyber City, DLF Phase 3, Gurugram, Haryana 122022
f) "Freecharge Wallet" shall mean a Small prepaid payment instrument and Full KYC prepaid payment instrument as the case may be, issued by Axis Bank Private Limited in the form of a virtual payment account.
g) "Freecharge Gift Instrument" shall mean a prepaid gift instrument(s) issued by Axis Bank Limited in the form of a virtual payment account.
h) "Merchant(s)" shall mean seller(s), retailers or e-commerce marketplace or such other business entities who accept Freecharge Balance Account as payment options for collecting payments from the Customer
i) "Mobile Application(s)" shall mean the software application(s) which inter alia, enables FreechargeBiz account through the mobile-device.
j) "Prepaid Payment Account Services" or "Services" shall mean the scheme under which Prepaid Payment Account is issued by the Bank and related services or functionalities as detailed under these Terms and Conditions enabling Customers to make Transaction.
k) "RBI" shall mean Reserve Bank of India.
l) "Single-Sign-On Services" shall mean the services provided by FBTSL to Customers through FreechargeBiz account, or otherwise. For avoidance of doubt, the Freecharge Balance Account is issued by Axis Bank Limited but can be accessed through Single-Sign-On Services.
m) "Terms and Conditions" shall mean these terms and conditions;
n) "Transaction" shall mean an online and offline purchase of Product; or payments for purchase of Products or for any other specified purpose to a Merchant; or to other Customer, or transfer of funds to any bank account, through Freecharge Balance Account or through any other modes as determined by the Bank from time to time and shall also include load/reload of Freecharge Balance Account.
o) "Website" shall mean website having the domain https://www.freechargebiz.in or mobile site, Mobile Application(s), or online front end or back end interphases through which the Bank shall issue the Prepaid Payment Account after creation of FreechargeBiz account.
p) "Axis Bank Limited" or "The Bank" shall mean the Axis Bank Limited, a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 and a banking company within the meaning of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and having its registered office at Axis Bank Limited, 'Trishul', 3rd Floor, Opp. Samartheshwar Temple, Near Law Garden, Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad - 380 006.
2. INTERPRETATIONS
2.1. All references to singular include plural and vice versa and the word "includes" should be construed as "without limitation".
2.2 Words importing any gender include the other gender.
2.3 Reference to any statute, ordinance or other law includes all regulations and other instruments and all consolidations, amendments, re-enactments or replacements for the time being in force.
2.4 All headings, bold typing and italics (if any) have been inserted for convenience of reference only and do not define limit or affect the meaning or interpretation of these terms.
2.5. These Terms and Conditions shall be independent of the terms and conditions of Merchant(s)' site(s).
2.6. An "authorisation" or "approval" includes an authorisation, consent, clearance, approval, permission, resolution, license, exemption, filing and registration.
3. ISSUANCE AND REGISTRATION OF FREECHARGE BALANCE ACCOUNT / PREPAID PAYMENT ACCOUNT
3.1. The Prepaid Payment Account will be issued by the Bank to Customer on the request of the Customer and pursuant to the Customer making an application for registration of Freecharge Balance Account and agreeing to these Terms and Conditions and other applicable terms and conditions in the manner prescribed by the Bank in this regard, provided the Customer has fulfilled the eligibility and Know Your Customer ("KYC") criteria and provided all relevant information and/or documentation request by the Bank.
3.2. A Customer desirous of acquiring a Prepaid Payment Account should apply to the Bank using Website or using Merchant's Site as mentioned on the Website and accept these Terms and Conditions and other terms and conditions as may be specified.
3.3 The Bank reserves the right to reject any application made for issuing a Prepaid Payment Account without assigning any reason.
3.4 In order to acquire register, create and use a Prepaid Payment Account, the Bank may require You to submit certain personal information, such as Your name, mobile phone number, e-mail address, date of birth, preferred language of communication, etc as amended by the Bank from time to time and any other data as per Applicable Law ("Data") . You agree that the Data You provide to the Bank upon registration and at all other times will be true, accurate, current and complete. You shall immediately inform the Bank or its authorized service provider(s) about change in Data along with such proof of change.
3.5 You hereby authorize the Bank, directly or through third parties, to make any inquiries that the Bank may consider necessary to validate Your identity and/or authenticate Your identity and Prepaid Payment Account information. This may include asking You for further information and/or documentation about Your account usage or identity, or requiring You to confirm identification by furnishing KYC documentation, ownership of Your email address, telephone number or financial instruments, among others. This process is for internal verification purposes. You agree and understand that the Data as entered by You shall always be maintained by Bank's authorized service provider(s).
3.6. The collection, verification, audit and maintenance of correct and updated Customer information is a continuous process and the Bank reserve the right, at any time, to take steps necessary to ensure compliance with all relevant and applicable KYC requirements.
3.7 Notwithstanding anything contained herein, You shall complete Your KYC verification process through the e-KYC mode, as may be made available to You, You also agree to and accept the below terms:
a. You hereby consent that the Bank may, through an authorized UIDAI regulated agency ("Agency"), authenticate 'Know Your Customer' (KYC) information through biometric and/or One Time Password (OTP) based Adhaar authentication ("e-KYC") and/or any other permitted means for the purpose of fulfilling the KYC requirements mandated by the RBI, in a manner as required under applicable laws.
b. You hereby allow Bank to obtain from the Agency, and to store Your e-KYC for a period of 10 (ten) years from the date of termination of Your account with the Bank, or any other period as mandated under any applicable laws.
c. You hereby declare that the details furnished by You are true, correct and complete to the best of Your knowledge. You will keep the Bank and FBTSL indemnified and harmless with regard to any inaccuracies, errors, discrepancies, etc. in the information provided, or in case of any incomplete information provided.
d. . You confirm that You are aware of and have read the laws applicable in relation to eKYC Data and that You are aware of Your rights and obligations thereunder and under all applicable laws.
e. You agree that the Bank may also share Your information/ data for such purposes as may be mandated under Applicable Law or any order/request of a regulatory/ statutory authority or Court.3.8 The Bank reserves the right to discontinue the Services/ reject applications for Prepaid Payment Account Services at any time if there are discrepancies in information and/or documentation provided by You or if the information/documentation provided by You is found to be incorrect or wrong. In such an event, the Bank reserves the right to forfeit the balance therein to the extent and in accordance with Applicable Laws.
4. EXTENT OF PREPAID PAYMENT ACCOUNT SERVICES
4.1. The amount that can be transacted in the Prepaid Payment Account is governed by Applicable Laws including rules, regulations and guidelines laid down by RBI which include monthly limits, transaction limits and balance limits on the Prepaid Payment Account. Subject to any change in Applicable Law including guidelines/notifications issued by RBI from time to time the limitations stated hereunder may be reviewed and modified at the discretion of the Bank without prior intimation to the Customer:
4.1.1 Freecharge Wallet:
Small PPI:
(A) Minimum KYC Freecharge Wallet Features:-FBTSL no longer issues Minimum KYC Wallet. In terms of RBI Master Directions all existing minimum KYC wallet are to be mandatorily converted into Minimum KYC + wallet or Full KYC, failing which no further credit is allowed in this type of wallet However, the customer can continue to use balance available in his Minimum KYC Wallet.
(B) Minimum KYC + Freecharge Wallet Features:-
Sr No Feature Conditions 1 Currency of Issue Indian Rupees 2 The maximum Outstanding Balance The maximum outstanding balance must not exceed INR 5,000/- (Indian Rupees Five Thousand only) at any point in time 3 Loading or Re-loading funds The total amount loaded or reloaded in the prepaid payment account during any given month shall not exceed INR 5,000/- (Indian Rupees Five Thousand Only) and the total amount loaded during the financial year shall not exceed Rs 60,000/- (Indian Rupees Sixty Thousand Only) 4 Debit from prepaid payment account The total amount debited from the prepaid payment account during any given month shall not exceed INR 5,000/- 5 Cash withdrawal Cash withdrawal of any amount from prepaid payment account is prohibited under RBI regulations. 6 Making the prepaid payment account inactive In case of no financial transaction for a consecutive period of 1 (one) year in the Prepaid Payment Account, the Bank shall make the Prepaid Payment Account inactive. 7 Usage of the instrument The instrument can be used only for purchase of goods and services. Fund transfer to other Freecharge Wallet(s) or to bank accounts is not permitted. 8 Validity Period Lifetime.
However, wallet having no (Nil) balance and no financial transaction for consecutive period of 1 (one) year shall expire on the date on which such wallets are marked inactive pursuant to point 6 above.Full KYC Freecharge Wallet
Full KYC Freecharge Wallet Features:-
Sr No Feature Conditions 1 Currency of Issue Indian Rupees 2 Loading or Re-loading funds The maximum outstanding balance must not exceed INR 1,00,000/- (Indian Rupees One Lac only) at any given point in time. 3 Funds transfer from prepaid payment account (a) In case of pre-registered beneficiaries, the fund transfer limit shall not exceed Rs 1,00,000/- (Indian Rupees One Lac Only) per month per beneficiary. (b) for all other cases, fund transfer limit shall not exceed Rs 5,000/- (Indian Rupees Five Thousand Only) per month. 4 Making the prepaid payment account inactive In case of no financial transaction for a consecutive period of 1 (one) year in the Prepaid Payment Account, the Bank shall make the Prepaid Payment Instrument Account inactive. The same shall be reactivated only after due diligence and validation to the satisfaction of the Bank. 5 Cash withdrawal Cash withdrawal of any amount from Prepaid Payment Account is prohibited. 6 Usage of the instrument The instrument can be used for money transfer, purchase of goods and services. 7 Validity Period Lifetime *Note: 1. KYC documentation shall be in line with the prevailing RBI guidelines on (KYC) Know your Customer.
2. Above parameters and limit capping are subject to change as per when new guidelines or Master direction on issuance and operation of prepaid card as may be issued by RBI from time to time
4.1.2. Freecharge Gift Instruments
a. Maximum value of each such payment instrument shall not exceed INR 10,000/- (Indian Rupees Ten Thousand Only).
b. The maximum number of instruments which can be held by an individual shall be 75 (seventy five) at any given point of time. The validity of the prepaid gift instruments may vary between one year to three years as may be decided by the Bank at the time of issuance of prepaid gift instrument. On the request of the Gift PPI Instrument Holder, instruments may be re-validated at the discretion of the Bank for same term or for a shorter term.
c. These Gift Instruments are not re-loadable.4.2 The said Prepaid Payment Account is valid for purchase of Products and Services and Transactions within territory of India in Indian Rupees only.
4.3 Prepaid Payment Account or Services thereunder is not transferable unless required by operation of law.
4.4 The Customer shall be able to use the Prepaid Payment Account only to the extent of the amount loaded onto the Prepaid Payment Account.
4.5 The Prepaid Payment Account shall be activated subject to the minimum amount being loaded on the Prepaid Payment Account as may be specified by the Bank from time to time and after creation of the FreechargeBiz account.
4.6 The Customer or any other person permitted to load the Prepaid Payment Account may credit the Prepaid Payment Account through any of the methods prescribed from time to time.
4.7 The Customer may be able to carry out all or any kind of Transactions, as may be available from time to time.
4.8 No cash withdrawal or cash remittance is permissible on the Freecharge Balance Account. No interest will be payable by the Bank to Customers on the available balance reflected on the Freecharge Balance Account.
4.9 The Customer is permitted to maintain and operate only one Freecharge Balance Account. Any suspected non-conformity with this requirement shall be just cause for the suspension/ discontinuation of any/all Prepaid Payment Accounts associated with the Customer.
4.10 The Bank may further as per its discretion introduce appropriate controls over the usage of the Prepaid Payment Account.
5. NATURE OF USAGE
5.1 The Customer shall at all times ensure that the FreechargeBiz account/ Prepaid Payment Account credentials are kept safe and shall under no circumstances whatsoever allow the FreechargeBiz Account and Prepaid Payment Account to be used by any other individual. You shall be responsible for all facilities granted by the Bank and for all related charges and shall act in good faith in relation to all dealings with the Prepaid Payment Account and the Bank.
5.2 The Customer will be responsible for the security of the Prepaid Payment Account including FreechargeBiz account and shall take all steps towards ensuring the safekeeping thereof. The Customer shall not disclose his/her/its password to anyone verbally or in writing nor record it elsewhere and if so done, same shall be at Customers' sole risk and peril.
5.3. The Customer will be liable for all charges incurred on the Prepaid Payment Account until the Prepaid Payment Account is reported for closure. You shall, immediately intimate the Bank of the occurrence of any fraud, hacking or unauthorised use and the Bank may, after due investigations, suspend or terminate the Prepaid Payment Account. It shall be solely Customers responsibility to ensure privacy and confidentiality of Prepaid Payment Account details.
5.4 On creation of Prepaid Payment Account, You will have the opportunity to use various interactive aspects through which You can communicate with us and share information (collectively "Posted Information"). It is important that You act responsibly when providing such Posted Information. Do not use inappropriate language, make gratuitous personal criticisms or comments. When participating in interactive aspects of the Service, please do include all relevant information in a concise manner to help us provide You with a constructive response. You agree and acknowledge that:
5.4.1 You are solely responsible for any Posted Information that You submit on the Website or transmit to our Team and/or other users of the Website;
5.4.2 You may not post, distribute, or reproduce in any way any copyrighted material, trademarks, or other proprietary information without obtaining the prior written consent of the owner of such proprietary rights. You may not submit any content or material that infringes, misappropriates or violates the intellectual property, publicity, privacy or other rights of any party;
5.4.3 You may not provide any Posted Information that falsely expresses or implies that such content or material is sponsored or endorsed by the Bank;
5.4.4 You may not provide any Posted Information that is unlawful or that promotes or encourages illegal activity;
5.4.5 You understand and agree that the Bank may (but is not obligated to) review and delete any Posted Information that in the sole discretion of the Bank violates these Terms or which might be offensive, illegal, or violate the rights of, harm, or threaten the safety of other users of the Website and/or any other person;
5.4.6 You acknowledge and agree that the Bank does not and shall not be required to actively monitor nor exercise any editorial control whatsoever over the content of any message or other material or information created, obtained or accessible through the Services. The Bank does not endorse, verify or otherwise certify the contents of any comments or other material or information made by You. You are solely responsible for the contents of Your communications and may be held legally liable or accountable for the content of Your comments or other material or information;
5.4.7 You agree that You will only provide Posted Information that You believe to be true and You will not purposely provide false or misleading information; and
5.4.8 The following is a partial list of the kind of content and communications that are illegal or prohibited on/through the Website. The Bank reserves the right to investigate and take appropriate legal action in its sole discretion against anyone who violates this provision, including without limitation, removing the offending communication from the Services and terminating the membership of such violators or blocking Your use of the Services and/or the Website. You may not post content that:
(a) belongs to another person and to which You do not have any right to;
(b) is grossly harmful, harassing, blasphemous defamatory, obscene, pornographic, paedophilic, libellous, invasive of another's privacy, hateful, or racially, ethnically objectionable, disparaging, relating or encouraging money laundering or gambling, or otherwise unlawful in any manner whatever;
(c) harm minors in any way;
(d) infringes any patent, trademark, copyright or other proprietary rights;
(e) violates any law for the time being in force;
(f) deceives or misleads the addressee about the origin of such messages or communicates any information which is grossly offensive or menacing in nature;
(g) impersonates another person;
(h) contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer resource;
(i) threatens the unity, integrity, defence, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states, or public order or causes incitement to the commission of any cognizable offence or prevents investigation of any offence or is insulting any other nation.
5.5. You will notify the Bank at care@freechargebiz.com upon coming across any objectionable content on the Website and the Bank shall use best efforts to remove such objectionable content within the time period prescribed under Applicable Law.
5.6. The Customer shall inform the Bank in writing within seven (7) days, if any discrepancies exist in the Transactions/ particulars of the Freecharge Balance Account on any statement / records that is made available to the Customer. If the Bank does not receive any information to the contrary within seven (7) days, the statement and the transactions shall be deemed to be correct and unconditionally and irrevocably binding on You. All records of Your instructions and such other details (including but not limited to payments made or received) maintained by the Bank, in electronic or documentary form pursuant to the Terms and Conditions herein, shall as against You, be deemed to be conclusive evidence of such instructions and such other details. In case of any dispute relating to the time of reporting and/ or Transaction/s made on the Freecharge Balance Account or any other matter in relation to the said Freecharge Balance Account, the Bank shall reserve the right to ascertain the time and/ or the authenticity of the disputed Transaction. For customer care contact details, kindly refer to the customer grievance policy available on https://www.freechargebiz.in.
5.7. You may only use the Services for Transactions with the approved Merchants.
5.8. You must ensure the availability of sufficient funds before executing any Transaction from the Prepaid Payment Account.
5.9. You agree to adhere to all Applicable Laws and all such regulations, guidelines and rules prescribed from time to time by the Bank, RBI and any other regulatory body.
5.10. The Customer agrees that he will not use the Prepaid Payment Account for payment of any illegal/unlawful purchases/purposes.
5.11. You hereby agree and acknowledge that the Prepaid Payment Account is issued, loaded, withdrawn, terminated, closed down, suspended by the Bank only.
5.12. You shall be bound to comply with the terms and conditions and all the policies stipulated by the Bank from time to time in relation to the Prepaid Payment Account. The Bank may, at its sole discretion, refuse to accept the application or to issue Prepaid Payment Account to the Customer.
5.13. You shall not use the Services for any purpose that might be construed as contrary or repugnant to any Applicable Laws, regulations, guidelines, judicial dicta, the Banks policies or public policy or for any purpose that might negatively prejudice the goodwill of the Bank.
5.14. You shall be permitted to redeem the outstanding balance in the Prepaid Payment Account , if for any reason the scheme is being wound up or is directed by RBI to be discontinued.
5.15. You shall accept full responsibility for wrongful use of the Prepaid Payment Account and which is in contravention of these terms and conditions. You shall indemnify the Bank and FBTSL and their respective director, officers, personnel, contractors and agents, to make good any loss, damage, penalties, claims, demand, interest or any other financial charges (including lawyer fees) that the aforesaid persons may incur and or suffer whether directly or indirectly as a result of the Customer committing violations of these terms and conditions.
5.16. The Bank reserves the absolute discretion and liberty to decline or honour the authorization request on the Prepaid Payment Account without assigning any reason thereto.
5.17. The Customer acknowledges and understands that the Services are linked to internet connection (and in case of mobile, mobile phone connection) and the Bank or its authorised service providers shall not be responsible and the Customer is solely responsible for all liability arising from including but not limited to any loss or interruption of the Services or the unavailability of Services due to a mobile or internet not supporting Website or Merchant site(s).
5.18. The Customer acknowledge and understand that the information submitted by the Customer for availing the Services or information submitted while using the Services may be shared with third parties inter alia, to facilitate the provision of the Services.
5.19. The Bank may request the Customer to submit additional KYC information/documents as part of ongoing monitoring and due diligence.
5.20. The Bank may at their sole discretion, utilize the services of external service providers/or agents and on such terms as required or necessary, in relation to Freecharge Balance and/or Services.
5.21. The Prepaid Payment Account shall not be used for the purchase of crypto currency.
6. INFORMATION/DATA USAGE
6.1.Except for Posted Information that You submit, all of the information available on or through the Services and/or the Website, including without limitation, text, photographs, graphics and video and audio content, is owned by us and our licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, patent and trade secret laws, other proprietary rights and international treaties. You acknowledge that the Services and any underlying technology or software used in connection with the Services contain the Bank's proprietary information. We give You permission to use the aforementioned content for personal, non-commercial purposes only and do not grant, transfer, license any intellectual property rights to You or create any rights in Your favour by virtue of permitting Your use of the Services. You may print, download, and store information from the Website for your own convenience, but You may not copy, distribute, republish (except as permitted in this paragraph), sell, or exploit any of the content, or exploit the Website in whole or in part, for any commercial gain or purpose whatsoever. Except as is expressly and unambiguously provided herein, we do not grant You any express or implied rights.
6.2. THE CUSTOMER UNDERSTANDS THAT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS PROVIDED ON MERCHANTS SITE(S) SHALL BE INDEPENDENT OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS MENTIONED HEREIN.
7. TRANSACTION AND LOADING OF PREPAID PAYMENT ACCOUNT
7.1 You can use multiple funding sources for loading money in the Prepaid Payment Account. These sources could be but not limited to, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, UPI, Net Banking, and transfer from another Freecharge Wallet.
7.2 The Prepaid Payment Account may also be loaded by transfer of refund money of Transactions carried out using services of Merchant(s) or such other manner as is acceptable to the Bank. The Prepaid Payment Account may also comprise of Gift Instruments issued by way of incentives such as cash back, etc. by Merchant or third parties or such other manner as is acceptable to the Bank.
7.3 The Bank may impose charges/ fees etc., payable by the Customer for availing the said Prepaid Payment Account and funds shall be loaded on the Prepaid Payment Account after deduction of the applicable charges/ fees etc.
7.4 In order to manage risk, the Bank may limit the funding sources available for Your use to fund any particular Transaction.
7.5 The Bank may monitor each Transaction made into Your Prepaid Payment Account to monitor high-risk & fraudulent transactions. If Your Transaction is classified as a high-risk Transaction or is suspected of fraud, the Bank may place a hold on the Transaction and may ask You for more information on You and Your funding source. The Bank will conduct a review and accordingly the Bank will either clear or cancel the Transaction, as per Applicable Law. If the Transaction is cleared, Bank will notify You and update Your Prepaid Payment Account. Otherwise, the Bank will cancel the Transaction and the funds may be forfeited. The said funds will be refundable only to source account upon valid demand raised by holder of source account. The Bank will notify You by email and/or in the account history tab of Your Prepaid Payment Account if the Transaction is cancelled. You agree and understand that the Bank may, as per its internal security policies and regulatory and statutory guidelines, report transactions to appropriate authorities which it classify to be suspicious or fraudulent and the Bank shall not be liable for any loss caused to You for the exercise of such rights by the Bank, even if any such transaction is found to be regular and lawful at a later stage.
7.6 When You load the Prepaid Payment Account, You are liable to the Bank for the full amount of the load plus any fees, if the load is later invalidated for any reason including but not limited to chargeback, reversal of Transaction, dispute by the owner of funding source of a Transaction, You agree to allow the Bank to recover any amounts due to the Bank by debiting Your Prepaid Payment Account. If there are insufficient funds in Your Prepaid Payment Account to cover Your liability, You agree to reimburse the Bank through other means. If the Bank is unable to recover the funds from Your primary funding source, the Bank may attempt to contact You and/or recover the funds from Your alternate funding sources, or may at their discretion, can take appropriate legal actions to collect the amount due, to the extent allowed by Applicable Law. In addition, the Bank reserves the right to suspend or terminate Your Prepaid Payment Account.
8. TRANSACTIONS IN PREPAID PAYMENT ACCOUNT
8.1 Full KYC Customer can choose to transfer the funds available in his Freecharge Wallet to any bank account by way of IMPS/NEFT in accordance with guidelines of RBI. However, the Bank may deny such withdrawal in any of the events as specified in Clause 10.2 herein below.
8.2 The Bank reserves the right to delay withdrawals while screening for risk, or request You provide additional information to verify Your identity and may limit the amount You can withdraw until the information is verified.
8.3 Any withdrawal found to be suspicious will be held back and reversed into the Freecharge Wallet. The Prepaid Payment Account and FreechargeBiz Account will also be suspended for operations and no Transactions will be possible pending an investigation. A notification will be given to You if You are the subject of an investigation. If You are able to provide a justification for the withdrawal to the satisfaction of the Bank, Your account/Prepaid Payment Account will be removed from suspension and You would be free to transact using the Freecharge Wallet.
8.4 In the case of no information being provided by You for a suspended Prepaid Payment Account, the Prepaid Payment Account will continue to be suspended till its validity and the amount will be forfeited in compliance with guidelines of RBI.
9. SUSPENSION OR DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICES
9.1 Under no circumstances shall the Bank or any of its authorised service provider shall be held liable for a delay or failure or disruption of the Service resulting directly or indirectly from, acts of nature, forces or causes beyond its reasonable control including without limitation, internet failures, computer, telecommunications or any other equipment failures, electrical power failures or non-availability, strikes, labour disputes, riots, insurrections, civil disturbances, sabotage, wilful destruction, threat to national security, shortages of labour or materials, fire, flood, heavy rains, storms, explosions, Acts of God, war, governmental actions, orders of courts or tribunals or non-performance of third parties ("Force Majuere").
9.2 The Bank reserves the right, without prior notice and at its sole discretion, to suspend, restrict, discontinue or deny access to or Your use of Services provided by the Bank:
9.2.1 if You use or the Prepaid Payment Account is used or suspected to be used to defraud any person or entity;
9.2.2 if You use the Prepaid Payment Account to engage in any unlawful activities including without limitation those which would constitute the infringement of intellectual property rights, a civil liability or a criminal offence;
9.2.3 if You engage in any activities that would otherwise create any liability for the Bank or for any of its contractors or agents;
9.2.4 for any suspected discrepancy in the particular(s), online application, documentation provided by the Customer;
9.2.5 any Force Majeure reasons;
9.2.6 if the same is due to technical failure, modification, upgradation, variation, relocation, repair, and/or maintenance due to any emergency or for any technical reasons;
9.2.7 for any suspected violation of the rules, regulations, orders, directions, notifications issued by RBI and/or any other regulatory authority from time to time or for any violation of the terms and conditions mentioned herein; or
9.2.8 if the Bank believes, in its reasonable opinion, that cessation/ suspension is necessary
10. TERMINATION OF PREPAID PAYMENT ACCOUNT
10.1 Customer has the option to close the Prepaid Payment Account at any time. The closure of such Prepaid Payment Account may be communicated to the Bank over email at care@freechargebiz.com. Termination will be effective subject to payment of all amounts outstanding on the Prepaid Payment Account and there is no unused Gift Instrument. In case the Customer wishes to close the Prepaid Payment Account and there is balance in the Freecharge Wallet, the Customer can request the Bank to transfer the funds to his/her own bank account (duly verified by the Bank) after complying with the KYC requirements. Balance lying in Gift Instruments cannot be transferred to a bank account in case of closure of the Prepaid Payment Account.
10.2 The Bank may also restrict, terminate or suspend the use of Prepaid Payment Account at any time without prior notice if the Bank reasonably believes it necessary for business or security reasons. The Prepaid Payment Account must not be used after Prepaid Payment Account is suspended for reasons mentioned under Clause 9 of this Document.
10.3 The Bank shall, upon adequate verification, block/suspend/close the Prepaid Payment Account and terminate all facilities in relation thereto following the receipt of such intimation and shall not be liable for any inconvenience or loss caused to the Customer in this regard.
10.4 Any value in Freecharge Wallet which is not utilized or withdrawn within 10 years from the date of issuance will be transferred to the Depositor Education and Awareness Fund. The Bank will send forty five (45) days advance communication to Customer before any forfeiture of outstanding amount in the Prepaid Payment Account by SMS at the mobile number and/or by email at email id which is provided by Customer for use of the Services. It is the responsibility of the Customer to ensure that the information provided by the Customer including the email id and the mobile number is updated at all times.
11. YOUR OTHER OBLIGATIONS
11.1 You shall be solely liable for entering into any Transaction and the risk arising thereof.
11.2 You accept that at Your request and risk, the Bank has agreed to provide You the Prepaid Payment Account and You accept full responsibility for all Transactions recorded by use of Your Prepaid Payment Account.
11.3 An instruction given by means of the Prepaid Payment Account shall be irrevocable.
11.4 You shall, in all circumstances, accept full responsibility for the use of the Prepaid Payment Account, whether or not processed with Your knowledge or Your authority, expressed or implied unless same is covered as per clause 13
11.5 You irrevocably authorize the Bank to debit the amounts utilized by using the Prepaid Payment Account for Transactions from Your Prepaid Payment Account.
11.6 You irrevocably authorize the Bank to debit the amounts utilized by using the Prepaid Payment Account for Transactions from Your Prepaid Payment Account.
11.7 The Bank will employ its best efforts in carrying out the Transactions but will not incur any liability either to the Customer or any other person for any reason whatsoever including for its delay or inability to carry out a Transaction or an instruction.
11.8 Any government charges, or debits, or tax payable as a result of the use of Prepaid Payment Account shall be Your responsibility.
11.9 Amounts due and payable by Customer, if not paid separately shall be recovered by the Bank from the funds available in the Prepaid Payment Account to the extent permitted under Applicable Laws.
11.10 The Bank shall have discretion to not allow You to carry out a Transaction where it has reason to believe that the use of Prepaid Payment Account is not authorized or the Transaction appears ambiguous or unclear or such as to raise a doubt.
12. WINDING UP OF PREPAID PAYMENT ACCOUNT AND CONSEQUENCES THERE TO
12.1 To the extent permitted under Applicable Laws, the Bank may at its sole discretion close or wind up any Prepaid Payment Account Services or amend any of its features with notice to You.
12.2 You hereby agree that, upon any closure or winding up of the Prepaid Payment Account Services, You may redeem the outstanding balance in Your Prepaid Payment Account or transfer the same to any prepaid payment instrument or bank account held/maintained by you with any third party with in such time as may be determined by the Bank, failing which, the Bank may transfer the balance in Your Prepaid Payment Account to Your another prepaid payment instrument issued by such entity having authorisation from RBI and with which the Bank has made appropriate arrangements.
12.3 In the unfortunate event of the death of the Customer, FBTSL acknowledges the importance of providing support to the nominee of the deceased. The nominee can contact FBTSL at care@freechargebiz.com for any additional queries or concerns regarding the user's account information/claim(s). FBTSL will make every effort to assist the nominee in accessing and managing the user's account in accordance with our policies and applicable laws.
13. INDEMNITY AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
13.1. The liability of the Bank or Customer for any unauthorized transaction shall be:
13.1.1. Zero Liability of a Customer- A customer's entitlement to zero liability shall arise where the unauthorized transaction occurs in the following manner:
(a) Contributory fraud/ negligence/ deficiency on the part of the bank (irrespective of whether or not the transaction is reported by the Customer)
(b) Third party breach where the deficiency lies neither with the bank nor with the customer but lies elsewhere in the system, and the customer notifies the bank within three working days of receiving the communication from the bank regarding the unauthorised transaction.
13.1.2. Limited Liability of a Customer- A Customer shall be liable for the loss occurring due to unauthorised transactions in the following cases:
(a) In cases where the loss is due to negligence by a customer, such as where he has shared the payment credentials, the Customer will bear the entire loss until he reports the unauthorised transaction to the Bank. Any loss occurring after the reporting of the unauthorised transaction shall be borne by the Bank.
(b) In cases where the responsibility for the unauthorised electronic banking transaction lies neither with the Bank nor with the Customer, but lies elsewhere in the system and when there is a delay (of four to seven working days after receiving the communication from the bank) on the part of the Customer in notifying the Bank of such a transaction, the per transaction liability of the customer shall be limited to the transaction value or Rs 10,000/- whichever is lower.
13.1.3. In case the Customer notifies the Bank after seven working days of receiving the communication from the Bank regarding the unauthorized transaction, the Bank shall evaluate and determine the same as per the Bank's board approved policy.
Subject to above clause 13.1.2, on being notified of any unauthorized transaction, the Bank shall credit the amount involved in authorised transaction to Customer Prepaid Payment Account if it fails to resolve the complaint within 10 working days from the date of notification.
13.2. The cumulative liability of the Bank to You for any and all other claims (other than claims mentioned in Clause 13.1) relating to or arising out of Your use of the Website or Services, regardless of the form of action, exceed INR 1000/- (Indian Rupees One thousand only) or as per applicable law, whichever is lower.
13.3 In consideration of the Bank providing the Customer with the facility of the Prepaid Payment Account, You hereby agree to indemnify and keep the Bank indemnified from and against all actions, claims, demands, proceedings, losses, damages, personal injury, costs, charges and expenses whatsoever (including lawyer's fees) which the Bank or its service providers may at any time incur, sustain, suffer or be put to as a consequence of or by reason of or arising out of directly or indirectly providing the Customer the said facility of the Prepaid Payment Account or by reason of the Bank's acting in good faith and taking or refusing to take or omitting to take action on the Customer's instructions, and in particular arising directly or indirectly out of the negligence, mistake or misconduct of the Customer; breach or noncompliance of the rules/ terms and conditions relating to the Prepaid Payment Account or breach or noncompliance of Applicable Law or fraud or dishonesty relating to any Transaction by the Customer.
13.4 Without prejudice to the foregoing, the Bank or its authorised service providers shall be under no liability whatsoever to the Customer in respect of any loss or damage arising directly or indirectly out of:
13.4.1 Any issue relating to the Products from Merchant;
13.4.2 the refusal to honour or to accept the Prepaid Payment Account registration;
13.4.3 the malfunction of any computer/point of sale terminal;
13.4.4 effecting Transaction instructions other than by a Customer;
13.4.5 handing over of the Prepaid Payment Account credentials by the Customer to a third Party;
13.4.6 the exercise by the Bank of their right to demand and procure the surrender of the Prepaid Payment Account prior to the expiry, whether such demand and surrender is made and/ or procured by the Bank or by any person or computer terminal.
13.4.7 the exercise by the Bank of their right to terminate any Prepaid Payment Account;
13.4.8 any injury to the credit, character and reputation of the Customer alleged to have been caused by the repossession of the Prepaid Payment Account and/ or, any request for its return or the refusal of any Merchant honour or accept the Prepaid Payment Account;
13.4.9 any misstatement, misrepresentation, error or omission in any details disclosed by the Bank except as otherwise required by law;
13.4.10 If the Bank receives any process, summons, order injunction, execution distrait, levy, lien, information or notice which the Bank in good faith believes/ calls into question the Customer's ability, or the ability of someone purporting to be authorized by the Customer, to transact on the Prepaid Payment Account, the Bank may, at its option and without liability to the Customer or such other person, decline to allow the Customer to obtain any portion of his funds, or may pay such funds over to an appropriate authority and take any other steps required by Applicable Law. The Bank reserves the right to deduct from the balance available on the Prepaid Payment Account, a service charge and any expenses it incurs, including without limitation legal fees, due to legal action involving the Customer's Prepaid Payment Account;
13.4.11 In the event a demand or claim for settlement of outstanding dues from the Customer is made, either by the Bank or any person acting on behalf of the Bank, the Customer agrees and acknowledges that such demand or claim shall not amount to be an act of defamation or an act prejudicial to or reflecting upon the character of the Customer, in any manner.
13.5 Each party acknowledges that the other party has entered into these Terms and Conditions relying on the limitations of liability stated herein and that those limitations are an essential basis of the bargain between the parties. The exclusions and limitations of liability contained in this Section 13 shall not apply to damages arising out of or relating to gross negligence or wilful misconduct of a Party; or caused by breach of Applicable Laws, obligation of confidentiality or infringement of intellectual property rights.
14. SPAMMING
14.1 You may not use contact information provided by us or other users or harvest such information for the purpose of sending, or to facilitate the sending, of unsolicited bulk communications such as spam. You may not allow others to use Your account to violate the terms of this section. We may terminate Your membership or access to the Website immediately and take other legal action if You or anyone using Your credentials violates these provisions.
15. ADDITIONAL TERMS
15.1 Certain services on the Website may have additional terms (such as policies, guidelines, and rules) that will further govern Your use of that particular service and supplement these Terms. If You choose to register for or access any such services, You will be presented with any relevant additional terms and conditions at that time. By using those services, You agree to comply with such additional guidelines and rules.
16. DISCLAIMER
16.1 TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, AND THE BANK HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF CONDITION, QUALITY, DURABILITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. ALL SUCH WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS, CONDITIONS, UNDERTAKINGS AND TERMS ARE HEREBY EXCLUDED. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE BANK MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE VALIDITY, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, QUALITY, STABILITY, COMPLETENESS OR CURRENTNESS OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE. Use of the Service is at Your own risk. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by You from the Bank or through the Services will create any warranty not expressly stated herein. Without limiting the foregoing, the Bank does not warrant that the content is accurate, reliable or correct; that the Services will meet Your requirements; that the Services will be available at any particular time or location, uninterrupted or secure; that any defects or errors will be corrected; or that the Services is free of viruses or other harmful components. The Bank will not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever or howsoever caused or arising, directly or indirectly, including without limitation, as a result of loss of data; interruption or stoppage of access to and/or use of the Services; interruption or stoppage Website; non-availability of connectivity links/hyperlinks.
16.2 Any material downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of the Service is done at each Customer's sole discretion and risk and each Customer is solely responsible for any damage to its computer system or property or loss of data that results from the download of any such material.
16.3 The Bank does not warrant, endorse, guarantee, or assume responsibility for Products advertised or offered by a third party through the Services or any hyperlinked website or Service, or featured in any banner or other advertising, and the Bank will not be a party to or in any way monitor any Transaction between You and third-party providers of goods and/ or services. Any advertisement by a third party through the Services shall not constitute or deems to constitute as advice or solicitation for sale/purchase of third party products or services by Axis Bank and is not intended to create any rights and obligations.
16.4 The Services are controlled and operated from and in India. The Bank and/or its authorized service provider(s) makes no representations that the Services are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who access or use the Services from other jurisdictions do so at their own volition and are entirely responsible for compliance with all Applicable Laws, rules, regulations, guidelines including but not limited to export and import regulations and RBI regulations. You may not use the Service if You are a resident of a country embargoed by the India, or are a foreign person or entity blocked or denied by the Indian government. Unless otherwise explicitly stated, all materials found on the Services are solely directed to individuals, companies, or other entities located in India.
16.5 The Banks sole obligation and Your sole and exclusive remedy in the event of interruption in Services or loss of use and/or access to Services, will be to use all reasonable endeavours to restore the Services and/or access as soon as reasonably possible.
16.6 The Bank makes no representations or guarantees regarding Merchants utilizing Prepaid Payment Account. Use of Prepaid Payment Account in no way represents any endorsement by the Bank of a Merchant's existence, legitimacy/legality, ability, policies, practices, beliefs as well as the Merchants Products and reliability. The Merchant alone will be responsible to the Customer and neither we nor anybody connected to us will have any responsibility or liability towards the Customer for goods and services purchased from the Merchant.
16.7 The relationship between the Bank and the Merchant is on principal-to-principal basis.
17. ADDITION, ALTERATION, WITHDRAWAL OF SERVICES AND AMENDMNET OF TERMS & CONDITIONS :
17.1 The Bank may, at its sole discretion, and to the extent permissible under Applicable Laws, make available to the Customer more services or make alteration in the services on the Prepaid Payment Account, point of sale terminals, internet or other wise and/ or other devices through shared networks for the Customer's convenience and use. All fees and charges related to Transactions done by the Customer at these devices as determined by the Bank from time to time will be recovered by a debit to the balance available on the Prepaid Payment Account. The Customer understands and agrees that the shared networks may provide different functionalities and service offerings and different charges for different services. The Bank shall also, in its sole discretion, at any time, without notice to the Customer, be entitled to withdraw, discontinue, cancel, suspend/ or terminate the facility to use the Prepaid Payment Account and/ or services related to it, at POS Terminal/ Internet/ other devices within India and shall not be liable to the Customer for any loss or damage suffered by him resulting in any way from such withdrawal, discontinuance, cancellation, suspension or termination.
17.2 We have the right, at our sole and absolute discretion, to change, modify, or amend any portion of these Terms of Service at any time by posting notification on https://www.freechargebiz.in/ or otherwise communicating the notification to You. The changes will become effective, and shall be deemed accepted by You, after the initial posting and shall apply on a going-forward basis with respect to Transactions initiated after the posting date. You should make sure You view these Terms and Conditions periodically to make sure You are familiar with their most recent version. In the event that You do not agree with any such modification, Your sole and exclusive remedy is to terminate Your use of the Services.
18. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
18.1 The Bank reserves the right to disclose the Customer's information to any court of competent jurisdiction, quasi-judicial authorities, law enforcement agencies, regulatory authority and any other wing of Central Government or State Government. The Customer hereby consents to sharing of their information with the Bank and its authorized service provider(s) or agencies or partners for providing Services in relation to the Prepaid Payment Account.
18.2 Any information relating to the Customer is generally used to provide the Services, improve the Services and otherwise for a detailed overview of what kind of information that the Bank collects, stores, uses, shares, please go through the privacy policy available on the Website.
18.3 The user interfaces, graphics, logos, design, compilation, information, computer code (including source code and object code), products, software, services, and all other elements of the Service provided by the Bank are protected by copyright, designs, patent, and trademark laws, international conventions and other applicable intellectual property and proprietary rights of either the Bank or authorised service provider(s) of the Bank.
18.4 Nothing contained herein shall authorize the Customer to use, apply, invade or in any manner exploit or infringe the intellectual property rights of the Bank, and the usage of the same shall be in compliance with these Terms and Conditions and such approval and policies as may be notified from time to time. In addition, Customer undertakes not to infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party.
18.5 The Customer undertakes not to infringe the intellectual property rights of the Bank, whether directly or indirectly through any third party. The Customer warrants that it shall only use the Website, software application and the Services for the purposes of these Terms and Conditions. Customer or any other person empowered by the Customer shall not use the Website and software application and/or the Bank’s services and software in any form whatsoever, so as to:
18.5.1 design, realize, distribute or market a similar or equivalent software program;
18.5.2 adapt, modify, transform or rearrange the Bank or its third party service provider's software applications and Website or Merchant website for any reason whatsoever, including for the purpose, among other things, of creating a new software program or a derivative software program;
18.5.3 allow unauthorized use of or access to the Bank software applications and Merchant's website;
18.5.4 disassemble, reverse engineer, decompile, decode or attempt to decode the Bank software applications and Merchant's website;
18.5.5 allow the Bank software applications and Merchant's website to be disassembled, reverse engineered, decompiled or decoded; and/or
18.5.6 in any way override or break down any protection system integrated into the Bank software applications and Merchant's website.
19. DISPUTES
19.1 These Terms and Conditions will be governed by and be construed in accordance with the laws of India. All disputes are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts in New Delhi, irrespective of whether any other Court may have concurrent jurisdiction in the matter. Each party hereby irrevocably waives any objection which such party may now or hereafter have to the laying of improper venue or forum non convenience. Each party agrees that a judgment in any such action or proceeding may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any manner provided by law.
20. COMMUNICATION
20.1 When You use the Services or send emails or other data, information or communication to the Bank, You are aware of the risks involved in sending email Instructions, including the risk that email Instructions may: (a) be fraudulently or mistakenly written, altered or sent; and (b) not be received in whole or in part by the intended recipient; You declare and confirm that the You are fully aware of and having duly considered, the risks involved, (which risks shall be borne fully by You) have requested and authorised the Bank to rely upon and act on Instructions which may from time to time be given by email as mentioned above. The Bank may (but shall not be obliged to) act as aforesaid without inquiry as to You identity or authority giving or purporting to give any instruction or as to the authenticity of any email message and may treat the same as fully authorised by and binding on You regardless of the circumstances prevailing at the time of the instruction and notwithstanding any error, misunderstanding, lack of clarity, fraud, forgery, or lack of authority in relation thereto, and without requiring any confirmation provided that the concerned person acting on behalf of the Bank believed the instruction to be genuine at the time it was acted upon.
20.2 You consent to receive communications via electronic records from the Bank periodically and as and when required. The Bank will communicate with You by email or by notices on Your Prepaid Payment Account or electronic records on the Website which will be deemed adequate service of notice / electronic record. You hereby waive all your rights to challenge the service of documents under any and all legal proceedings if the document is served on your designated electronic address including Your Prepaid Payment Account in terms of Information Technology Act, 2000.
20.3 Notwithstanding anything contained herein or elsewhere, the Bank shall not be bound to act in accordance with the whole or any part of the instructions or directions contained in any Instruction and may in its sole discretion and exclusive determination, decline or omit to act pursuant to any instruction, or defer acting in accordance with any instruction, and the same shall be at Your risk and the Bank shall not be liable for the consequences of any such refusal or omission to act or deferment of action.
20.4 Customers can contact the Bank at any of the below mentioned points: Email to care@freechargebiz.com.
21. FEES AND CHARGES
21.1 All fees and charges related to Prepaid Payment Account, as determined by the Bank will be recovered by a debit to the Prepaid Payment Account or through other means as available and applicable. The fee is not refundable. Any government charges, duty or debits, or tax payable as a result of the use of the Prepaid Payment Account shall be the Customer's responsibility and if imposed upon the Bank (either directly or indirectly), the Bank shall debit such charges, duty or tax against the Prepaid Payment Account.
21.2. The Bank reserves the right at any time to charge the Customer any fees/ charges after providing one month prior notice for the Transactions carried out by using Your Prepaid Payment Account.
21.3 Charges applicable for using Prepaid Payment Account are subject to change from time to time at the discretion of the Bank. Details of the currently applicable fees and charges as stipulated by the Bank, will be displayed on the Website.
Existing Fees/ Schedule of Charges varies based on the payment instrument :
Type of Prepaid Payment Account Transaction
Fees
Issuance Fee
NIL
Loading Fee
0-3% of the Transaction
Fund Transfer (To another Freecharge Wallet)
NIL
Fund Transfer (To Bank Account)
0-3% of the Transaction
Goods and Service Tax, unless explicitly stated in this Schedule of Charges, as may be applicable from time to time on all fees, surcharge and other charges will be levied to the Customer.
22. GENERAL PROVISIONS
22.1 Assignment: You cannot assign or otherwise transfer this Agreements, or any rights granted hereunder or any obligations, to any third party and any such assignment or transfer or purported assignment or transfer shall be void ab initio. The Bank's rights and/or obligations under the Agreement are freely assignable or otherwise transferable by the Bank to any third parties without the requirement of seeking Your prior consent. The Bank may inform You of such assignment or transfer in accordance with the notice requirements under the Agreement on best effort basis.
22.2 Severability: If, for any reason, a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision of the Agreement, or portion thereof, to be unenforceable, that provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permissible so as to give effect to the intent of the parties as reflected by that provision, and the remainder of the Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. The Bank may amend in a reasonable manner such provision to make it enforceable and such amendment will be given effect in accordance with the amendment terms of this Agreement.
22.3 Waiver : Any failure or delay by a party to enforce or exercise any provision of the Agreement, or any related right, shall not constitute a waiver by such party of that provision or right. The exercise of one or more of a party’s rights hereunder shall not be a waiver of, or preclude the exercise of, any rights or remedies available to such party under this Agreement or in law or at equity. Any waiver by a party shall only be made in writing and executed by a duly authorized officer of such party.
22.4 Force Majeure : If performance of any service or obligation under this Agreement by the Bank is prevented, restricted, delayed or interfered with by reason of labor disputes, strikes, acts of God, floods, lightning, severe weather, shortages of materials, rationing, utility or communication failures, earthquakes, war, revolution, acts of terrorism, civil commotion, acts of public enemies, blockade, embargo or any law, order, proclamation, regulation, ordinance, demand or requirement having legal effect of any government or any judicial authority or representative of any such government, unavailability of any communication system, breach, interruption or breakdown or virus/malware/bugs in the processes or systems used for provision of Services, computer hacking, unauthorized access to computer data and storage devise, computer crashes, breach of security and encryption, etc. or any other act whatsoever, whether similar or dissimilar to those referred to in this clause, which are beyond the reasonable control of the Bank or its third parties performing such services as sub-contractor to the Bank and could not have been prevented by reasonable precautions (each, a "Force Majeure Event"), then the Bank shall be excused from such performance to the extent of and during the period of such Force Majeure Event. The Bank shall exercise all reasonable commercial efforts to continue to perform its obligations hereunder.
22.5 Notwithstanding the foregoing, such terms of this Agreement as are meant to survive termination / expiry of this Agreement, will survive indefinitely unless and until the Bank chooses to terminate them.
22.6 If You have any questions or concerns about this Agreement, please send us a thorough description to care@freechargebiz.com. We strive to respond to all User requests.
22.7 If You have any questions or claims of copyright infringement, please contact us at care@freechargebiz.com
Terms of Use for Freecharge Unified Payment Interface(UPI)
These terms and conditions regulate the payments under the Unified Payment Interface ("UPI"), a payment service platform ("UPI Platform") developed by National Payments Corporation of India ("NPCI"), an umbrella organisation incorporated in 2008 and acting as the settlement/clearing house/regulatory agency for UPI services. The application software ("FreechargeBiz App") which connects to the UPI Platform is being offered by Freecharge Business and Technology Services Limited a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013 with its registered office at 11th Floor, Tower C, DLF Cyber Greens, DLF Cyber City, DLF Phase 3, Gurugram, Haryana 122022, India (hereinafter referred to as "FBTSL") in partnership/association with Axis Bank Limited ("Axis Bank"), a bank licensed under the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
By using the UPI services (“UPI Services”) provided by Freecharge Business and Technology Services Limited ("FBTSL," “We,” “Our,” or “Us”), You agree to be bound by the Terms of Use for FBTSL (“Terms of Use”), these additional terms of use for Freecharge UPI (“UPI Terms”) and all other terms, policies, and guidelines applicable to the Services (as defined in the Terms of Use) so used. Defined terms will have the same meaning as those found in the Terms of Use, unless otherwise re-defined herein.
These terms apply to You if You register for and use the UPI Services as described hereinafter. The UPI Services are being offered under the brand "Freecharge".
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For the purpose of these UPI Terms, wherever the context so requires:
- 'You/Your' or "User" shall mean any natural or legal person who has registered for FBTSL Services, linked his/her bank account for UPI payments and who has accepted these UPI Terms.
- "We", "Us", "Our" shall mean Freecharge Business and Technology Services Limited.
- "Merchant" shall include any establishment and/or entity which accepts the UPI payments through FreechargeBiz App ("Freecharge UPI") as a payment method for online or offline purchase of goods and/or services
- "Buyer" shall refer to the person who purchases any of the goods or services provided online or offline by the Merchants.
- If You transact using the FreechargeBiz App or any Merchant website/ merchant platform, these conditions will be applicable. By mere use of the FreechargeBiz App, You shall be contracting with FBTSL and these terms and conditions including the policies constitute Your binding obligations, with FBTSL.
- We reserve the right, at Our sole discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of these UPI Terms, at any time without any prior written notice to You. It is Your responsibility to review these UPI Terms periodically for updates / changes. Your continued use of FreechargeBiz App following the posting of changes will mean that You accept and agree to the revisions including additional UPI Terms or removal of portions of these UPI Terms, modifications etc. As long as You comply with these UPI Terms, We grant You a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited privilege to enter and avail the UPI Services.
- Using FreechargeBiz App indicates Your agreement to all the terms and conditions under these UPI Terms, so please read the UPI Terms carefully before proceeding. By impliedly or expressly accepting these UPI Terms, You also accept and agree to be bound by FBTSL Policies (including but not limited to Privacy Policy available on the FBTSL website https://www.freechargebiz.in) as amended from time to time.
- About UPI: UPI is a payment platform built by that allows instant online payments between the bank accounts of any two parties. UPI offers an architecture and a set of standard application programming interface specifications to facilitate these online payments. It aims to simplify and provide a single interface across all NPCI systems besides creating interoperability and superior customer experience.
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Your Account and Registration Obligations
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To enable UPI payments, the User first needs to have a FreechargeBiz
account. User can register and create a
FreechargeBiz account by:
i. Downloading the FreechargeBiz App and registering himself/herself. Or
ii. Registering with FBTSL from a third party partner platform.
iii. User has to necessarily install the FreechargeBiz App on his/her smartphone to be able to register and transact using Freecharge UPI.
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Thereafter, You will be able to register for UPI payments by:
i. Selecting Your bank:
- You first need to select the bank from amongst the list of UPI-member banks as shown in the App. The list comprises of all the banks connected to the UPI Platform of NPCI.
- If the name of Your bank does not appear in the list, You can still add Your bank by providing the bank account number and the IFSC code. However, You will not be able to make UPI payments from Your bank account.
ii. If You have selected a bank from the UPI-member list, Please note that Your mobile number, should be registered with Your bank. If Your mobile number is not registered, then Your OTP verification will fail. You will not be able to avail the UPI Service unless You first register Your mobile number with the Bank.
iii. Your bank will share the masked bank account numbers against the registered mobile number. You need to select the bank account which You wish to link with FreechargeBiz App.
iv. The selected bank account can be linked with FreechargeBiz App in the following manner:
- If You already have the 4-6 digit UPI PIN (UPI Personal Identification Number) for Your bank account, then You need to simply select the "Link" option and continue.
- If You do not remember the UPI PIN, You can click on "forgot UPI PIN" and set a new one by providing the Debit card number linked with Your bank account and the expiry date of the Card. Your mobile number will be OTP verified by Your bank. If the verification is successful, You will be taken to the NPCI page, to set a new UPI PIN. After setting the UPI PIN, You will be taken back to the FreechargeBiz App screen, where You have to click on "Link" and then continue.
- You can Reset Your UPI PIN by clicking on "Reset UPI PIN". You can then set a new UPI PIN by providing the old and new UPI PINs.
- If You have never set the UPI PIN before, then You will see an option to Set UPI PIN in settings. Please click on the link and set the UPI PIN by providing the debit card number linked with Your bank account and the expiry date of the Card. Your mobile number will be OTP verified by Your bank. If the verification is successful, You will be taken to the NPCI page, to set a new UPI PIN. After setting the UPI PIN, You will be taken back to the FreechargeBiz App screen, where You have to click on "Link" and then continue.
v. You need to authorize every UPI payment transaction by providing the UPI PIN.
vi. Selecting Freecharge Balance (“UPI on Wallet”);
- This facility is available only to Active Full KYC Freecharge Balance Account holders (Freecharge wallet )
- Additionally users must be registered for UPI Payment on FreechargeBiz App and should have linked his/her bank account.
- UPI on wallet feature can be used only for following type of
transactions:
- a. Merchant payments by scan QR or other apps
- b. Person-to-person payments
- c. Credit from other apps
- Transactions (Debit and Credit) using UPI on Wallet shall not be allowed from Gift Instruments issued by way of incentives such as cash back, rewards, gifts, etc
- All transactions shall require following two factor
authentication or such other two factor authentication as may be
decided by FBTSL/Axis
- a. Login - Mobile number & OTP verification
- b. Biometrics
- "KYC" stands for know your customer and refers to the various norms, rules, laws, and statutes issued by RBI from time to time under which FBTSL is required to procure personal identification details from You before any UPI Services can be delivered. KYC documents may be asked by the Merchant (on behalf of FBTSL) from You at the time of activation and/ or on a later date, for availing and / or continuation of UPI Services. FBTSL/merchant shall not be responsible for wrong details being entered by the User.
- In the event the beneficiary/KYC details provided are found to be incorrect/ insufficient, FBTSL retains the right to block Your FreechargeBiz account. FBTSL retains the right to share the details of the transaction undertaken using the FreechargeBiz account and the end beneficiary/ KYC details with RBI, as per statutory guidelines issued from time to time.
- You are solely responsible for linking Your correct bank account.
- Since Your mobile number is treated as the primary identifier, Your mobile number needs to be updated with the bank linked to FreechargeBiz App in case of any changes.
- If You change the mobile number registered with Your FreechargeBiz account, You will have to re-register Your new mobile number with FBTSL. To re-enable the Service, You need to register Your new mobile number with Your bank as well.
- You agree that Your UPI ID will act as Your identity for all payment transactions and all requests to Your FreechargeBiz account will be raised to Your UPI ID unless another UPI ID is explicitly specified.
- You agree that if You provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete or We have reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, or not in accordance with these UPI Terms, We shall have the right to indefinitely suspend or terminate or block access to Your Account.
- We shall ensure that all Your confidential data pertaining to Your money transactions, bank account details, and all other sensitive personal information are protected and kept confidential by employing best available protection standards, which are more fully set out in Our Privacy Policy. We/Axis Bank reserves the right to use Your transaction data for cross-selling/promotions/offers/value added services/increasing transactions/better user experience/such other purpose as may be required by Us/Axis Bank.
- You are solely responsible to keep Your one time password, UPI PIN, and bank account related details confidential. Sharing such information with others may lead to unauthorized usage, for which FBTSL shall not be responsible.
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To enable UPI payments, the User first needs to have a FreechargeBiz
account. User can register and create a
FreechargeBiz account by:
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Transactions through Freecharge UPI
- Freecharge UPI can be used for money transfers from one person to another person or to purchase products and services online or offline on any merchant platform.
- The UPI PIN needs to be entered on Your mobile to authorize every Freecharge UPI payment. You need to ensure that You are connected to the internet at the time of making any transaction.
- Freecharge UPI is one of the payment options available to the Users on various merchant platforms and We assume no responsibility for the products or services purchased using Freecharge UPI and any liability thereof is expressly disclaimed.
- Freecharge UPI is one of the payment options available to the Users on various merchant platforms and We assume no responsibility for the products or services purchased using Freecharge UPI and any liability thereof is expressly disclaimed.
- You shall only use Freecharge UPI Services to process a transaction to make payment for legitimate and bona fide purposes including purchase of goods and services. You shall not use Freecharge UPI Service to process payment transactions in connection with the sale or exchange of any illegal goods or services or any other underlying illegal transaction.
- We may establish general practices and limits concerning use of Freecharge UPI. We reserve the right to change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of Freecharge UPI at any time, including hours of operation or availability of Freecharge UPI Services or any Freecharge UPI Service feature, without notice and without liability. We also reserve the right to impose limits on certain features or restrict access to parts or all of the service without notice and without liability. We may decline to process any Payment Transaction without prior notice to sender or recipient. We also reserve the right to automatically block any communication received by a User from a non- Freecharge UPI account, including any payment requests, that is deemed to be spam or a fraudulent communication.
- We do not warrant that the functions contained in Freecharge UPI will be uninterrupted or error free, and We shall not be responsible for any Service interruptions (including, but not limited to, power outages, system failures or other interruptions that may affect the receipt, processing, acceptance, completion or settlement of payment transactions or any other reasons beyond reasonable control of FBTSL).
- We may reject a transaction and/or settlement of payments for various reasons, including but not limited to risk management, suspicion of fraudulent, illegal, or doubtful transactions, selling of prohibited items, use of compromised or blacklisted cards or UPI accounts, chargebacks/complaints or for other reasons as prescribed under applicable laws or rules of Participating Banks. In the event that a Transaction is rejected or is unable to be completed, We will either transfer the funds back to the Your funding account or will handle the funds in accordance with applicable laws or participating bank rules.
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UPI limits issued by NPCI
Requirements and Limits for Freecharge UPI
Particular Transaction Limit Monthly None Per Transaction Rs. 1 lakh
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Charges
- Membership is free for Users. FBTSL does not charge its Users any fee for creating an Account or use of UPI Services. FBTSL reserves the right to change its fee policy from time to time. In particular, FBTSL may at its sole discretion introduce new services and modify some or all of the existing UPI Services offered on the Platform. In such an event, We reserve the right to introduce fees for the new services offered or amend/introduce fees for existing UPI Services, as the case may be. Changes to the fee policy shall be posted on the website/app and such changes shall automatically become effective immediately after they are posted. Unless otherwise stated, all fees shall be quoted in Indian Rupees.
- Your bank may charge You a nominal transaction fee for UPI transfers- please check with Your bank for any such charges.
- The reporting and payment of any applicable taxes arising from the use of Freecharge UPI is Your responsibility. You hereby agree to comply with any and all applicable tax laws in connection with Your use of Freecharge UPI, including without limitation, the reporting and payment of any taxes arising in connection with Payments made through Freecharge UPI, or funds/income received through Freecharge UPI.
- You herein agree and accepts that, in case of any discrepancy in the information provided by You for availing this Service and the onus thereof shall always be upon the You only and thus You agrees to furnish accurate information at all times to the FBTSL.
- If You suspect that there is an error in the information supplied by FBTSL, You shall inform FBTSL immediately. FBTSL will endeavor to correct the error promptly wherever possible on a best effort basis.
- FBTSL shall not be held liable & responsible for any loss, cost or damage suffered by You due to disclosure of Your personal or any other information to a third party including Government./Regulatory authorities by FBTSL, for reasons inclusive but not limited to participation in any telecommunication or electronic clearing network, in compliance with a legal or regulatory directive, for statistical analysis or for credit rating or for any legal or regulatory compliance.
- You are solely responsible for protecting Your mobile phone/device, virtual address, and UPI PIN set for the availing of the UPI Services.
- You shall be liable for any kind of unauthorized or unlawful use, misuse, or leakage of any of the virtual address or MPIN/Passwords/Passcodes issued by FBTSL in respect of the UPI Services or any fraudulent or erroneous instruction given by You and any financial charges thus incurred shall be payable by You only
- You shall be liable for all loss, cost, or damage, if You have breached the UPI Terms contained herein or other additional terms and conditions mentioned above or contributed or caused the loss by negligent actions or a failure on Your part to advise FBTSL within a reasonable time about any unauthorized access in Your FreechargeBiz account used for this UPI Services.
- We reserve the right, in Our sole and absolute discretion, to suspend or terminate Your use of one or more Freecharge UPI Services, without notice and without liability to You or any third party, for any reason, including without limitation inactivity or violation of these UPI Terms or other policies We may establish from time to time.
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Disclaimer: THESE UPI SERVICES, INCLUDING ALL CONTENT, SOFTWARE, FUNCTIONS, MATERIALS, AND INFORMATION MADE AVAILABLE ON, PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH OR ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE UPI SERVICES, ARE PROVIDED "AS IS." TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, FBTSL, AND THEIR AGENTS, CO-BRANDERS OR OTHER PARTNERS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DEVICE MANUFACTURERS (COLLECTIVELY, " FBTSL PARTIES"), MAKE NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER FOR THE UPI SERVICES OR THE CONTENT, MATERIALS, INFORMATION AND FUNCTIONS MADE ACCESSIBLE BY THE SOFTWARE USED ON OR ACCESSED THROUGH THE UPI SERVICES, OR FOR ANY BREACH OF SECURITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TRANSMISSION OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION THROUGH THE UPI SERVICES. EACH FBTSL PARTY DISCLAIMS WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WITH RESPECT TO THE UPI SERVICES, NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. FBTSL DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE UPI SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. FBTSL SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SYSTEM FAILURES OR OTHER INTERRUPTIONS THAT MAY AFFECT THE RECEIPT, PROCESSING, ACCEPTANCE, COMPLETION OR SETTLEMENT OF PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS, P2P PAYMENTS OR THE UPI SERVICES.
THE FBTSL PARTIES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY OF ANY PAYMENT INSTRUMENT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WHETHER SUCH INFORMATION IS CURRENT AND UP-TO-DATE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE PRECEDING SENTENCE, YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT SUCH INFORMATION IS REPORTED BY THE BANK AS OF A PARTICULAR TIME ESTABLISHED BY THE BANK AND MAY NOT ACCURATELY REFLECT YOUR CURRENT TRANSACTIONS, AVAILABLE BALANCE, OR OTHER ACCOUNT OR PROGRAM DETAILS AT THE TIME THEY ARE DISPLAYED TO YOU THROUGH THE UPI SERVICES OR AT THE TIME YOU MAKE A PURCHASE OR REDEMPTION. YOU MAY INCUR FEES, SUCH AS OVERDRAFT FEES OR OTHER CHARGES AS A RESULT OF SUCH TRANSACTIONS, PER YOUR AGREEMENT WITH YOUR BANK , OR YOUR ATTEMPT TO MAKE A PURCHASE OR REDEMPTION MAY NOT BE SUCCESSFUL.
- You agree to release FBTSL and its partner Bank (Axis Bank), agents, contractors, officers, and employees, from all claims, demands and damages (actual and consequential) arising out of or in any way connected to any transaction made through FreechargeBiz App. You agree that You will not involve FBTSL in any litigation or other dispute arising out of or related to any transaction, agreement, or arrangement with any recipient, sender, merchant, advertiser or other third party in connection with the Freecharge UPI Service. If You attempt to do so, (i) You shall pay all costs and attorneys' fees of FBTSL, and group companies and shall provide indemnification as set forth below, and (ii) the jurisdiction for any such litigation or dispute shall be limited as set forth below.
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You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless FBTSL, its partner bank,
group companies and its
directors, officers, owners, agents or other partners, employees, contractors
and other applicable third parties
(collectively "Indemnified Parties") from and against any and
all claims, demands, causes of action, debt or
liability, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, including without limitation
attorneys’ fees and costs incurred
by the Indemnified Parties arising out of, related to, or which may arise from:
- Your use of the UPI Services;
- any breach or non-compliance by You of any term of these UPI Terms or any related policies;
- any dispute or litigation caused by Your actions or omissions; or
- Your negligence or violation or alleged violation of any applicable law or rights of a third party.
- Jurisdiction : You agree that any legal action or proceedings arising out of the aforementioned documents shall be brought exclusively in the competent courts/tribunals having jurisdiction in New Delhi, India and irrevocably submit themselves to the jurisdiction of such courts/tribunals.
- These Freecharge UPI Terms and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, shall not be transferred, or assigned by You. However, We may assign, in whole or in part, the benefits or obligations of these UPI Terms. We will provide an intimation of such assignment to You, which will be binding on the parties to these UPI Terms.
- Unless otherwise expressly stated in this UPI Terms, the failure to exercise or delay in exercising a right or remedy under these UPI Terms will not constitute a waiver of the right or remedy or a waiver of any other rights or remedies, and no single or partial exercise of any right or remedy under the UPI Terms will prevent any further exercise of the right or remedy or the exercise of any other right or remedy.
- These UPI Terms, which by their nature and content are intended to survive the performance hereof by any or all parties hereto will so survive the completion and termination of these UPI Terms.
- If any provision of the UPI Terms is or becomes, in whole or in part, invalid or unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any of the remaining provisions.. If any court/tribunal of competent jurisdiction holds any of the provisions of the UPI Terms unlawful or otherwise ineffective, the remaining of the UPI Terms will remain in full force and the unlawful or otherwise ineffective provision will be substituted by a new provision reflecting the intent of the provision so substituted.
Terms & Conditions of Use for UPI LITE
The T&Cs govern the UPI LITE feature enabled by National Payments Corporation of India (“NPCI”) on the Unified Payment Interface (“UPI”) Application (“UPI App.”). User is required to read and understand the T&Cs carefully, and exercise prudence and discretion before accessing or using the UPI LITE feature enabled on the FreechargeBiz App.
The Terms of Use for UPI LITE ( “T&Cs UPI LITE”) is applicable and binding on the user opting to use UPI LITE. UPI LITE is an 'on-device wallet' for small value transactions enabled on FreechargeBiz mobile application (“FreechargeBiz UPI App/ FreechargeBiz App.”) by FBTSL. Users are requested to note that UPI LITE may not be supported by all banks. User shall be able to enable only one Bank Account that is linked on the FreechargeBiz App.
The User may activate the UPI LITE on the FreechargeBiz App, and by requesting to enable or activate UPI LITE, the user acknowledges that she/he has read, understood and agreed to be bound by the Terms of Use for UPI LITE.
The User will be required to have her/his bank account linked with the set UPI PIN, and will also be required to authorize the issuing bank (using UPI PIN) to enable the UPI LITE (on-device wallet). This request will prompt the issuing bank to transfer funds from Users account towards UPI LITE usage. Once the issuing bank confirms successful transfer of funds, the UPI l LITE is enabled and the virtual balance is reflected in the UPI section on FreechargeBiz App.
In order to make payment via UPI LITE feature to any merchant, the User shall not be required to enter a UPI PIN. However, transactions undertaken vide UPI LITE feature shall be subject to certain transaction value threshold. The applicable transaction limits are as follows:
- Every spend transaction using UPI LITE Facility shall be limited to a maximum of INR 1000/-.
- The cumulative value of all transactions using UPI LITE Facility in a day shall be limited to a maximum of INR 10000/-.
- The maximum balance that can be held in the UPI LITE Facility at one point in time shall be limited to INR 5000/-.
The above stated transaction limits may be modified as may be notified by NPCI and without any prior notice.
The User understands and acknowledge that the User shall not be entitled to earn any interest on the balance amount held in the UPI LITE account. The User shall be solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of the password and other credentials, associated with the UPI APP and UPI LITE account.
Before changing mobile device, User must disable UPI Lite Facility from such mobile device and move available balance funds to User's linked Bank Account. In case User fail to disable UPI Lite from hid old mobile device, he can reach out to his issuer bank for moving available balance in UPI Lite to his Bank Account. User understand and agree that FBTSL shall not be liable in this regard.
User shall have the right to disable the UPI Lite, at any time. Once the UPI Lite Facility is disabled, the balance funds shall be credited into user linked Bank Account.
The T&Cs UPI LITE are in addition to and not in derogation of the terms and conditions governing the usage of Freecharge UPI. In the event of conflict between the UPI LITE Terms and the Terms of Use for Freecharge UPI, the Terms of Use for UPI LITE shall have an overriding effect.
Terms and Conditions for Axis Bank Personal Loan
I/we hereby agree that based on the Borrower's Request, Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Undertakings as contained herein and in the application for Personal Loan and other documents executed or tendered by the Borrower in relation to the Personal Loan, the bank has agreed to lend to the Borrower and the Borrower agrees to borrow from the Bank, the Personal Loan on the terms and conditions as fully contained in this Agreement and the key fact sheet.
The relationship between the Bank and the Borrower as lender and borrower shall commence from the date of this signing of Agreement via electronic signature/other digital media and subsist until all monies due and payable by the Borrower to the Bank under this Agreement and in all other documents pursuant hereto shall have been fully paid to and received by the Bank.
I/we hereby agree that the Personal Loan shall bear Service Charges and any other fees as mentioned in the key fact sheet, which the Borrower agrees to reimburse to the Bank separately. The Bank shall be entitled to recover from the Borrower Prepayment Charges at the rate mentioned in the key fact sheet on the amount of Personal Loan, repaid by the Borrower ahead of the Repayment Terms as mentioned in the key fact sheet. The Bank shall also be entitled to recover from the Borrower any other charges or costs incurred or claims suffered by the Bank in connection with the Personal Loan, including on account of execution and stamping of this Agreement and any other documentation or security creation pursuant to this Agreement.
I/we hereby understand that the Bank shall, unless agreed between the Borrower and the Bank otherwise and as stated in the key fact sheet, disburse the Personal Loan through NEFT/RTGS direct credit to bank account or banker's Payment Order or a Demand Draft crossed as "A/c Payee only"
i) in the name of the previous financier towards the repayment of the previous loan to be taken over by utilising the Personal Loan.
ii) in the name of such party/ies as per the instructions of the borrower.
iii) in the name of the borrower at discretion of Bank.
The Bank shall have an unconditional right to cancel the undrawn/unavailed/unused portion of the Loan at any time during the subsistence of the Loan, without any prior notice to the borrower, for any reason whatsoever. In the event of any such cancellation, all the provisions of this Agreement and all other related documents shall continue to be effective and valid and the Borrower shall repay the outstanding dues under the loan duly and punctually as provided herein.
I/we, the borrower hereby understand and agree that the charges in relation to the disbursement (including charges for issuance or for the collection of proceeds by the beneficiary on such payment order or demand draft) shall be borne by the Borrower. The Bank may not disburse at any time, any amount under the Personal Loan unless all the conditions and any other formalities prescribed by the Bank including the following, but not restricted to, are complied with, in the sole discretion of the Bank:
i) The Borrower's submission to the satisfaction of the Bank of a Certificate of Employment from his/her Employer and his/her financial statements;
ii) The Borrower's submission to the Bank, Electronic Clearing Service mandate/Standing Instruction mandate/NACH mandate towards repayment instalments; and Any other document or writing as the Bank may require in its sole discretion.
iii) Submission of all the necessary approvals and permission from, the appropriate authorities including, but not limited to approvals and certificates from corporations.
I/we, the Borrower, hereby undertake to repay to the Bank the amount equated in terms of monthly instalments each by the first day of each calendar month or such part thereof as shall remain due and owing to the Bank. The equated monthly instalment includes interest component.
Interest on the amount of the Loan is to be applied at the fixed rate of interest stipulated in the Schedule to the Loan Agreement. The rate of interest will be fixed for the entire tenor of the loan. The rate of interest once accepted on digital platform will not undergo change throughout the tenure of the loan.
APR : "Annual percentage rate" is a method to compute annualised credit cost, which includes interest rate and loan origination charges.
Cooling Off Period : Cooling off/look-up period is the period during which borrower shall not be charged any penalty on prepayment of the loan.
I/we, understand that the Interest on the Personal loan shall accrue from the date on which the loan account is opened for disbursal and accordingly the computation of the first EMI shall be calculated only for the actual number of days remaining for the due date of first instalment. For rest of the instalments the entire period of 30 days based on a pre-drawn schedule shall be taken into consideration. The disbursement of the Personal loan will be done by issuing the disbursement Pay order / Demand draft or otherwise without the Bank concerning itself with the receipt of such disbursement by the Beneficiary / Recipient and also with the realization of such payment order / Demand draft or the time taken in such realization. Interest on the Personal Loan shall be computed and debited to the Personal Loan Account on the due date in each calendar month/quarter/half year/year as stated in the key fact sheet. Interest Tax and other levies as may be applicable from time to time on the Personal Loan shall be borne by the Borrower. The Bank shall be entitled to debit all other amounts due and payable by the Borrower under this Agreement (including but not limited to interest tax, fees, stamp duty, costs, service/prepayment and other charges, claims and expenses) to the Borrower's Personal Loan account, unless separately reimbursed to the Bank by the Borrower. Such amounts shall form part of the Personal Loan. All amounts in default for payment (i.e. not paid by the Borrower when due to the Bank) including arrears of EMI, interest before the commencement of EMI, costs, charges and expenses debited to the Personal Loan account shall attract penal interest without there being any need to assign a reason for such revision and interest and penal interest shall thereafter accrue at such revised rate(s). Interest on the Loan shall be computed and debited to the Loan Account taking the basis of 365 days a year.
I/we, undertake that the Personal Loan (including the principal, interest thereon and any other charges, premium, fees, taxes levies or other dues payable by the Borrower to the Bank in terms of this Agreement) be repayable by the Borrower to the Bank-
i) at the Branch (or at any other branch of the Bank or at any other place as may be notified by the Bank).
ii) by way of Equated Monthly Instalment(EMI) as mentioned in the key fact sheet towards repayment of principal and interest; and
iii) by separate repayments towards repayment of default interest, fees, charges, taxes, claims, costs and expenses charged to the Personal Loan account.
Further the Bank shall have a lien and right of set-off on all moneys belonging to the Borrower standing to their credit in any account whatsoever with the Bank. If upon demand by the Bank the balance outstanding in the Credit Facility account is not repaid within the prescribed time, such credit balance in any account may be adjusted towards dues under the Credit Facility account. In case of any deficit, the deficit amount may be recovered by the Bank from the Borrower. I/we, further agree that the Equated Monthly Instalment (EMI) amount shall be arrived at so as to comprise repayment of principal and payment of interest calculated on the basis of the interest rate, periodicity, of repayment, of the entire liability under the Personal Loan at the end of its tenor and the Borrower agrees to continue paying EMIs until all amounts due under the Personal Loan have been repaid in full to the Bank. No notice, reminder or intimation will be given to the Borrower regarding his/her obligation to pay the EMI regularly on each due date. It shall entirely be his/her responsibility to ensure prompt and timely payment to the Bank. Any delay or default in payment of any EMI shall make the Borrower liable to pay to the Bank, interest at the Default Interest Rate (for the period of such default) as mentioned in the key fact sheet, besides constituting a default thereby making all sums under this Agreement due and payable to the Bank forthwith. All repayments of Principal and payment of interest and all other amounts by way of EMI or otherwise shall be given effect to in the Personal Loan account in accordance with the method of effecting payment as stated in the key fact sheet or as adopted by the Bank from time to time. Repayments ahead of the Repayment Terms shall attract Prepayment Charges as stated in the key fact sheet.
All amounts in default for payment, due to delay or non-payment of EMI/Installment or interest thereon including any costs, charges and expenses or due to occurrence of any other Event of Default as mentioned in the above paragraph shall be debited to the loan/drawal account and in such case Bank shall also levy the penal interest and other charges as applicable and prescribed in the schedule of charges in the said loan /drawal account for the period of default without there being any need to assign a reason for the same, which shall be paid by the Borrower.
However, if Borrower fails to make the payment of above said amounts in default for payment or the penal interest and other charges levied by the Bank within 90 days from the due date of such payments, in that case said loan/drawal account shall be classified as Non Performing Asset (NPA).
In order to regularize the said loan/drawal account, the Borrower shall be liable to pay all the above mentioned amounts in default and/or penal interest and other charges, as the case may be, [on immediate basis]
I/we, the borrower hereby understand and agree the following:
The Bank shall, in relation to the Personal Loan:
i) have the sole right at any time during the tenure of this Agreement to revise/reschedule the repayment terms/ amount of EMI or of any other amounts outstanding there under and the Borrower shall make all future repayments to the Bank according to such revised schedule on being notified by the Bank of such revision or reschedulement;
ii) have the sole right to amend any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement including but not limited to revision of interest Rate (including the Default Interest Rate), periodicity of compounding interest, method of effecting credit of the repayments without assigning any reason or notifying the Borrower and the Borrower agree that such revision shall become applicable from date of such revision in the records of the Bank;
iii) have the right to receive and adjust any payment/s that it may receive as an assignee of the insurance in relation to the Property that may have been provided as security and on the life of the Borrower towards amounts due and/or payable by the Borrower under this Agreement;
iv) be entitled to disclose any information about the Borrower, his/her account relationship with the Bank and/or any default committed by him (whether such information is provided by the Borrower or obtained by the Bank itself and whether in form of repayment conduct, rating or defaults) to its head office, other branch offices, affiliated entities, Reserve Bank of India, any Refinancing agency, credit rating agency and such third parties as the Bank may in its sole and exclusive discretion, deem fit and proper. The Bank shall also be entitled to seek and receive any information as it deems fit in connection with the Personal Loan and/or the Borrower from any third party;
v) with specific consent the borrower allows the Bank/Lender for disclosing / submitting the 'financial information' as defined in Section 3 (13 ) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 ( 'Code' for brief ) read with the relevant Regulations/ Rules framed under the Code, as amended and in force from time to time and as specified there under from time to time, in respect of the Credit/ Financial facilities availed from the Bank/ Lender, from time to time, to any 'Information Utility' ( 'IU' for brief ) as defined in Section 3 ( 21 ) of the Code, in accordance with the relevant Regulations framed under the Code, and directions issued by Reserve Bank of India to the banks from time to time and hereby specifically agree to promptly authenticate the 'financial information submitted by the Bank/Lender, as and when requested by the concerned 'IU'
vi) be entitled to require the Borrower, in the event of the Borrower opting to resign or retire from the employment prior to the age of superannuation or is discharged or removed from service before such date for any reason whatsoever, to instruct his/her employer to remit the entire dues (including provident fund, gratuity and compensation) becoming payable by the Borrower from his/her employer on account of his/her such cessation of employment and to receive and appropriate the same towards the Borrower's liability under the Personal Loan.
vii) may obtain and share personal data of the borrowers is from/with its vendors/third party agents in the course of processing and disbursing of the Loan. I hereby give my consent to the Bank to share my personal information with such vendors/third party agents of the Bank as may be required.
viii) during the customer journey of applying for 24x7 Loans or post completion of such journey, Axis Bank shall collect, store, utilize and analyse customer feedback for the purposes of internal product enhancements, quality checks and marketing of retail lending products. Customer feedback shall be collected via self-administered surveys, telephonic communication, or face to face interaction with the customers wherein such telephonic communication and face to face interaction shall be conducted by Axis bank itself or by third parties appointed on behalf of Axis Bank to solely collect customer feedback. For the sake of clarity, customer feedback collected by third parties on behalf of Axis Bank shall not be utilized by such third parties in any manner whatsoever.
I/we, the borrower, hereby agree to the following with a view to induce the Bank to grant the Personal Loan to the borrower,
i) Borrower has given complete and correct information and details in the application form about himself/herself;
ii) Borrower shall make available to the Bank such security (including mortgage over the Property) in such form and substance as may be required by the Bank;
iii) Borrower has no pending claims demands litigation or proceedings against him/her before any court or authority (public or private);
iv) Borrower shall ensure that the purpose for which the Personal Loan is advanced by the Bank is fulfilled in all respects and produced to the Bank, the necessary documents, as may be required by the Bank;
v) Borrower shall ensure proceeds will not be utilized for purchase of gold in any form including primary gold, gold bullion, gold jewellery, gold coins, units of Gold Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) and units of gold Mutual Funds, acquisition of/investing in Small Savings Instruments, dealing in Virtual Currencies.
vi) Borrower shall in addition to the income/ financial statement/s required by the Bank furnish such other information/ documents concerning his/her employment, trade, business, profession or otherwise as the Bank may require from time to time;
vii) Borrower shall promptly and without requiring any notice or reminder from the Bank, repay to the Bank the Personal Loan in accordance with the Repayment Terms mentioned in the key fact sheet; Borrower shall (in case of more than one borrower) be jointly and severally liable to repay the Personal Loan, interest and all other sums due and payable under this Agreement and to observe its terms a conditions;
viii) Borrower where applicable, shall inform the Bank of any likely change in his/her employment;
ix) Borrower shall not stand surety or guarantor for any third party liability or obligation;
x) Borrower being a resident in India, shall not leave India for employment or business or long stay without first fully repaying the Personal Loan then outstanding due and payable with interest and other dues, including prepayment charges, if any;
xi) Borrower shall keep himself/herself aware of the rules of the Bank, pertaining to Personal Loan, and in force from time to time.
xii) The borrower shall, in case the borrower is a company/firm/body corporate, notify the Bank at least 30 days in advance of any intended a) change in business, constitution or constitution documents or b) closure of its business or c) change in address.
xiii) The borrower shall ensure that any update/change in any information or documents provided by the borrower in future is intimated/ informed to the Bank promptly, i.e., within 30 days from the date of change.
xiv) The borrower declares that they are not a Politically Exposed Person (PEP) nor are they related to any Politically Exposed Person (PEP). They undertake that in the event of subsequently becoming a PEP, they will immediately intimate the Bank regarding the same. Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) are individuals who are or have been entrusted with prominent public functions by a foreign country, including the Heads of States/Governments, senior politicians, senior government or judicial or military officers, senior executives of state-owned corporations and important political party officials.
xv) In the event of savings account/s of the Borrower/s being closed or being shifted from Axis Bank to any other Bank, the Borrower/s shall within 15 days of such closure or shifting of account, arrange to the satisfaction of Axis Bank any other alternative mode of payment of the instalments either by way of Electronic Clearing System (ECS) or by submitting Post Dated Cheques (PDC's), failing which the Bank would have an option to recall the outstanding loan of the Borrower/s.
xvi) The Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Bank has a right to award a separate mandate to its Auditor or any independent Auditor, as the Bank may deem fit with a view to obtain a specific certificate regarding diversion /siphoning of funds by the Borrower. The Borrower agrees and undertakes to co-operate with such Auditors and provide the necessary information and/or documents as may be required by such Auditors. The Borrower also agrees and undertakes to bear all the expenditure in respect of obtaining the said Certificate and agrees to indemnify and keep the Bank indemnified in this regard.
I understand that the Bank may by a written notice to the Borrower, declare all sums outstanding under the Personal Loan (including the principal, interest, charges, expenses) to become due and payable forthwith and enforce the security (if applicable) in relation to the Personal Loan upon the occurrence (in the sole decision of the Bank) of any one or more of the following:
i) The Borrower fails to pay to the Bank any amount when due and payable under this Agreement.
ii) The Borrower fails to pay to any person other than the Bank any amount when due and payable or any person other than the Bank demands repayment of the loan or dues or liability of the Borrower to such person ahead of its repayment terms as previously agreed between such person and the Borrower;
iii) The Borrower defaults in performing any of his/her obligations under this Agreement or breaches any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement;
iv) The Borrower opts to resign or retires from the employment prior to the age of superannuation or is discharged or removed from service before such date for any reason whatsoever
v) Any of the information provided by the Borrower to avail the Personal Loan or any of his/her Representations, Warranties herein being found to be or becoming incorrect or untrue;
vi) Any person other than the Bank commencing proceedings to declare the Borrower insolvent or if the Borrowershall become bankrupt or insolvent or commit act of insolvency;
vii) The value of the security (including guarantee/s) created or tendered by the Borrower, in the sole discretion and decision of the Bank, depreciates entitling the Bank to call for further security and the Borrower fails to give additional security;
I/we, understand that the Bank shall have a right to sell or transfer (by way of assignment, securitisation or otherwise) whole or part of the Credit/Loan Facility and outstanding amounts under the Credit/Loan Facility or any other rights and obligations of the Bank under this Agreement or any other document pursuant hereto to any person/ entity in a manner or under or under such terms and conditions as the Bank may decide in its sole discretion without reference to or intimation to me/us. The Borrower expressly agree, in the event of sale or transfer as aforesaid, to accept such person to whom the Credit/Loan Facility is sold or transferred as his lender and make the repayment of the Credit/Loan Facility to such person as may be directed by the Bank. The Borrower shall not be entitled to directly or indirectly assign any or all of its rights or obligations under this Agreement in part or in whole to any person. The rights, powers and remedies available to the Bank under Law and under these present, shall be exercised by the Bank through any of its employees or agent and the Bank may delegate any or all of the said powers and authorities to such employee or agent.
I/we, further undertake the followings:
i) If at any time the Bank is of the opinion that the value of the said security/ guarantee prescribed/ provided for the Personal loan is not adequate or sufficient for the purpose of securing the due repayment of the loan, and monies due thereon, the Bank shall be entitled to call for any additional security by notice in writing and the Borrower shall be bound to comply with the said notice and provide any additional security satisfactory to the Bank within 30 days from the receipt of the letter.
ii) The Borrower confirms the accuracy of the information given in the loan application and further confirms that no material change or alteration has taken place subsequent to the date of application which would impact adversely the safety of amount granted by the Bank in any manner whatsoever.
iii) The Borrower declares and confirms that he/she is not a party to any litigation of any material character affecting the security and Borrower is not aware of any facts likely to give rise to such litigation or any material claims or enquiries from any tax authorities or other statutory authorities.
iv) All or any other conditions as specified in the most important information shall form an integral part of this Agreement and the most important information shall always be used in conjunction with this agreement at all times. Interest on the amount of the loan will be applied at the rate specified in the key fact sheet herein separately agreed.
v) All loans are at the sole discretion of Axis Bank and are subject to adherence of Terms and Conditions stipulated by the Bank and guided by Statutory and Regulatory directives from time to time. Axis Bank would have sole discretion on approval or disallowance of facilities, drawings beyond the sanctioned limits and disallowing drawing on a borrowal account on its asset classification or on account of any non-compliance with the terms of sanction. Axis Bank does not have an obligation to meet further requirements of the borrowers on account of growth in business etc. without proper review of credit limits.
vi) All disputes, differences and / or claim or questions arising out of these presents or in any way touching or concerning the same or as to constructions, meaning or effect thereof or as to the right, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereunder shall be referred to and settled by arbitration, to be held in accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 including related rules and regulations and any other statutory amendments thereof, of a sole arbitrator to be nominated by the Lender/Bank, and in the event of death, unwillingness, refusal, neglect, inability or incapability of a person so appointed to act as an arbitrator, the Lender/Bank may appoint a new arbitrator to be a sole arbitrator. The arbitrator shall not be required to give any reasons for the award and the award of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on all parties concerned. The seat and venue of arbitration proceedings shall be at Chennai. The arbitral procedure shall be conducted in English.
vii) The Fair Practice Code for the Lenders as published on the Axis Bank's website, shall apply to the Loan. Copy of the Fair Practice Code for lenders as available on the Bank's website. https://www.axisbank.com/docs/default-source/default-document-library/fair-practice-code-for-lenders.pdf
Applicable in cases where borrower is maintaining savings a/c with Axis Bank
Without prejudice to any other term of this Agreement, I expressly agree that any payment made by the Borrower to the Bank under this Agreement shall be appropriated by the Bank in the following order-
i) costs, charges and expenses that the Bank may expend to service, enforce and maintain the security and therefore recover the Personal Loan, interest and all sums due and payable by the Borrower to the Bank under this Agreement.
ii) interest on amounts in default and loss of profit on the defaulted amount/s
iii) prepayment charges
iv) interest
v) principal amount of the Personal Loan
I/we, agree that any delay or omission by the Bank in exercising any of its rights, powers or remedies as the lender of the loan under this Agreement and other documents pursuant hereto shall not impair the right, power or remedy or be construed as its waiver or acquiesce by the Bank. I/we, confirm that this Agreement and its Schedules and any other documentation pursuant to it represent one single agreement between the Parties.
Laws of India shall govern this Agreement, the security and other documentation pursuant hereto and Courts at Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all aspects governing the interpretation and enforcement of this Agreement, the security and other documentation pursuant hereto.
The addresses of the Borrower and the Bank shall be as mentioned in the key fact sheet. The Borrower shall forthwith inform the Bank of any change in his/her Address (current residence and office). Any notice or request required or permitted under this Agreement to be given by either party to the other shall be only in writing and sent on the address of the other Party as mentioned in the key fact sheet (or in case to the Borrower, on the address of the Borrower last known to the Bank):
i) If given by the Bank, may be given by personal delivery, fax or by post and shall be deemed to have been served upon or received by the Borrower, if given by personal delivery, when so delivered and if by post on expiration of 3 days after the same has been delivered to the post office for onward transmission to the Borrower under certificate of posting; and
ii) If given by the Borrower to the Bank when it is actually received by the Bank.
- SMA 0 - If due date of a loan account is March 31, 2021, and full dues are not received on this date, the account shall be SMA 0 on day end of March 31, 2021.
- SMA 1 - If it continues to remain overdue, then this account shall get tagged as SMA-1 upon completion of 30 days of being continuously overdue i.e. April 30, 2021.
- SMA 2 - If the account continues to remain overdue, it shall get tagged as SMA-2 on May 30, 2021.
- NPA - If the account continues to remain overdue further, it shall get classified as NPA on June 29, 2021.
Terms and Conditions for Two Wheeler Loans
I understand that submission of the above mentioned information will not amount to an application or pre-qualification or eligibility for sanction of loan. Nothing contained herein shall constitute and /or deem to constitute an offer and/or an invitation to an offer or a legally binding obligation on Freecharge Business and Technology Services Ltd. (FBTSL) nor shall it confer any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities to me or provide any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, cause of action against FBTSL.
I authorize FBTSL to share the above-mentioned information provided by me with Axis Bank Limited ("Axis Bank"). Further, I authorize Axis Bank and its representatives to call me and/or send me messages with reference to the loan against Two Wheeler Loans offered by Axis Bank. This consent will override any registration for DNC / NDNC.
Terms and Conditions for Freecharge Pay Later
Last Updated on 1st January, 2026
I understand that under the facility offered, I shall be able to avail Pay Later product, this decision is at the discretion of Axis bank. Pay Later is the product available to certain customers to make deferred payments or payments in Equated monthly instalments (“EMI”) on the purchase of products /services available on selected partners. If a customer chooses to pay using Pay Later under Personal loans category, the customer will transact with Axis Bank.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PAY LATER PRODUCT
1). I understand this is a facility product offered by Axis Bank for financing purchase of products/services on the platforms, under which I would make deferred payments on any product/services purchased on the platforms at a later date along with interest and any other charges as applicable, in the manner and within the time frame prescribed by Axis Bank.
2). Prior to providing the Facility, Axis Bank may (in its discretion) conduct credit approval checks for the borrower.
3). With Pay Later product, you can shop without paying at the time of purchase from platforms and pay the bill at once on the due date mentioned in key fact sheet
4). Provision of the Facility is at the discretion of Axis Bank, and Axis Bank reserves the right to reject (exercisable in its discretion) the Facility to a customer, with or without any notice or reason and without any liability. Issuance, approval, extension, pre-closure or closure of the Facility and such matters are solely determined by Axis bank.
5). I declare that all the particulars and information and details given / filled, and information provided by me to Axis Bank are true, correct, and accurate and I have not withheld / suppressed any material and relevant information from Axis Bank
6). I agree that Axis Bank may receive and update credit reports from any/all credit bureaus or any other agency/ regulatory authority as required and as permitted under applicable law.
7). I understand that the facility will be reported to Bureau as a single facility under Personal loans category irrespective of multiple disbursals or creation of facility accounts. Overall sanction amount will be reported in bureau.
8). I hereby understand the below terms of the facility: Axis Bank, at the request of the Borrower, agrees to lend to the Borrower, and the Borrower agrees to borrow from Axis Bank, a facility amount (hereinafter referred to as the “Facility Amount") for a period described in the key fact sheet (“Term”), on the basis of, and subject to the conditions, terms, and covenants herein set forth.
9). “Overall sanction amount” shall mean what the borrower got approved for and Axis Bank can offer to the borrower in the defined period. Borrower can utilise this amount at Pay Later utilisation at partners/Axis platforms. At partner end, Borrower will be able to utilise the amount at platforms linked with partner. Available amount will keep reducing based on utilisation.
10). Pay Later Facility account will be created with the “sanctioned amount” equal to the monthly pay-out for the borrower as decided by Axis Bank. Monthly pay-out or monthly capped limit is the capped amount customer may avail at partner or merchant locations wherever applicable for the month till the repayment date. This may change month on month as per bank’s decision and Pay Later facility sanctioned amount will vary based on utilisation and monthly pay-out or monthly capped limit
11). I understand that the monthly pay-out or monthly capped amount in Pay Later facility will be reset for next cycle and the amount may increase or decrease based on Axis Bank Policy
12). I agree and understand that products /services availed using such facilities under Pay Later are provided by the platforms and Axis bank shall not be responsible with regards to any deficiency in product/services
13). I understand that Axis Bank will have the right to review customer profile at regular intervals and revise monthly pay-out for Pay Later / overall sanction amount/ any sanctioned amount for any facility or revoke such amounts extended to me at any time at their sole discretion
14). I understand that I shall be responsible to contact the Platform for any deficiency in service on the part of the Platform or any defective product or deficient service delivered to the Borrower
15). I understand that Axis Bank will not discriminate the customers on grounds of sex, caste and religion in the matter of any credit appraisal, solicitation and sanctioning of facilities. I also declare that I will inform Axis Bank in case I belong to any Minority section or religion.
TERMS OF DISBURSEMENT
The Borrower has agreed that the Facility Amount shall be disbursed in the following manner:
1). “Facility Account” shall mean the account of the Borrower for the purpose of repayment of the Loan Facility.
2). “Disbursement Date” shall mean the date on which the Facility is disbursed to Platform, on satisfaction of all the representations, warranties, and covenants of the Borrower by Axis Bank. There may be multiple tranche disbursals in the facility account which shall mean that borrower has availed the loan facility at multiple times
3). “Loan Facility” The amount of loan availed by the Borrower and disbursed by Axis Bank on the request of the Borrower or in accordance with the drawdown schedule agreed between the Borrower and Axis bank
4). “Outstanding Amount” shall mean the amount which is to be paid to Axis Bank less any part of / instalment(s) towards the Facility Amount already paid to Axis bank
5). “Platform” means the entity facilitating payment for online purchase and sale of services / goods and/or is processing the payments for such online transactions.
6). “Repayment Date” means the date stipulated for the borrower to repay the principal facility amount along with applicable interest to Axis Bank
7). “Due Amount” shall mean the repayment amount to be paid by the Borrower to keep the Loan Facility in good standing
8). I understand that the facilities Pay Later would be available only with respect to select products or services sold on the platforms
9). I understand that Freecharge wallet would be the default payment mode for any platform, unless Freecharge Pay Later is selected by me as the preferred payment mode.
10). I understand that the preferred payment option between Freecharge wallet and Freecharge Pay Later can be selected by navigating to the Pay Later Dashboard as provided in the App & Website.
11). I understand that the preferred payment mode or the default payment mode will be applicable for both transactions within FreechargeBiz App and all/any other merchant transactions
12). Refunds from merchants for payments done through Freecharge Pay Later if processed.
i) Before due date – will be adjusted in the Pay Later bill amount
ii) After due date – will be credited in the user’s Freecharge wallet as cashback
CANCELLATION
1). In the event the Borrower proposes to cancel the Loan Facility or any drawdown thereto, the Borrower must intimate the Platform and thereafter Axis bank shall cancel the Loan Facility once the Platform notifies Axis bank of such cancellation.
2). I understand that the Bank shall have unconditional right to cancel the undrawn/ unavailed/ unused portion of the Facility at any time during the subsistence of the Facility, without any prior notice to the Borrower, for any reason whatsoever. In the event of any such cancellation, all the provisions of this sanction shall continue to be effective and valid and the Borrower shall repay the Facility in accordance with the terms of this sanction.
INTEREST
1). The Borrower shall pay interest (“Interest”) on the utilised Amount at the rate mentioned in the application process. “Annual percentage rate” is a method to compute annualised credit cost, which includes interest rate and loan origination charges.
2). In case the repayment of the Facility Amount is not completed in accordance with the terms agreed between the Borrower and Axis bank, Axis Bank will be entitled to receive Additional Interest (defined below) for each such day of default.
3). For the purpose of this Agreement, “Month” shall mean and refer to each of the twelve (12) named periods into which a calendar year is divided, each such period comprising thirty (30) days and “Year” shall mean and refer to the continuous period of 360 days.
REPAYMENT
1). The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the Borrower shall make payment of the Due Amount on 5th of upcoming month as agreed with Axis bank. The due date of the product is subject to change and may be updated at the sole discretion of Axis bank
2). Bill will be generated on 5th of every month and customer will have to repay the amount on the same date failing which the account will be marked as overdues and borrower agrees that penal interest will be applicable from the date of non-payment of dues. Bill generation date is subject to change and may be updated at the sole discretion of Axis bank
3). Borrower can repay the due amount for facility products using a Debit card, Net Banking, UPI, Auto debit setup or any other permissible payment method as may be notified by Axis bank. Utilisation of credit card for payment of dues or paying bills is not allowed.
4). I agree and acknowledge that cash payment in part of full shall not be accepted as a payment method for repayment of outstanding amounts due under facility products.
5). Borrower undertakes to make payment of outstanding amounts due to Axis bank within agreed timelines. Borrower understands and agrees that if he/she fails to pay the outstanding amounts due under relevant facility products to Axis bank on or before the due date, Axis bank shall have the right to suspect or block any future purchases on the platforms and levy a late payment penalty and bounce charges on him/her as mentioned in key fact sheet.
Terms and Conditions for Experian check
This End User Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made between you (the “User” or “You”) and FREECHARGE BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LTD.(FBTSL), a private limited company having its registered office at 11th Floor, Tower C, DLF Cyber Greens, DLF Cyber City, DLF Phase 3, Gurugram, Haryana 122022 (“CLIENT”, “Us” or “We”, which term shall include its successors and permitted assigns). The User and FREECHARGE BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LTD. shall be collectively referred to as the “Parties” and individually as a “Party”.
You hereby consent to FBTSL being appointed as your authorized representative to receive your Credit Information from Experian for the purpose of evaluating credit history and display pre-approved credit offers (“End Use Purpose”), on month on month basis for a period, not more than six (6) months
BY EXECUTING THIS AGREEMENT / CONSENT FORM, YOU ARE EXPRESSLY AGREEING TO ACCESS THE EXPERIAN CREDIT INFORMATION REPORT AND CREDIT SCORE, AGGREGATE SCORES, INFERENCES, REFERENCES AND DETAILS (AS DEFINED BELOW)(TOGETHER REFERRED AS “CREDIT INFORMATION”).YOU HEREBY ALSO CONSENT TO SUCH CREDIT INFORMATION BEING PROVIDED BY EXPERIAN TO YOU AND FREECHARGE BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LTD. BY USING EXPERIAN TOOLS, ALGORITHMS AND DEVICES AND YOU HEREBY AGREE, ACKNOWLEDGE AND ACCEPT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH HEREIN.
Terms and Conditions:
Information Collection, Use, Confidentiality, No-Disclosure and Data Purging
FREECHARGE BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LTD.(FBTSL) shall access your Credit Information as your authorized representative and FREECHARGE BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LTD.(FBTSL) shall use the Credit Information for limited End Use Purpose consisting of and in relation to the services proposed to be availed by you from FREECHARGE BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LTD. We shall not aggregate, retain, store, copy, reproduce, republish, upload, post, transmit, sell or rent the Credit Information to any other person and the same cannot be copied or reproduced other than as agreed herein and in furtherance to CICRA.
The Parties agree to protect and keep confidential the Credit Information both online and offline.
The Credit Information shared by you or received on by us on your behalf shall be destroyed, purged, erased promptly of upon the completion of the transaction/ End Use Purpose for which the Credit Information report was procured for up to a maximum of 6 months.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
The relationship between you and FREECHARGE BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LTD. shall be governed by laws of India and all claims or disputes arising there from shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Mumbai.
Definitions:
Capitalized terms used herein but not defined above shall have the following meanings:
“Business Day” means a day (other than a public holiday) on which banks are open for general business in Mumbai.
“Credit Information Report” means the credit information / scores/ aggregates / variables / inferences or reports which shall be generated by Experian;
“Credit Score” means the score which shall be mentioned on the Credit Information Report which shall be computed by Experian.
“CICRA” shall mean the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005 read with the Credit Information Companies Rules, 2006 and the Credit Information Companies Regulations, 2006, and shall include any other rules and regulations prescribed thereunder.
PLEASE READ THE ABOVE MENTIONED TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND CLICK ON “ACCEPT” FOLLOWED BY THE LINK BELOW TO COMPLETE THE AUTHORISATION PROCESS/ FOR SHARING OF YOUR CREDIT INFORMATION BY EXPERIAN WITH FREECHARGE BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LTD. IN ITS CAPACITY AS YOUR AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE.
BY CLICKING “ACCEPT” YOU AGREE AND ACCEPT THE DISCLAIMERS AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET OUT HEREIN.
** This document is an electronic record in terms of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and Rules made thereunder, and the amended provisions pertaining to electronic records.
Terms and Conditions for Axis Bank Freecharge Plus Credit Card
I hereby expressly consent to and authorize the Bank (whether acting by itself or through any of its service providers, and whether in automated manner or otherwise), to collect, store and process my application details, personal data and sensitive information about me, information, papers and data relating to know your customer (KYC), credit information, and any other information about me/pertaining to me or not as may be deemed relevant by the Bank (collectively, “Information”).
I have read and hereby fully accept the Card Member Agreement, Credit Card Authorization Statement and Most Important Terms and conditions of Axis Bank ("Bank"). I expressly consent Bank to share and disclose the Information to Freecharge Business and Technology Services Ltd.(FBTSL), service providers, consultants, credit information companies, information utilities, other banks and financial institutions, affiliates, group companies, subsidiaries, regulators, investigating agencies, judicial, quasi-judicial and statutory authorities, or to other persons/institutions/entities as may be necessary in connection with the contractual or legal requirements or in the legitimate interests of the Bank or as per the consent, undertake to process information including by way of storing, structuring, organizing, reproducing, copying, using, profiling, etc. as may be deemed fit by the Bank and for the purposes of credit appraisal, fraud detection, anti-money laundering obligations, for entering into contract, for direct marketing, for cross selling, for developing credit scoring models and business strategies, for monitoring, for evaluating and improving the quality of services and products, or for any purposes as the Bank may deem fit. I expressly agree to the Bank, its service providers, agents and/or its affiliates and FBTSL, for using the Information and for marketing, promotion and cross-selling to me their various products and services of the Bank from time to time via telephone, SMS and/or email.
I expressly consent to and authorise Axis Bank to provide an overlimit transaction facility on my card as per Axis Bank internal policies and other terms and conditions.
I hereby give my consent to Axis Bank to increase my credit limit once within 6 months of card issuance.
I am interested in the Card Protection Plan (CPP) & hereby provide consent to Axis Bank and/or CPP Assistance Service Pvt. Ltd. and/or their representatives to contact me for the same.
I have read the above terms and conditions and accept the same and I am not a senior officer or relative of a director/senior officer of Axis Bank and I am not a director(trustee) or relative of a director(trustee) of any other bank/subsidiary of any bank (mutual funds/venture capital funds set up by banks).