Are you looking for an International Virtual Debit Card, then Kotak 811 will be the best option for you. Kotak 811 is a mobile-based saving account from Kotak Mahindra Bank. You can open your Saving account in 5 minutes without going to a branch. All you need is your Aadhaar Number and Pan Number.
The main advantage of Kotak 811 is that you will get an International visa debit card instantly which can be used for any transaction anywhere in the world. Even Though there are so many prepaid virtual debit cards available in India now, none of them can be used for International transactions. Here comes Kotak 811 debit card, we can use this card for Paypal payment, Google Playstore payment, etc.
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Opening an account is very simple. What you need is download the Kotak 811 app from Play Store or App Store create an account using your Aadhaar Number and Pan Number. The system will authenticate your Aadhaar Number using the Aadhaar based OTP method, in which an OTP will be sent to the registered mobile number for the corresponding Aadhaar number. You need to enter the OTP in the application so that authentication will be completed. Then you need to provide your Pan Number. That's it, now you just need to provide some additional details such as Nominee, etc.
After all, your account will be created and you will get your account number. The address in your account will be the one in your Aadhaar Card and based on the address, the account will be created in the nearest branch to you. So, here the second thing, even if we call it as a Virtual Debit card, your account will not be a virtual one, it will be a real saving account with zero balance and will be in a physical branch near to your address.
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You can use this account as a normal account, you will be getting following features too
- Up to 6%* interest p.a.
- Zero balance account
- A Virtual Debit Card to shop online
- Free online transfers
- Free Net Banking
- Free mobile Banking
- Transfer funds easily & on the go, without having to register a beneficiary
- Track all your Banking Transactions all in one place
- Shop within our app on Flipkart, PVR, goibibo and more with the benefit of seamless payment
- Recharge your mobile & DTH subscriptions with ease
- Use mVisa or mobilePay for your offline/instore payments
- Purchase and redeem Mutual Funds and keep track of your investments
- Regenerate your Debit and Credit card PINs
- Switch your Debit Cards on and off if you need to
- Pay your bills, open a Term Deposit