(MENAFN- KNN India) Flipkart customers will now get refunds as early as within 24 hours of returning the product as the e-commerce giant today launched its instant refund mechanism facility.
Earlier, the refund process used to take three to five business days.
"Continuing the innovation journey by announcing this newly launched payment mechanism, Flipkart aims to ensure that refunds for Cash on Deliver (CoD) orders are credited back to customers instantly, as soon as the product reaches the Flipkart hub," Flipkart said in a statement.
The instant refund will be completed using Immediate Payments System (IMPS) transfers and that the facility is currently active for banks having IMPS transaction capability.
Entitled customers will be regularly notified about the status of their refund via SMS and emails, the statement added.
"Our return procedure is already one of the fastest in the country. In the last two months, we have extended this further by piloting the IMPS refunds programme, which has seen positive adoption and traction from our end users," Flipkart Chief Product Officer Punit Soni said.
"We strongly feel that enabling our fast-growing product IMPS with Flipkart's quicker refund strategy will create a benchmark experience to customers," National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) COO Dilip Asbe said.
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