RBI, however, did not name the card network but said that only one card network has operationalised this arrangement of enabling businesses to make card payments through certain intermediaries to entities that do not accept card payments.
It enhances cardholders' safety during online transactions by providing an option to complete the payment process as a guest and avoid saving card details
ALT ID is a custom-made capability developed by Mastercard to create an alternate identifier for the real card numbers provided by cardholders during guest checkout transactions on e-commerce platforms
