New Delhi, May 10 -- Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has partnered with Airtel Payments Bank to launch co-branded RuPay 'On-The-Go' cards with the National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) facility, enabling commuters to use a single open-loop card across metro systems, buses and other transit networks nationwide.

The announcement was made on Sunday at the Delhi Metro headquarters in the presence of DMRC Managing Director Vikas Kumar, Airtel Payments Bank MD & CEO Anubrata Biswas and senior officials from both organisations.

The new co-branded cards -- available as Debit cards and PPI-MTS (Prepaid Payment Instrument for Mass Transit Systems) -- represent "a significant upgrade from existing DMRC-issued cards, which are limited to the Del...