RBL Bank (formerly Ratnakar Bank) has launched India’s first golf-centric credit card. The card based on the premium MasterCard World platform was launched in association with the Indian Golf Union (IGU).

The country’s first contact less mobile payment solution to enable its credit and debit customers make in-store contact less payments by just waving their smartphones near an NFC-enabled merchant terminal. The mobile payment solution available in the Bank’s ‘Pockets’ app, provides improved convenience of ‘Touch & Pay’ as customers are no longer required to carry physical card or cash to pay in stores. ICICI Bank is the first financial institution in the country to leverage the Host Card Emulation (HCE) technology to bring forth this solution.

Indusind Bank has launched India’s first digital branch at IndusInd Cybercity Rapid Metro station, Gurgaon. This video branch machine allows customers to connect with the remote teller over a real-time video call and perform regular banking transactions like statement printing, cheque deposits, opening of FD account and encashment, funds transfer along with dispensation of cash.

ICICI Bank, the country’s largest private sector bank launched the EMI (Equated Monthly Instalment) facility on debit cards to enable its customers to convert their high value transactions into easy instalments.

Kotak Mahindra Bank launched KayPay – World’s First Bank Agnostic Instant Funds Transfer Platform using Facebook. Millions of bank account holders can transfer money to each other at any hour of the day or night, without needing net banking, or knowing various bank account related details of the payee.

ICICI Bank has launched India’s first credit card with a transparent design.The card, part of ICICI Bank’s ‘Gemstone Collection’, has been launched in association with American Express.

Under Digital India programme, top lender ICICI Bank has launched its own ‘digital village’ project while adopting an entire village, Akodara in Gujarat to provide services ranging from cashless banking to digitised school teaching.

Snapdeal and HDFC Bank in partnership with Visa launched the India’s first co-branded e-commerce credit card.

Corporation Bank is the first bank to launch the Mudra Card based on the RuPay platform under the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY).

HDFC Bank has become the first bank in India to launch Watch Banking for Apple Watch.It aims to provide banking services through all wearable devices across platforms like iOS and Android.