May 15, 2026

Namaste Pay and Mayur Yatayat Launch NFC Metro Cards with Live Bus Tracking

Namaste Pay introduces contactless transit payments and live GPS bus tracking on the Kathmandu-Dhulikhel route.

Namaste Pay and Mayur Yatayat Launch NFC Metro Cards with Live Bus Tracking

Namaste Pay’s strategic partnership with Mayur Yatayat sets a highly anticipated blueprint for the formalization of Nepal’s massive public transport sector. Historically unorganized and reliant on cash, the transport industry stands to gain immense financial transparency, leakage reduction, and data clarity from digitized ticketing. Launching this pilot on 25 buses along a major highway route serves as a proof of concept. If successfully scaled nationwide as intended, this model could incentivize larger transport syndicates to abandon cash registers in favor of digital accounting, ultimately creating a safer, more accountable, and highly profitable business model for transport entrepreneurs across the country.