Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), which manages the online rail ticketing for the Indian Railways, reported around 13.74 Million transactions for the month of January, of which almost 74.32% were successful. A failure rate of more than 25% is rather high, especially on such high volumes. The number of transactions increased month on month by 5.7% between December 2011 and January 2012. SBI Debit Cards reported the highest number of transactions at 1.54 million, followed by the ICICI payment gateway at 14.28 million. MediaNama readers might recall that the Indian Railways had launched an alternative system for online ticketing, which, last we checked wasn’t working. Now the reservations page for CRIS points towards the IRCTC site, with no mention of the CRIS reservation site. IRCTC had also launched a mobile web site and an Android app in January. Payment Gateway Specific Information: SBI Debit Card: Accounted for 11.25% of total transactions, and 9.16% of total successful transactions ICICI Payment Gateway: Accounted for 10.40% of total transactions, and 10.96% of total successful transactions Citibank: 5.99% of total transactions, 4.74% of total successful transactions, and a 58.84% success rate HDFC: 6.14% of total transactions, 6.05% of total successful transactions, and a 73.16% success rate - Itz Cash Card: 3.99% of total transactions, 4.81% of total successful transactions, and a 89.53% success rate. - I Cash Card: 2.57% of total transactions, 3.18% of total successful transactions, and a 91.76% success rate. - Oxicash: 0.12% of total transactions, 0.12% of total successful transactions, and a 72.91%…
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