This integration will enable users to quickly send or receive money without having to leave the mobile app. Users will be able to make peer to peer payments in one to one and group chat conversations via the MobiKwik wallet and via YES BANK’s Unified Payment Interface (UPI) integration.
With this feature, organizations will now be able to disburse micro-payments, enable bill expense reimbursements, and pay travel allowances on the go to its mobile workforce, the company said in a statement.
"We see an opportunity for technology to give first-line workers more intuitive, immersive, and empowering experiences and, thereby, help organisations achieve greater efficiency, enhance their customers' experience," said Rajesh Jha, Executive Vice President, Office Product Group, Microsoft.
"Office 365, including Microsoft Kaizala, Microsoft Teams, and Outlook, aims to connect this mobile-first and mobile-only workforce for modern collaboration and teamwork," Jha added.
"When we launched Microsoft Kaizala for India in July 2017, we provided consumers as well as businesses with a secure chat platform to collaborate and be productive on the go," said Rajiv Kumar, Corporate Vice President, Office Product Group, Microsoft.
"Payment transactions within the app was a key demand from our users for getting work done and we are happy to offer it today in collaboration with YES Bank and MobiKwik," Kumar added.
Launched in July 2017, Microsoft Kaizala is being used by over 900 organisations, including YES BANK, State Bank of India, Apollo Telemedicine, Narayana Hrudyalaya, United Phosphorous and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan.
Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP), an autonomous society of the Department of Rural Development, Government of Andhra Pradesh, is also making use of Microsoft Kaizala to share on-ground, real-time information around latest welfare scheme and development projects to its nearly 475,000 frontline workforce, the company said.
Last month, ET reported that Microsoft is banking on Kaizala to boost the growth of its enterprise products in India. Existing Office 365 customers, through an early adopter programme, can also avail 12 months free subscription of Kaizala Pro for their users.