QwikCilver SMS Verification

Want to manage gift cards apart from your personal number? Receive the QwikCilver SMS verification code on a virtual number and get to know this Indian gift card platform.

QwikCilver is an Indian gift card solutions company; in March 2019 Pine Labs announced it would acquire it for US$110 million. Pine Labs' gift card platform lets brands and companies issue cards that can be redeemed in stores, online and in apps, and cards can be delivered as barcodes, QR codes, SMS, WhatsApp messages or links. That makes the phone number important for both delivery and security.

If you want to manage gift cards received from your employer separately from your personal number, a virtual number can receive SMS codes that may arrive when you open an account or use cards on a service running on QwikCilver's infrastructure. But if a gift card is sent by SMS to a number, you need lasting access to the number the code goes to.

Gift card codes work like cash: never share the code or PIN you receive by SMS, and never hand cards over to anyone promising prizes or demanding a tax or fine payment. Losing the code of a card sent to a short-lived number can be a permanent loss, so use cards before they expire and note the expiry dates.