Surgeons have always been depicted as heroes in various novels, movies and stories [1]. We cannot forget the quintessential hero walking out of an operation theatre with his blood-soaked gloves being looked at by all as an avatar of the divine. They have excelled not only in surgery but have left bold strokes on the canvas of domains as diverse as writing detective stories (Sherlock Holmes) to childhood fantasies (Jurassic Park). Apart from all this, surgeons have left their footprints on the political landscape too, building cities and nations. Justus Ohage, the first surgeon to do a cholecystectomy in the USAwas ostracised by the surgical community for doing cholecystectomy when cholecystostomy was still the gold standard of gallstone disease management. Outside surgery, he became the most famous public health officer of Minnesota, still remembered for his contribution in building the modern city. Today, India is undergoing a rapid transition with a fastgrowing economy driven by consumerism. Payment of money, through various modalities, is also increasing accordingly, with more and more consumers adopting newer modes apart from cash like plastic money and electronic bank transfers. The government is evolving strategies to encourage cashless transactions for various benefits like more accountability, less economic burden of physical currency and curbing generation of black money. In this context, surgeons too can contribute to this ideal. Doctors are inherently philanthropic and, as such, never focus on earning money as a primary goal. But still, exchange of money in the form of private consultations and hospital bills is both a necessity and the norm nowadays. Consultations, which are an important preoperative resource for the surgeon, are usually paid for in cash by the patient. According to available evidence, new payment methodologies are likely to facilitate the appropriate use of this important resource [2]. With the growth of technology, ‘e-consultation’ is quickly becoming a reality with its own benefits for the patients, primary healthcare provider, specialist and even the healthcare system [3]. Although the use of credit cards is now ubiquitous among all generations, its use, possible with a mandated accompanying machine, is still not as easy, feasible or viable for the individual practitioner. This is where the use of a truly digital means of payment, i.e. Mobile wallets (mWallets) like paytm (www.paytm.com) and FreeCharge (www. freecharge.com), can be of great application to both the surgeon and the patient. The younger generation today is frequently using such applications to pay for services ranging from shopping to food to even taxis on the road. For a surgeon, the use of such mWallets provides for instantaneous and accountable receipt of the consultation fee without the need for any physical exchange of money, especially in those situations where the availability of cash may be compromised for any reason. No one checks on their wallets in a rush, but a smartphone today has become a tool for survival and, as such, is available on the person at all times. With over a billion mobile subscribers in the country, the appeal of such smartphone-based banking applications is a ‘no-brainer’. For example, if one was to use paytm regularly, the doctor and the patient need only to sign up with their mobile number and optionally complete Know Your Customer (KYC) formalities to enable transactions of up to Rs. 1 Lakh (∼US$1500) per month. Even without KYC, transactions of up to Rs. 10,000 per month (Rs. 1.2 Lakh per annum) can be carried out without any sort of paperwork involved. Moreover, the money accrued in the mWallet can * Chintamani drchintamani7@gmail.com