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Credit card base of major issuers erodes in Q2 over RBI's norms

SBI Card was exception as gains card base, market share

Credit card spends touch record high of Rs 1.22 trillion in September

Banking system saw a net reduction of close to 290,000 cards during this period, impacted by RBI norms warranting deactivation of cards that are inactive for a year

Active credit cards drop 2.3 million in August over new RBI norms

Spends decline 3% MoM but top Rs 1 trn for sixth consecutive month

Air India processes refunds worth over Rs 150 crore after privatisation

Handles 250,000 refund cases in just the first few months since Tatas took over, says eligible request lodged on website will typically be processed within 2-3 days

Samsung forays into finance, launches credit card with Axis Bank and Visa

Samsung Axis Bank Credit Card will allow customers to avail of a 10 per cent cashback across all Samsung products and services throughout the year

Samsung launches credit card in India with 10% cashback on its products

Samsung India on Monday announced its first-ever credit card in India in partnership with Axis Bank and Visa, that will give customers 10 per cent cashback across all Samsung products and services

Card-on-file tokenisation kicks in from Oct 1: Here's all you need to know

A tokenised card transaction is considered safer as the actual details of the card will not be shared with the merchant during transaction processing

Rising credit card, UPI payments indicate increase in consumption: Experts

Rising credit card and UPI payments indicate towards increase in consumption amid recovery in economic activities with ebbing impact of Covid pandemic, said experts and market players. As per the RBI's monthly data, Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transaction increased from Rs 9.83 lakh crore in April this year to Rs 10.73 lakh crore in August. Similarly, credit card spends through PoS (Point of Sale) terminal increased from Rs 29,988 crore in April this year to Rs 32,383 crore in August. The credit card spending on e-commerce platforms, which was valued at Rs 51,375 crore in April, rose to Rs 55,264 crore in August. Rama Mohan Rao Amara, MD and CEO, SBI Card, said the outstanding on credit cards has grown at a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 16 per cent between FY17 and FY22, as per the RBI's industry data. "With the increased adoption and use of credit cards, there has also been an increase in spends. Over the last few months, the industry has seen monthly credit card ..

Growth in credit card spends is here to stay: Rama Mohan Rao Amara

Rama Mohan Rao Amara, MD & CEO, SBI Card spoke on the reasons behind record spends, the company's ideal run rate of issuance of credit cards, impact of RBI's discussion paper on payment charges.

HDFC Bank partly recoups market share in credit card spends lost to embargo

RBI data shows that the bank has 28.4% market share in spends as of July, up 190 bps since last August. Pre-embargo, its share was 30.67%

Credit cards gain more currency pipping debit cards for e-commerce

They overtake debit cards for e-commerce and bill payments but remain a minuscule portion of personal loans

RBI seeks public feedback on charges in payment systems by Oct 3

Charges for payment services should be reasonable and competitively determined for users while also providing optimal revenue stream for the intermediaries, states the discussion paper

Explained: How 2% MDR on RuPay-UPI may affect credit card industry

According to analysts, SBI Card and Paytm stand to gain the most if RBI agrees to levy 2% merchant discount rate (MDR) on RuPay-based credit cards linked to UPI

TMS Ep224: UPI-credit card link, monkeypox, auto firms' results, DESH Bill

Will UPI on credit cards take off? Should India be worried about monkeypox? Will easing chip shortage perk up auto firms' Q1 commentary? What is the DESH Bill? All answers here

Will UPI on credit cards take off?

The RBI has allowed the linking of RuPay credit cards with UPI. But it will also carry a merchant fee. Will UPI on credit cards take off? Or the merchant fee will spoil the party? Let's find out

RuPay credit card-UPI linkage to be operational in 2 months, says NPCI CEO

NPCI will come up with the guidelines in consultation with the ecosystem. It will send a formal proposal to the RBI, and after the apex bank's nod, it will be operationalised.

Fintech firms seek six month-extension to comply with RBI credit line norms

RBI had barred the loading of prepaid payment instruments (PPIs) from credit lines

RBI extends date for implementing provisions on credit, debit card issuance

Issuers given more time for OTP-based activation, ensuring credit limit is not breached without cardholder's consent

Credit card linkage to UPI: Uncertainty over pricing leaves players in dark

There is no clarity on whether linking to UPI facility will be extended to credit cards of other card networks, such as Visa, Mastercard, American Express, etc

RBI enhances limit for e-mandates on credit/debit cards to Rs 15,000

In October last year, the new e-mandate guidelines kicked in, wherein any mandate registration, modification, and deletion will require additional factor authentication (AFA)