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HDFC Bank can start issuing credit cards again as RBI eases curbs

Ban on Digital 2.0 programme continues; bank ready with aggressive plan

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HDFC Bank is by far the largest credit card issuer of the country, and remains so even after the ban.

Manojit Saha Mumbai
In a partial relief to HDFC Bank, the largest private sector bank of the country, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has allowed the lender to issue new credit cards, sources in the bank said. In December last year, the banking regulator had directed HDFC Bank not to issue new credit cards and halt all launches of its digital business-generating activities under its programme Digital 2.0.

This came after several instances of outages in the bank’s mobile banking app and internet banking platform.

“The restrictions that were there on issuing new cards have been discontinued and the RBI has now permitted the