SBI Cards and Payment Services (SBI Cards), a subsidiary of State Bank of India (SBI), has set a price band of Rs 750-755 per share for its initial public offering (IPO). At the top end, the issue size works out to Rs 10,355 crore ($1.4 billion), making it the largest Asian IPO in 2020 and fourth-biggest domestic IPO.
The IPO will comprise Rs 500 crore worth of fresh equity issuance, which will be used to strengthen the country’s second-largest credit card company’s capital base. The bulk of the IPO will be a secondary share sale by parent SBI and