SBI Card on Tuesday said it plans to raise up to Rs 3,000 crore by issuing debentures to fund business growth. The decision to consider and approve the proposal for raising funds through the issuance of non-convertible debentures (NCDs) aggregating to Rs 3,000 crore would be taken in June 5 board meeting, SBI Card said in a regulatory filing. This fundraising would be done through private placement in one or more tranches over a period of time, it added.
Payments and financial services company Paytm on Thursday announced that it has partnered with SBI Card to launch Paytm SBI Card on the RuPay network. The Paytm and SBI Card partnership, which began in 2020, is now expanding with the addition of National Payments Corporation of India's RuPay, as all three home-grown brands join forces to further drive the growth of inclusive, digital-first financial services in the country. Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma told reporters that India is at the cusp of the next payments revolution where credit will become the mainstream payment choice. "Together with SBI Card, Paytm RuPay credit card will be a great choice for consumers. Our users are already savvy on QR code-based payments and with RuPay credit cards working on UPI QR codes, transactions through mobile phones will get a further boost, marking a new era in digital payments," he added. Cardholders of either variant will be entitled to 2 per cent cashback on all Paytm ecosyste
Earlier this year, the Reserve Bank of India allowed users to link RuPay credit cards to the United Payments Interface
While cost of funds and credit costs are seen rising, growth in business is estimated to be good
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Impairment losses and bad debts expenses increased by 60 per cent at Rs 630 crore in Q4 against Rs 393 crore in the same period a year ago
The feature seeks to include 50 million UPI merchants in the formal credit economy and drive consumption in a big way
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SBI Cards and Payment Services Ltd on Tuesday reported a 32 per cent rise in its December quarter net profit at Rs 509 crore. The pure-play credit card company, promoted by SBI, had posted a net profit of Rs 386 crore during the corresponding period of the previous financial year. The company's total income grew marginally to Rs 3,656 crore during October-December 2020, against Rs 3,140 crore in the year-ago period, it said in a regulatory filing. Total Operating cost increased by 15 per cent at Rs 1,974 crore for the third quarter of FY23 from Rs 1,719 crore in FY22, it said. Its gross non-performing assets (NPA) declined to 2.22 per cent during the quarter under review as against 2.40 per cent a year ago. The net NPA too eased to 0.80 per cent from 0.83 per cent at the end of December quarter of previous financial year. As a result, impairment losses and bad debts expenses decreased by 15 per cent at Rs 533 crore from Rs 625 crore in FY22.
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Monthly spending is more than Rs 1 trn again, led by the rising share of e-commerce transactions
SBI Card was exception as gains card base, market share
SBI Card has underperformed its peers amid company-specific/sector issues pertaining to market share, revolver share, and merchant discount rate (MDR)-related challenges
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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
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Spends decline 3% MoM but top Rs 1 trn for sixth consecutive month
Tokenisation is the replacement of an actual or clear card number with an alternative code called the "token"
SBI card shares of the lender were trading 4.2 per cent higher than the previous day's close at Rs 926.1
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