SBI Cards has an 18 per cent market share in terms of outstanding number of cards, as of November 2019
No multi-bagger like IRCTC, but can deliver 50% listing gains, says Ambareesh Baliga, an independent market expert
At issue size of Rs 10,355 cr, the offering will be Asia's biggest this year and fourth-largest domestically
Normally, IPOs are open for subscription for three days but SBI Cards IPO will run for four days. The first three days, i.e. from March 2 to March 4, the issue will be open for all bidders
The second largest card issuer SBI Cards & Payment Services, which is hitting the primary market with a Rs 9,000-crore initial public offering, has set the price band for the share sale at Rs 750-755. The IPO, opening on March 2 and closing on 4, comprises fresh issue of equity shares aggregating to Rs 500 crore and an offer for sale where promoters will offload nearly 13 crore shares. Promoters SBI and Carlyle Group will offload 3.73 crore shares and 9.32 shares respectively. SBI holds 74 per cent in SBI Card and the rest by the Carlyle Group and they will pare their stakes by 4 per cent and 10 per cent respectively, SBI Managing Director Dinesh Khara told reporters kicking of the IPO roadshow. SBI Card's market share in terms of the number of credit cards outstanding is 18 per cent. The pure-play credit card company's gross NPA stood at 2.47 per cent in December 2019 compared to 2.44 per cent in March 2019 and 2.83 per cent in March 2018, he said. SBI Card managing director and
Gross non-performing assets stood at 2.47% at the end of last year, down from around 2.9% in March 2018
Brokers say many wanting get to their hands on the country's second-largest credit card company have bought shares of parent State Bank of India (SBI) from the secondary market in recent weeks.
SBI Cards expects competition to intensify in future
The much-awaited initial public offering of SBI Cards and Payment Services, a subsidiary of State Bank of India, will open on March 2, confirms its prospectus
SBI Cards is the second-largest credit card issuer in India, with an 18.1 per cent market share of the market as of November 2019
The company plans to issue new shares worth Rs 500 crore and will offer up to 130.5 million shares for sale
Sebi's observations are necessary for any company to launch public issues including initial public offer, follow-on public offer and rights issue
Latest rule change may, however, clear decks for Rs 9,500-cr offering
The issue will comprise an offer for sale of about 131 million shares of existing shareholders - SBI and CA Rover
Post process, the effective date of listing for the commercial paper at the exchange will be December 23, the BSE said in a statement
Leading stock exchange BSE on Thursday said SBI Cards & Payments Services has made an application to list commercial paper for an issue size of Rs 400 crore. Post process, the effective date of listing for the commercial paper at the exchange will be December 13, BSE said in a statement. With this, the number of companies listing their commercial paper (CP) on BSE BONDS platform will reach eight since the stock exchange came out with the framework for listing of such instruments late last month. Also, the funds raised by these firms will reach Rs 9,270 crore. Listing of CPs is expected to lead to efficient transmission of information regarding corporate borrowings and liquidity positions to market participants. Besides, it will contribute effectively towards development of the commercial paper market and is expected to have a positive effect on the debt capital market. Commercial paper is an unsecured money market instrument issued in the form of promissory notes that enables ...
Under the multi-year agreement, First Data would provide solutions, powered by its proprietary VisionPlus software to SBI Card. First Data would also operate a new data centre facility in the country
The technology, known as host card emulation, will use the near field communication to make payments