RBI New Guidelines for Credit Cards: You eat as per your wish, wear clothes as per your wish. You go for movies and outings as per your wish, but when it comes to credit card, your wish does not prevail there. There is no pressure on you as to which network credit card the bank will give you. No matter your bank, the credit card network can be anything. The bank can give you a card from any network of MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Diners Club or RuPay, but now this arbitrariness of the banks will not work.
RBI strictness on arbitrariness of banks regarding credit cards
The Reserve Bank has changed the rules regarding credit cards. New guidelines have been issued regarding credit cards. According to the new rule, customers will be asked about their wishes while choosing the credit card network. A credit card will be sent to you after asking you. Master Card, Visa or any other network will no longer be sent to you without asking you. That means whether your credit card is of SBI, HDFC or anyone else, now you will be able to decide for yourself whose credit card it will be. Want your MasterCard or Rupay or Visa or any other. This will depend on your wish. According to the new rules of RBI, customers will have the option to choose their network provider.
RBI’s new rule will not apply to them
The new rule of RBI will come into effect in the next six months. New card holders and customers renewing their cards will get a network of credit cards as per their choice. However, these rules will not apply to those institutions whose number of cards issued by them is Rs 10 lakh or less. Let us tell you that the world’s largest company is Visa. Visa’s business is spread in more than 200 countries, the market cap of the company is $ 489.50 billion. After Visa, MasterCard is the second largest company in the world. Its business has expanded to 150 countries. The company’s market is 137 billion dollars. Talking about the number of credit card users in India, their number was 8.6 crore by April 2023.
What will be the benefit of the new credit card rule?
Credit card annual fees vary. Some have more and some have less. The annual fees of credit cards of many banks are high. Till now you did not have the option to choose it. You have to pay the charges for the card sent by the bank. But if you have the option of more than one card network, then you can choose the credit card based on your need, its fees and the facilities available on the network.
