ABN Amro India has chopped the credit limit of some credit card customers to a tenth and raised the minimum amount payable to 7% oftotal dues from 5%, possibly to persuade them to surrender their cards as it draws closer... (Continue reading)
The popularity of credit cards has taken a severe beating in India over the past couple of years. The base fell by 16.4 per cent, or over 4 million, to 20.64 million in the nine months ending December 2009.In fact,... (Continue reading)
PayPal said a ban on personal transactions to and from India will continue for “at least a few months” while the online payment service tries to resolve a problem with local regulators. The ban, which began Saturday and caught PayPal users... (Continue reading)
Around 20.35 lakh credit cards will be flushed out of the system by March-end, according to a study done by Venture Infotek, India’s leading payment solutions provider. It has shown a sharp drop to 226.64 lakh cards by March-end, from... (Continue reading)
As per a notification by the RBI, starting August 1, 2009 your online transaction will require an additional security measure.... (Continue reading)
When was the last time you used that credit card? If the answer is I don’t know then you could soon receive a deactivation notice from the bank informing you that your card has been blocked.... (Continue reading)
According to RBI data over 22 lakh credit cards have gone out of circulation since April 2008 either due to non renewals or cancellations.... (Continue reading)
Did you know that When a credit card is issued based on an existing savings account, many banks have a ‘Right to Lien’ clause in their credit card agreements with their customers and that this clause allows the banks to... (Continue reading)
A group of foreign banks have challenged a consumer court ruling on credit card interest rates, claiming that they are now free to decide interest rates for credit card users. Earlier a consumer court had restrained banks from charging interest... (Continue reading)
Dena Bank has decided to enter into a tie-up with SBI to re-launch its credit card service.... (Continue reading)