India Adds 1.26 Million Credit Cards in July as Spending and Transactions Rise
India's credit-card issuers added a net 1.26 million cards in July, marking an 11.5% increase from June, according to Reserve Bank of India data. Credit-card spending rose 7.4% year-on-year to ₹2.08 lakh crore, while transaction volumes grew 24.5%, indicating more frequent use for smaller payments. HDFC Bank led with 230,067 new cards, followed by SBI Card and ICICI Bank. Over the past year, issuers added 11 million cards, raising the total to 122.9 million outstanding cards.
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Sentiment was consistent across outlets (55–55/100), indicating broadly factual reporting rather than editorialising.
Coverage timeline
economictimes broke this story on 25 Aug, 06:20 pm. Other outlets followed.