HDFC Bank

HDFC Bank credit cards compared: 79 cards, 35 open to apply, with fees, earn rates, lounges and recent changes from HDFC's own documents.

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Closed to new applicants or discontinued

Prepaid forex cards

Changes to the bank's own terms

  • 15 May 2026: Dynamic currency conversion markup (rupee transactions at an overseas location or with merchants registered abroad) raised to 1.75% on all cards, and the reissue fee for a lost, stolen or damaged card set at ₹199 (₹3,500 for metal cards). Neither the MITC nor the letter states the earlier markup; HDFC's reward terms give 1% from 1 January 2023.
  • 1 Jul 2025: The 1% rent fee applies to rent paid on any merchant, not only third-party apps, capped at ₹4,999 a transaction. New 1% fees on the whole month's wallet loads (other than PayZapp) and the whole month's online skill-based gaming once either passes ₹10,000 in a calendar month, each capped at ₹4,999 a month.
  • 1 Jul 2025: Online skill-based gaming transactions stopped earning Reward Points or CashPoints on all cards (MITC clause g).
  • 1 Aug 2024: New 1% fees, each capped at ₹3,000 a transaction: rent paid through third-party apps such as CRED, Paytm, Cheq, MobiKwik and Freecharge; fuel transactions above ₹15,000; utility transactions above ₹50,000 (insurance excluded); education fees paid through third-party apps. A ₹50 fee on each cashback (statement credit) redemption.
  • 1 Aug 2024: Late payment slabs revised (a new ₹501 to ₹1,000 slab at ₹500, ₹600 from ₹1,001 to ₹5,000, ₹750 from ₹5,001 to ₹10,000 and ₹900 from ₹10,001 to ₹25,000), and interest for most cards raised from 3.6% to 3.75% a month.
  • 1 Jan 2024: The card validation amount charged and voided at the POS on Mastercard variants cut to ₹2.
  • 1 Jan 2023: A 1% markup on Indian-currency transactions at an international location or with merchants registered abroad (dynamic and static currency conversion), and a 1% fee on rent paid through third-party merchants from the second rent transaction of a calendar month.

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