Flexipay TNC
Flexipay TNC
Flexipay TNC
The Flexipay facility is open to all residents of India holding a valid and current SBI Credit Card
issued by SBI Cards and Payment Services Limited (“SBICPSL”) with Minimum Amount Due
(“MAD”) as reflected in the last Statement of Account (“SOA”) paid in full.
2. The Flexipay facility is not available to the delinquent and any other ineligible SBI Credit
Cardholders determined as per the internal policy of SBICPSL. Accordingly, approval of Flexipay
facility is at the sole and absolute discretion of SBICPSL.
3. The Flexipay facility may be availed by the SBI Credit Cardholder by way of telephone and/or by
way of online booking made via sbicard.com, SBI Card Mobile App, SBI Card chatbot ILA & SBI
Card Whatsapp service.
4. As part of Flexipay facility, the cardholder is allowed to convert only Retail transactions of
Rs. 500/- and above into instalments. More than one retail transaction of Rs. 500/- and above can
be clubbed together to avail the offer. Minimum booking amount is Rs. 2500. Cash transactions,
Interest levied, Fees and Charges, GST and any other charges levied on the card cannot be
converted into installments.
5. The Flexipay facility from SBICPSL is available over different tenures of 3, 6, 9, 12, 18, 24 and
36 months, subject to the option exercised by the SBI Credit Cardholders. The tenure option of
36 months is only available for booking amount greater than or equal to 30,000/. Minimum
amount eligibility for 36 months tenure may be changed by SBICPSL at its sole option and
discretion.
6. The SBI Credit Cardholder can call up SBICPSL helpline within 30 days of the purchase or before
the payment due date (whichever is earlier) and ask for transfer of the said retail transaction
amount to Flexipay. Alternatively, customer can request for Flexipay by way of online booking
made via sbicard.com, Mobile App, ILA & Whatsapp.
7. Interest Rate Methodology: The interest rate charged for Flexipay is linked to Minimum
Benchmark Yield Rate calculated based on the following factors:
o Marginal Cost of borrowings
o Cost of Equity
o Negative Carry cost on LCR (Liquidity Coverage Ratio)
o Operating expenses
o Tenor premium/discount
Appropriate spread will be added over and above the Minimum Benchmark Yield Rate to arrive at
the maximum rate chargeable to the customer. This spread will be based on Credit Risk Premium
(CRP) and appropriate Business Margin.
8. With effect from 05th Jun 2023, interest rate applicable on Flexipay ranges from 11.50% – 21%
p.a. Rate range applicable for various segments for Flexipay are as below-
Rate of interest for Flexipay will be higher than the Benchmark rate (Minimum Indicative yield)
9. Additionally, a processing fee will be charged on the Flexipay amount at the rate of 1% (maximum
Rs. 2,000). Processing Fee charged may be changed by SBICPSL at its sole option and discretion.
10. Changes in factors mentioned above may result in upward or downward revision of the interest
applicable on the Flexipay facility from time to time / from offer to offer at the sole discretion of SBI
Card. This offer is on the basis of Bureau score of the cardholder at the time of launching the offer.
His / her current Bureau score may or may not be the same as it was when this offer was launched.
All fees / charges applicable to the facility may or may not be dynamic and are subject to
modifications based on SBI Card periodic internal review.
11. The transfer of retail purchase transaction(s) to Flexipay will only be allowed if Current Balance
Amount (Billed and Unbilled) + Interest + Processing Fee is less than the Credit Limit available at
the time of transfer to the Flexipay.
12. Upon Flexipay approval, the SBI Credit Cardholder credit limit shall be blocked up to Flexipay
Principal Amount + Processing Fee + GST. The Credit limit gets adjusted as and when the
Flexipay installment payments are made by the SBI Credit Cardholder.
13. A SBI Credit Card holder can take multiple Flexipay subject to the available credit limit on his SBI
Credit Card account. In case customer has opted for an auto debit facility on account, he should
convert the eligible transactions into Flexipay before the billing cycle.
14. Flexipay monthly installment schedule will begin from the SBI Cardholder next billing statement
and continue over the Flexipay tenure. The Flexipay monthly installment(s) shall be included in
the MAD of the Statement of account in the duration of the Flexipay tenure. First EMI will be billed
in the next statement cycle (after the date of Flexipay booking) and interest will be charged
accordingly.
15. At any given month the portion of the monthly repayment amount applied towards interest is
determined by multiplying the reducing interest rate with the principal outstanding after the
deduction of the previous month repayment amount. In other words, the reducing rate of interest
is the rate which when charged brings the outstanding principal to zero at the end of the tenor,
where the interest charged is calculated on a reducing principal balance. Illustrative example of
amortization scheduled given in the last clause in this document.
16. For the purposes of booking Flexipay, the period of 30 days from the date of the retail transaction/
before the Payment Due Date (whichever is earlier) is the defined term (“Term”). If any transaction
is converted to Flexipay after the Payment Due Date (“PDD”), interest charges of 3.5% p.m.
(42% p.a.) for Unsecured card, 2.75% p.m. (33% p.a.) for Secured card and 2.75% p.m.
(33% p.a.) for Shaurya Card will be levied on the transaction amount for the period beginning from
the date of transaction to the date on which Flexipay conversion takes place. Additionally, it is
clarified that irrespective of the foregoing charges, a cardholder who has not paid the “MAD” in full,
late payment charges will be levied.
17. Any retail transaction done post the previous statement date being converted to Flexipay will not
be reduced from the Total Amount Due (TAD) as provided in the last statement. Customer is
required to pay the complete TAD amount on or before the Payment Due Date (PDD). Any
balance amount (post PDD) would be treated as an unpaid balance from the previous statement
and would be liable for interest charges of 3.5% p.m. (42% p.a.) for Unsecured card, 2.75% p.m.
(33% p.a.) for Secured card and 2.75% p.m. (33% p.a.) for Shaurya Card from the date of the
transaction.
18. The MAD will be 5% of the SBI Cardholder existing revolving balances (Retail/Cash/Balance
Transfer) and Flexipay monthly installment due (or all Flexipay monthly installments due in case
of multiple Flexipays booked by the Cardholder).
19. Non-Payment or under payment of MAD will attract normal late payment fees and a standard
credit charge of 3.5% p.m. (42% p.a.) for Unsecured card, 2.75% p.m. (33% p.a.) for Secured
card and 2.75% p.m. (33% p.a.) for Shaurya Card on the unpaid Flexipay monthly installments.
20. In the event of non-payment / short payment of the Minimum Amount Due for more than three
successive months or 90 days whichever is earlier, the Flexipay shall be closed on 91st day and
the principal outstanding along with the outstanding interest accrued till the date of such closure
shall be debited to the Credit Card Account and appear in the subsequent monthly statement. SBI
Card shall be entitled to demand immediate repayment of such consolidated outstanding amounts.
As a part of the Credit Card Account, this balance will now attract all the charges including finance
charges at the credit card rate of interest, over-limit charges in the event account balance post
transfer of loan outstanding if any exceeds the existing Credit Card limit as mentioned in the
cardholders MITC.
21. The Flexipay facility is applicable/available only on retail purchases (subject to minimum single
retail transaction of Rs. 500 or more) made by either Primary or Add on SBI Credit Card. No
request from Add on SBI Credit Cardholder will be entertained for transfer of retail purchases to
Flexipay. This may vary in case of specific offers.
22. It is stipulated, if the SBI Credit Cardholder is revolving at the time of request for transfer of retail
purchase to Flexipay, he will continue to be charged the standard credit card charge of 3.5% p.m.
(42% p.a.) for Unsecured card ,2.75% p.m. (33% p.a.) for Secured card and 2.75% p.m.
(33% p.a.) for Shaurya card on his revolving balance till the time the transfer to Flexipay actually
takes place within the Term defined hereinabove.
23. The accrued reward points for transactions converted to Flexipay EMI would be forfeited w.e.f.
20th Nov’20. In event of foreclosure of Flexipay EMI booking, Reward Points will not be credited
back to the cardholder account.
24. In the event, a cardholder puts a cancellation request, within 45 days of Flexipay facility getting
booked, then all fees charged will be reversed.
25. The SBI Cardholder can make request for cancellation of Flexipay by calling the SBI Card helpline.
On receipt of this request, the outstanding Flexipay principal amount is moved back to SBI
Cardholders retail balance and a cancellation fee of 3% post 45 days shall be levied on the same.
The outstanding principal amount is calculated basis reducing interest rate.
26. Effective 27th February 2023, for all Flexipay EMI foreclosures, interest accrued during the period
between the last Statement Date & the Foreclosure Request Date will also be added to the
Foreclosure Charges. This interest will be over & above the Foreclosure Fee of 3% on the
principal outstanding on pro-rata basis, plus applicable taxes.
27. At the time of cancellation of Flexipay, if the SBI Cardholders account is revolving, then the above
-mentioned amount (Flexipay Principal amount + Cancellation fee) will be added to the revolving
balance and will attract a standard credit card interest charge.
28. Booking a Flexipay on phone will be deemed as acceptance of the terms and conditions of this
program as set forth on www.sbicard.com and/or any other medium chosen by SBICPSL.
29. Transfer from one Flexipay to another Flexipay booking is not permissible.
30. The terms and conditions of Flexipay bookings may be altered, amended or changed by SBICPSL
at its sole option and discretion at any time without affecting the Flexipay bookings already done.
31. SBI Credit Cardholders are not bound in any way to participate in this program. Any such
participation is voluntary. Flexipay is offered by SBICPSL on best effort basis.
o for the cardholders having State of residence in the records of SBI Card on the
statement date as "Haryana" - Central Tax @ 9% and State Tax @ 9%
o for the cardholders having State of residence in the records of SBI Card on the
statement date as other than "Haryana" - Integrated Tax @ 18%
33. All and any disputes or differences arising from the Offer shall be subject to arbitration within the
meaning of the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 and amendment thereof. A sole
arbitrator appointed by SBICPSL for this purpose shall carry out arbitration of all such disputes
and/or differences. The award of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on the disputing parties.
The place of arbitration shall be New Delhi and the language of arbitration shall be English.
Existence of a difference /dispute shall not constitute a claim against SBICPSL.
34. Illustrative example of amortization schedule:
Installment Principal Balance Applicable
Sr. No. Billing date Interest (Rs.)
(Rs.) (Rs.) (Rs.) Taxes #
Installment ₹ 926.35
Tenure 12 months