Card Details
Monzy Score
5/ 10
Very good for online shoppers.
Strong ~5% back in its core category; but high 3.5% forex markup.
Card Issuer
SBI Card
Joining Fee
₹999
Annual Fee
₹999
Reward Type
Cashback
Card Access
Standard
Latest Update
Card has been significantly devalued after April 2026. Now total cashback is limited to 4000/statement cycle, combined.
Value Plus: Up to ₹ 10000 Instant Discount
Exclusive Discounts · till 9 Sep 2026
Mundada: Up to Rs 6,500 Instant Discount at Mundada Corporation.
Exclusive Discounts · till 9 Sep 2026
Neelkanth: Up to ₹6500 Instant Discount
Exclusive Discounts · till 12 Sep 2026
Pai-International: Up to Rs 16000 Instant Discount at PAI International
Exclusive Discounts · till 13 Sep 2026
Pittappillil: Up to Rs 10000 Instant Discount at Pittappilill Agencies
Exclusive Discounts · till 13 Sep 2026
5%
Cashback on eligible online spends (₹2,000 cap per cycle)
1%
Cashback on eligible offline spends (₹2,000 cap per cycle)
5% online cashback up to ₹2,000 per cycle
₹999 fee waived after ₹2 lakh annual spends
NOTE: Enter your monthly spends to see
projected returns.
Excluded: fuel, utility, insurance, rent, wallet, education, jewellery, railways, emi, digital gaming, tolls, government
Estimated Returns
Online spends
5% on online spends, capped Rs.2,000/statement cycle (revised from Apr 2026). No merchant restriction; exclusions apply.
₹1,500
Offline / other spends
1% on offline spends, capped Rs.2,000/statement cycle. Overall cashback capped Rs.4,000/cycle.
₹0
Total Annual Return
₹18,000
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Mar 2026
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The Cashback SBI Credit Card charges ₹999 plus GST as a joining fee and the same ₹999 again at renewal. SBI Card waives the renewal fee if you spend ₹2L in the previous year, which is about ₹16,667 a month. If your card spend sits below that, treat ₹999 as a real yearly cost that your rewards have to clear first.
Cashback not applicable on fuel, rent, wallets, school/education, insurance, utilities, railways, government, tolls, jewellery, digital gaming, quasi-cash and similar excluded categories.
Fixed caps on cashback earned per statement cycle
Online/offline cashbacks have non clubbed caps per cycle
For more details of recent devaluations, please check this blog about what changed with SBI Cashback Credit Card