How to Apply Your Free SBI Unnati Credit Card: Features, Charges and Documents Required

Now obtaining a credit card from State Bank of India is much easier than before. You need not develop the credit history for that. Just maintain a minimum account balance of Rs.25,000 in your SBI savings bank account; an SBI credit card - Unnati will be at your doorstep.

State Bank of India in order to bring more customers under the digital cover, brought out this new facility to offer a credit card that fulfills people's  financial inclusion. A person with no previous credit history can apply for this credit card that will be free from any annual fee for first four years.

How to apply for Unnati Credit Card:

You can apply for Unnati Credit Card by maintaining a minimum Rs 25,000 balance in your savings account. If you do so, visit your nearest SBI branch with your Aadhaar number and fill the KYC and submit. You will get your card in seven business days. 

Features of Unnati Credit Card:

Rewards on Spends: Get 1 Reward Point per Rs 100 spent. Use your Credit Card Reward Points to redeem against a wide array of gifts from the Rewards Catalogue. Rs 500 cashback on spends of Rs 50,000 or more in a year which is applicable for all membership years

Worldwide Acceptance: You can use your SBI Card Unnati in over 24 million outlets across the globe, including 3,25,000 outlets in India. Use your card to make payments at any outlet that accepts Visa or MasterCard

Add-on Cards

With SBI Card Unnati, you can empower your family with add-on cards for your parents, spouse, children or siblings above the age of 18

Cash on the Go

Withdraw cash from over 1 million Visa or MasterCard ATMs across the globe

Utility Bill Payment Facility

Pay your electricity, telephone, mobile and other utility bills using the Easy Bill Pay facility on your card

Balance Transfer on EMI

Save money while paying your credit card dues

Transfer the outstanding balance of other banks’ credit cards to your SBI Card Unnati, and avail a lower rate of interest and pay back in EMIs

Flexipay

With Flexipay, convert your transactions in easy monthly installments. Make any purchase for Rs. 2,500 or more using your SBI Card Unnati, and log in with your username and password to sbicard.com within 30 days of purchase to convert it into Flexipay

Fees

Annual Fee (First 4 years): Nil

Renewal Fee (5th year onwards): Rs 499

Add-on Fee (per annum): Nil

Extended Credit

Interest-free credit period: 20-50 days, applicable only on retail purchases and if previous months’ outstanding balance is paid

Finance charges: Up to 2.50% per month, accounting for 30.0% per annum from the transaction

Minimum amount due: 5% of Total Outstanding (Min. Rs. 200 + all applicable taxes + EMI ( In case of EMI based product) + OVL amount (if any)

Cash Advance

Cash Advance Limit: Up to 80% of credit limit, with a maximum of Rs. 12,000 per day

Free Credit Period: Nil

Finance charges: Up to 2.50% per month, accounting for 30.0% per annum from the date of withdrawal

Surcharge

Railway tickets through Railway counters: Rs. 30 + 2.5% of transaction amount

Railway tickets through irctc.co.in: 1.8% of transaction amount + service charge, as applicable

Fuel and all products and services sold at petrol pumps: 2.5% fuel surcharge waiver for each transaction between Rs. 500 and Rs. 3,000, exclusive of applicable taxes, wherever applicable and all other charges. Maximum surcharge waiver of Rs. 100 per statement cycle, per credit card account.