Independent card analysis

Shoppers Stop HDFC Bank Credit Card

HDFC Bank · RuPay · Entry card

A low-cost route to meaningful value for regular Shoppers Stop customers without overstating the co-brand rate elsewhere.

Best suited to

Shoppers Stop regulars seeking a low-fee RuPay co-brand card.

Authored and reviewed by GainFair
Terms checked 23 Sept 2026
Annual fee
₹299 + GST
Joining fee
₹299 + GST
Base reward rate
1%
Forex markup
3.5%

Reward rates by spending category

Published catalogue rates before caps and merchant-category exclusions.

CategoryRecorded rate
Online shopping
1%
Dining & delivery
1%
Travel & hotels
1%
Beauty & wellness
1%
Entertainment & movies
1%
Education & family
1%
Healthcare & pharmacy
1%
Subscriptions & streaming
1%
Offline store shopping
1%
Shoppers Stop purchases only
International spending
1%
Other miscellaneous
1%
Groceries & essentials
0%
Fuel & commute
0%
Bills & utilities
0%
Gold & jewellery
0%
House rent
0%
Insurance premiums
0%

Caps and fee waiver

Reward caps
No general cap recorded
Annual fee waiver
No waiver recorded
Monthly income requirement
Not listed

Airport lounge access

No complimentary airport lounge access recorded

Benefit details

Benefits & conditions

Expand a category to see recorded benefits, fees and eligibility, with conditions and links to the sources. Categories without recorded details are grouped below; missing information does not mean a benefit is unavailable.

Rewards and cashback · 6 items
  • Shoppers Stop rewards

    Usage-based value

    Three points per ₹100 on eligible Shoppers Stop transactions of at least ₹150.

    Conditions: Three points per ₹100 on eligible Shoppers Stop transactions of at least ₹150.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
  • Other eligible rewards

    Usage-based value

    One point per ₹100 on other eligible retail transactions; issuer calculation requires each transaction to be at least ₹150.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
  • 500 bonus points for one ₹15,000+ Shoppers Stop purchase on Friday-Sunday, once monthly and five times yearly

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    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
  • 3% in-store value at Shoppers Stop, capped at 500 points per month

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  • 1% on other eligible retail spend, capped at 1,000 points per month

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  • Weekend ₹500-point bonus on a qualifying ₹15,000 Shoppers Stop purchase, up to five times yearly

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Fees · 2 items
  • Annual card fee

    Cost ₹299

    ₹299 annual fee before applicable tax.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
  • Joining fee

    Cost ₹299

    ₹299 one-time joining fee before applicable tax.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
Welcome benefits · 2 items
  • ₹500 Shoppers Stop voucher

    Recorded value ₹500

    Fixed-face-value welcome voucher under the current card terms.

    Conditions: Pay the applicable joining fee · Voucher fulfilment and validity conditions apply

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
  • First Citizen Silver Edge membership

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    Co-brand membership with issuer-stated ₹350 value; no guaranteed cash-equivalent value is assigned.

    Conditions: Activate and use under Shoppers Stop membership terms

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
Card tiers · 1 item
  • First Citizen Silver Edge membership with issuer-stated ₹350 value

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Memberships · 1 item
  • First Citizen Silver Edge membership with issuer-stated ₹350 value

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Foreign-currency charges · 1 item
  • Foreign-currency markup

    Usage-based value

    3.5% foreign-currency markup before applicable tax.

    Conditions: Applies to eligible foreign-currency transactions

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
Eligibility and availability · 1 item
  • Application eligibility

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    Application availability: open. No universal verified numeric income threshold is used as a hard filter. HDFC Bank does not publish one universal numeric income threshold on the current product page.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
Other benefits · 1 item
  • 1% fuel-surcharge waiver capped at ₹250 per statement cycle

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    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-23Official source ↗
Other categories (10)

These categories have no detailed entries. We distinguish confirmed absences from information that still needs review.

What stands out

  • ✓ 3% in-store value at Shoppers Stop, capped at 500 points per month
  • ✓ 1% on other eligible retail spend, capped at 1,000 points per month
  • ✓ ₹500 Shoppers Stop welcome voucher and First Citizen Silver Edge membership
  • ✓ Weekend ₹500-point bonus on a qualifying ₹15,000 Shoppers Stop purchase, up to five times yearly

What to watch

No renewal-fee waiver is published. Transactions below ₹150 earn nothing; store and base earnings have separate monthly caps, and ₹1 per point applies only to Shoppers Stop voucher redemption.

Recorded exclusions

Groceries · Fuel Commute · Bills Utilities · Rent · Insurance · Gold Jewellery · Wallet load · Government payments · Tax payments · Emi · Cash withdrawal · Vending machines · Liquor · Bakeries

How GainFair evaluates this card

The personal card advisor applies your monthly spending to category rates, limits rewards at the applicable caps, adds eligible movie, milestone and lounge value, and subtracts annual fees plus foreign-currency markup and GST. It can recommend keeping your current cards when a new card does not create enough incremental value.

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Sources checked 23 Sept 2026