Independent card analysis

RBL Bank ShopRite Credit Card

RBL Bank · Visa + RuPay · Entry card

A low-fee grocery specialist that can deliver useful value even at modest monthly grocery spend, with a reachable annual-fee waiver.

Best suited to

Budget-focused grocery shoppers who want a low annual fee and can use the RuPay variant for UPI.

Authored and reviewed by GainFair
Terms checked 13 Sept 2026
Annual fee
₹500 + GST
Joining fee
₹500 + GST
Base reward rate
0.3%
Forex markup
3.5%

Reward rates by spending category

Published catalogue rates before caps and merchant-category exclusions.

CategoryRecorded rate
Groceries & essentials
5%
Online shopping
0.3%
Dining & delivery
0.3%
Travel & hotels
0.3%
Beauty & wellness
0.3%
Entertainment & movies
0.3%
Healthcare & pharmacy
0.3%
Subscriptions & streaming
0.3%
Offline store shopping
0.3%
International spending
0.3%
Gold & jewellery
0.3%
Fuel & commute
0%
Bills & utilities
0%
Education & family
0%
House rent
0%
Insurance premiums
0%
Other miscellaneous
0%

Caps and fee waiver

Reward caps
No general cap recorded
Annual fee waiver
At ₹1,50,000 annual spending
Monthly income requirement
Not listed

Airport lounge access

No complimentary airport lounge access recorded

Movies and entertainment

BookMyShow · 10% discount · up to ₹100 · 15 uses/year

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 · 5 items
  • Grocery rewards

    Usage-based value

    20 reward points per ₹100 on eligible grocery purchases, capped at 1,000 points per calendar month.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-21Official source ↗
  • Other eligible rewards

    Usage-based value

    1 reward point per ₹100 on other eligible purchases.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-21Official source ↗
  • RuPay credit-card UPI support; offline UPI below ₹2,000 at small merchants is not reward-eligible

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    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
  • 20 reward points per ₹100 on eligible grocery purchases, capped at 1,000 points monthly

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    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
  • One reward point per ₹100 on other eligible purchases

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Fees · 2 items
  • Annual card fee

    Cost ₹500

    ₹500 annual fee before applicable tax.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
  • Joining fee

    Cost ₹500

    ₹500 one-time joining fee before applicable tax.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
Fee waiver · 2 items
  • Annual fee waiver

    Usage-based · up to ₹500

    Annual fee may be waived after ₹1,50,000 of eligible annual spending.

    Conditions: Reach ₹1,50,000 eligible annual spending

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
  • ₹1.5 lakh eligible annual spend waives the renewal fee

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Welcome benefits · 1 item
  • 2,000 reward points

    Recorded value ₹500

    Welcome points worth up to ₹500.

    Conditions: Pay the applicable membership fee · Make the first purchase within 30 days

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
Movies and entertainment · 1 item
  • BookMyShow movie offer

    Usage-based · up to ₹1,500

    10% discount up to ₹100, 15 times per year.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
Fuel benefits · 1 item
  • 1% fuel surcharge waiver on ₹500-₹4,000 transactions, capped at ₹100 per month

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    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-13Official source ↗
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: 2026-09-13Official 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. RBL Bank does not publish a universal numeric income threshold on the reviewed ShopRite product terms.

    Status: verifiedReviewed: 2026-09-21Official source ↗
Other categories (10)

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

  • Spend milestones

    Not offered

    The reviewed issuer sources do not publish this benefit for the card.

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  • Card tiers

    Not offered

    The reviewed issuer sources do not publish this benefit for the card.

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  • Airport lounge access

    Not offered

    The reviewed issuer sources do not publish this benefit for the card.

    Official source ↗
  • Travel privileges

    Not offered

    The reviewed issuer sources do not publish this benefit for the card.

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  • Dining

    Not offered

    The reviewed issuer sources do not publish this benefit for the card.

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  • Golf

    Not offered

    The reviewed issuer sources do not publish this benefit for the card.

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  • Insurance and protection

    Not offered

    The reviewed issuer sources do not publish this benefit for the card.

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  • Memberships

    Not offered

    The reviewed issuer sources do not publish this benefit for the card.

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  • Concierge

    Not offered

    The reviewed issuer sources do not publish this benefit for the card.

    Official source ↗
  • Other benefits

    Not offered

    The reviewed issuer sources do not publish this benefit for the card.

    Official source ↗

What stands out

  • ✓ 20 reward points per ₹100 on eligible grocery purchases, capped at 1,000 points monthly
  • ✓ One reward point per ₹100 on other eligible purchases
  • ✓ 10% BookMyShow discount up to ₹100, limited to 15 uses per calendar year
  • ✓ ₹1.5 lakh eligible annual spend waives the renewal fee

What to watch

The 5% grocery value assumes redemption at ₹0.25 per point and stops after 1,000 grocery points per month. Many utility, fuel and financial categories earn no points.

Recorded exclusions

Fuel Commute · Bills Utilities · Education Family · Insurance · Rent · Wallet load · Government payments · Railways · Quasi cash · Cash withdrawal · Contracted services

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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Terms tracker

Card change history

Material changes verified against dated issuer notices. Effective dates can differ from announcement dates.

  1. Value reduced

    Reward and fee-waiver exclusions expanded

    RBL Bank added multiple regulated and quasi-cash categories to the non-earning and annual-fee-waiver exclusion lists.

    Before
    The earlier, narrower exclusion schedule applied.
    After
    Education, government, quasi-cash, contracted-service and other notified transactions are excluded under the current terms.

Issuer sources

Open the sources used for this card's product details, rewards, fees and eligibility.

Sources checked 13 Sept 2026 · Latest recorded change effective 15 Oct 2024