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News & DevaluationsRBI Update: New Reporting Rules for International Card Payments
Regulatory news usually moves slowly. This week it moved fast — and landed squarely on international credit card users. Here is what the RBI did, what it means, and what is still unclear.
News & DevaluationsIssuer News: Apple Pay Goes Live on Axis Bank Cards
The four big issuers — HDFC, Axis, SBI and ICICI — plus Kotak. One verified story dominated this week, and it redraws the digital-payments picture for cardholders.
News & DevaluationsOffer Roundup: The Week's Best Card-Linked Deals
Only live or confirmed offers make this list. No "reportedly live," no vague "festive bonanza" marketing. And one upfront clarification: the big sales — Amazon's Great Indian Festival (starting October 8) and Flipkart's
News & DevaluationsDevaluation Watch: What Changed and What's Coming
Devaluations are where headlines fail cardholders most — reward cuts are announced quietly, buried in terms-and-conditions emails, and reported as footnotes. CardBuzz's Devaluation Watch tracks every verified change. Her
News & DevaluationsNew Card Launches: A Quiet Week, Big Week Ahead
Card launches are the most exciting — and the most fabricated — part of credit card media. So here is our rule: this column covers only launches and revamps we could verify this week. If nothing launched, we say so.
News & DevaluationsThis Week in Credit Cards: October 7, 2026 Edition
Welcome to the first edition of CardBuzz's weekly credit card news roundup — a once-a-week digest of the stories that actually matter to Indian cardholders. The rule is simple: if we couldn't verify it this week, it does
Card Reviews800 Articles: The Ultimate CardBuzz Reading List
This is CardBuzz's 800th article. Eight hundred guides, rankings, explainers, and card-by-card breakdowns — every one of them built the same way: from the database, with the caps and the fine print shown, and no invented
Card ReviewsBest Zero Annual Fee Credit Cards in India 2026: 10 Cards Ranked
The best fee in credit cards is the one you never pay — and never have to *earn* your way out of with a waiver threshold. Lifetime-free cards have quietly become the most competitive segment in India: lounges, forex perk
Card ReviewsBest Dining Credit Cards in India 2026: 10 Cards Ranked
Dining rewards split into two different games: *paying* for food (earn rates on restaurant and delivery spends) and *discounts* on food (membership programmes like EazyDiner Prime that cut the bill itself). The best dini
Card ReviewsBest Shopping Credit Cards in India 2026: 10 Cards Ranked
Indians put more on credit cards for shopping than for any other category — and issuers know it, which is why "shopping cards" multiply every festive season. The truth is simpler: a good shopping card is a good *online*
Card ReviewsBest Fuel Credit Cards in India 2026: 10 Cards Ranked
Fuel is the trickiest category in Indian credit cards: the rewards are high, the caps are low, and a 1% fuel surcharge lurks underneath everything. A fuel card's real return is (reward rate × fuel spend under the cap) +
Card ReviewsBest Premium Credit Cards in India 2026: 10 Cards Ranked
Premium cards are where credit card marketing is loudest and the maths matters most. A ₹66,000 fee is either the best money you spend all year or an expensive piece of metal — the difference is whether you would have bou