Credit Cards Spend in India is an evolving industry with >50mn base (~32mn unique customer base), >INR1tn loan outstanding (~1.2% of system credit) and 3% spends/GDP. Over the previous decade, while credit card spends posted ~25% CAGR, growth in the card base has lagged and remains low at ~32mn of unique customer base. Rapid proliferation of e-commerce, improving POS infrastructure and demonetisation were key inflection points for the credit card business.
Penetration of Credit Cards by CIBIL Score
CIBIL has 550 mn records (individuals plus businesses), of which the unique credit card customer base is mere 32mn — sub 6% penetration in credit cards. Moreover,