Ecommerce sales likely to drive credit card spends in Sept even as lively cards decline

October 4, 2022Last Updated: October 3, 2022

Credit card users have spent over ₹1 lakh crore now for the sixth consecutive month. In august, credit card users spent ₹1.13 lakh crore in august, down from ₹1.17 lakh crore in july.

That is regardless of a decline of 2 million in terms of active credit cards in august – the fall is due to rbi’s new guidelines. Trends propose that people will retain to swipe more credit cards and their spending will hit the ₹1.2 lakh crore mark in september.

The spends in september are expected to be buoyed by means of festive sales throughout e-trade and offline retail structures, after ecommerce spends fell in august.
“upcoming e-com festive sales (Big Billion day and Great Indian Festival) are in all likelihood to restore the e-com blend (% of overall spends) again to apr-jul ’22 stages,” said a report by icici securities.
A rise in expenses and indians’ love for journey has set the right tone for an growth in overall credit card outstandings.

Revival in air travel, hospitality zone in addition to growing inflation outlook set a advantageous backdrop to credit score card spend as well as receivables,” the document introduced.
Indians being tired of not going out everywhere for 2 years because of the covid-19 pandemic has helped increase demand in the hospitality sector, in keeping with a record by agency CARE.

“fy22 has been a promising year for the world in which the revival in the occupancy and RevPAR has led to inexperienced shoots for the enterprise gamers. The decline in covid instances, resumption of worldwide flights from march 2022, and sturdy entertainment and wedding demand are the positive elements that need to cause increase in occupancy and arrs in fy23,” the CARE report stated.

Dues per card endured their upward trajectory, too. “Receivables, in terms of CC outstanding per CIF at industry level, have trended from ₹18,000 as of december 2021 to ₹20,100 for january to may 2022 and increased to ₹20,300 in july 2022,” the icici securities report added.