What is a credit card balance transfer?

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Credit card balance transfer is the process of transferring owed balance from one credit card account to another. Upon carrying out this process, the debt is owed to the new card issuer as opposed to the original card issuer.

Fee & other Parameters	Privy League - Paid Card		Privy League - Free Card
Joining Fees	Nil		Nil
Annual Fees	2500^		Nil
Addon card Fees	Nil		Nil
Interest Charges on outstanding Balances	2.49% (Annualized 29.88%)		2.49% (Annualized 29.88%)
Interest Charges on outstanding Balances	2.49% (Annualized 29.88%)		2.49% (Annualized 29.88%)
Minimum Amount Due (MAD) (It will reflect in statement in column of minimum amount due)	MAD can be 5% or 10% of TAD as decided by the Bank		MAD can be 5% or 10% of TAD as decided by the Bank
ATM Cash Withdrawal/ Call a draft/ Fund Transfer/ Cash Advance per Rs. 10,000 or part thereof	Rs. 300		Rs. 300
Late Payment Charges ("LPC")	Due as per last statement	Late Payment Charges	Due as per last statement	Late Payment Charges
	<₹100	0.0	<₹100	0.0
	₹100 - ₹500	100.0	₹100 - ₹500	100.0
	₹501 - ₹5,000	500.0	₹501 - ₹5,000	500.0
	₹5,001 - ₹10,000	600.0	₹5,001 - ₹10,000	600.0
	₹10,001 - ₹25,000	800.0	₹10,001 - ₹25,000	800.0
	₹25,001 - ₹50,000	1000.0	₹25,001 - ₹50,000	1000.0
	>₹50,000	1200.0	>₹50,000	1200.0
Over Limit Charge	Rs. 500		Rs. 500
Cheque Bounce Charges	Rs. 500		Rs. 500
Foreign Currency Mark Up	2%		3.5%
Railway Booking Surcharge ( on transaction amount)*	Waived		Waived
Fuel Surcharge**	Waived		Waived
Fee for Cash payment at Bank	Rs.100		Rs.100
Outstation Cheque Processing Fee	Waived		Waived
Reissue/ Replacement Card (per issunace)	Rs. 100		Rs. 100
Charge Slip Request	Waived		Waived
Machine Surcharge at ATMs	Waived		Waived
Balance Enquiry Charges at Non Parent Bank ATM	Waived		Waived
Duplicate Statement Request	Waived		Waived
Web Pay Service Fee	Waived		Waived
Please Note:
GST/Applicable taxes, would be charged as per the rates approved in the Finance Act each year on all interest & fees and other charges levied on your Credit Card
^Annual fee of Rs. 2,500 can be waived either by maintaining Black or Platinum Banking^^ Relationship or by spending Rs. 5 lakhs in previous year
*Maximum Railway surcharge waiver of Rs. 500 in a calendar year
**Fuel surcharge to be waived only for transactions between the values Rs. 400-Rs.4000. Maximum fuel surcharge waiver of Rs. 4500 in a calendar year (Free variant) and Rs. 300 per month (Paid variant)
^^Criteria of Platinum Banking relationship: (1) Relationship Value of Rs. 30 lakhs with an average monthly balae (AMB) of over Rs. 1 lakh in savings or current account. (2) AMB of over Rs. 10 lakhs in savings account (3) AMB of over Rs. 15 lakhs in current account
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