- SBICPSL, at its sole discretion, can appoint agents for recovery of any Outstanding on the Card or initiate any other action allowed by law for recovery of all monies owing to SBICPSL.
- The Cardholder shall be liable for all costs associated with the collection of dues, legal expenses and decretal amounts with interest, should it become necessary to refer the matter to any agent or where legal recourse for enforcement of payment has been taken.
- The Cardholder expressly recognizes and accepts that SBICPSL shall be absolutely entitled to sell, assign or transfer in any manner (including through the drawing of a negotiable instrument or otherwise) in whole or in part and on such terms as SBICPSL may decide (including reserving a right to SBICPSL to proceed against the Cardholder on behalf of any purchaser, assignee or transferee) the Outstanding and dues of a Cardholder to any third party of SBICPSL’s choice without reference to or without written intimation by SBICPSL to the Cardholder and any such sale, assignment or transfer shall bind the Cardholder to accept such third party as a creditor exclusively or as a joint creditor with SBICPSL, but with the right to SBICPSL to continue to exercise all powers hereunder on behalf of such third party and to pay over such Outstanding and dues to such third party or to appropriate the same, as SBICPSL may decide. Any costs incurred by SBICPSL towards enforcement of its rights and recovery of Outstanding and dues shall be debited to the account of the Cardholder.
- Where SBICPSL acts on good faith in response to any oral or electronic instruction or inquiry by the Cardholder in respect of any matter in relation to the Card, the Cardholder will not be entitled to claim or allege any loss, damage, liability, expense etc., attributable, directly or indirectly, to any such good faith action of SBICPSL and the Cardholder agrees to hold SBICPSL harmless in respect thereof.
- The total Outstanding on the Card Account, together with the amount of any Charges effected but not yet charged to the Card Account, will become immediately due and payable in full to SBICPSL on bankruptcy or death of the Primary Cardholder and the Card Account shall immediately stand cancelled. The Primary Cardholder's estate will be responsible for settling any Outstanding on the Card Account and should keep SBICPSL indemnified against all costs including legal fees and expenses incurred in recovering such Outstanding. Pending such repayment, SBICPSL will be entitled to continue to levy finance charges at its prevailing rate.
- The Cardholder hereby authorizes SBICPSL or its representatives to contact his/her employer, banker or any other source to obtain and/ or verify any information or otherwise that may be required
- SBICPSL reserves the right to add to or change these terms and conditions and revise policies, benefits and features offered on the Card at any time, without limitation to changes which affect existing balances, finance charges or rates and methods of calculation. The Cardholder will be notified of any such changes. By keeping or using the Card after notification, the Cardholder is deemed to have agreed to the amendment/change. If the Cardholder does not agree with any amendment of the terms and conditions or any other change related to the Card or benefit made available on the Card, he/she may cancel the Card by cutting it in half diagonally and returning both halves to SBICPSL.
- If required by law to do so or if considered necessary to do so for proper management of credit or business risk, SBICPSL reserves the right to disclose any and all Cardholder information, including default in any payments, to any court of competent jurisdiction, quasi judicial authority, law enforcement agency, relevant wing of the Central Government or State Government, Cardholder’s employer, State Bank of India, any other card issuer, credit reference agency, financial institution or any company which is an affiliate or associate or parent or subsidiary of SBICPSL. The Cardholder acknowledges that information on usage of credit facilities by customers are also exchanged amongst banks and financial institutions which provide credit facilities and the Card may be cancelled on receipt of any adverse market information in relation to the Cardholder without any liability on SBICPSL to disclose any details thereof to the Cardholder.
- The Cardholder authorises disclosure of his/her Card Account information by SBICPSL to any third party engaged to provide any service in connection with operation of the Card Account and/or marketing of various services. The Cardholder agrees to SBICPSL sending, from time to time, marketing offers and/or promotional mailers to him/her at his/her postal or e-mail address, unless he/she has specifically opted not to so receive, in which event SBICPSL will be entitled reasonable time to stop sending such offers.
- The Cardholder hereby agrees that the Card application and copies of all documents submitted in support thereof and for the ongoing operation of the Card Account by the Cardholder to SBICPSL are and shall remain the sole and exclusive property of SBICPSL, and SBICPSL shall not be obliged to return the same to the Cardholder upon his/her request or upon termination of this Agreement.
- In the event that the Cardholder delays or is unable to settle the Outstanding on the Card in terms of this Agreement, SBICPSL is hereby authorised by the Cardholder to set-off and adjust any such Outstanding against any amount that may be payable by SBICPSL, in any capacity, to the Cardholder on any account whatsoever.
- The Cardholder agrees that SBICPSL may send him/her reminders from time to time for settlement of any Outstanding on his/her Card Account by post, fax, telephone, e-mail, cellular phone , SMS messaging and./ or engage third parties to remind, follow up and collect his/her Outstandings on the Card Account.
- The Cardholder agrees to comply with all applicable laws and regulations from time to time which govern or may be affected by the use of the Card.
The forbearance, delay or failure on the part of SBICPSL to exercise any right under this Agreement shall not operate as waiver of such a right nor preclude any further exercise of that right.
- Without in any way limiting the above, SBICPSL shall not be liable or responsible to the Cardholder for any loss, damage, expense, claim or liability arising directly or indirectly out of :
- any defect or deficiency in any goods and services purchased on the Card or availed as a benefit, privilege or facility attached to the Card;
- refusal by or inability of a Merchant Establishment to honour or accept the Card
- refusal by or inability of a Merchant Establishment to honour or accept the Card;
- handing over of the Card by the Cardholder to any unauthorised person;
- any statement made by any person requesting return of the Card or any act performed by any person in conjunction therewith;
- any injury to the credit, character and reputation of the Cardholder alleged to have been caused by the repossession of the Card and/or request for its return;
- SBICPSL complying with any request made by the Additional Cardholder in relation to the Card Account;
- the exercise of any right by SBICPSL seeking surrender the Card prior to the expiry of the date mentioned on the face of the Card whether such demand and surrender is made and /or asked by SBICPSL or any person or Terminal Device;
- exercise of SBICPSL’s right to terminate any Card;
- decline of any charge by SBICPSL because of the Cardholder exceeding his/her foreign exchange entitlements or usage restrictions as prescribed by RBI guidelines issued from time to time; and
- if any demand or claim for settlement of Outstanding dues from the Cardholder is made by SBICPSL or any other person for and on behalf of SBICPSL, the Cardholder acknowledges that such an act shall not amount to an act of defamation or an act prejudicial to or reflecting upon the character of the Cardholder in any manner.
- The Cardholder is aware of all security risks, including possible third party interception of any of his/her transactions and statements of account on the Internet and the contents of his/her transactions or statements of account becoming known to third parties. The Cardholder agrees and undertakes that he/she shall not hold SBICPSL liable therefor in any way. The use and storage of any information, including without limitation, the Card number, PIN, password, account information, transaction activity, account balances and any other information available on the Cardholder’s Internet access device or computer is at his/her own risk and responsibility.
- Any notice given by SBICPSL hereunder will be deemed to have been received by the Cardholder within 7 days of posting to the Cardholder's address last notified in writing to SBICPSL or, where specifically requested, within 24 hours of sending the same via e-mail at the e-mail address specified by him/her. Any notice may also be sent by fax or communicated verbally and confirmed in writing by post or fax. SBICPSL shall not be held accountable for delays in receipt of notices by post. In the event of any change in the Cardholder's e-mail and/or employment and/or office and/or residential address and/or telephone numbers, the Cardholder shall inform SBICPSL promptly in writing or by e-mail and must confirm the same by mail or fax.