Federal Bank to acquire Standard Chartered's India credit card portfolio
01 May 2026, 12:40 PMFederal Bank's decision comes months after private equity giant Blackstone said it will invest about $705 million in the India lender.
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Private lender Federal Bank said that its board has approved a deal to acquire a select portfolio of retail credit cards of Standard Chartered Bank, India.
The bank shall provide an update on the execution of the deed of assignment (DOA) related to the deal in due course, as per filings with the stock exchanges.
The financial details of the transaction was not disclosed.
Standard Chartered had about 640,000 credit cards in India as of March, according to the latest regulatory data. The London-based lender has been offloading its assets in India. Last year, it sold its India personal loan business to another Indian private lender Kotak Mahindra Bank.
Federal Bank's decision to acquire the portfolio of retail credit cards of Standard Chartered Bank, India, comes months after private equity giant Blackstone said it will invest about $705 million in the India lender.
Last year, the Indian banking space saw renewed interest from foreign banks.
Apart from the Federal Bank deal, Dubai-based Emirates NBD announced a $3 billion deal to acquire a controlling stake in private lender RBL Bank. Besides, Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp decided to acquire around 25% in another private lender Yes Bank. The Head and Tale did a deep dive into this trend. (Click here to read)
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