SBI Global International debit card for contactless payment; check out key features, benefits, bonus, charges, other key details

Are you also using an international debit card? Here's a debit card issued by SBI that lets you make transact normally when you are travelling abroad. Here's this one feature that makes it stand out among its peers.

State Bank of India (SBI), India's largest lender by assets, offers a string of debit cards to enable customers to make payments conveniently. One of its offerings, the SBI Global International Debit Card, allows the account holder to transact both within India as well as abroad. The EMV chip-based SBI Global Contactless Debit Card gives you rewards points on every purchase. But is there anything that separates this card from its peers?

Let's find out.

Here's a quick guide for you to learn all about this SBI Global International Debit Card, including key features, reward points and annual charges.

Customers can make payments using this debit card can be simply by waving it in front of the PoS (Point of Sale) terminals rather than dipping or swiping it. This ensures the SBI debut card is always in the customer's possession.

SBI Global International Debit Card: Key features

• Customers can use this card for shopping at more than 30 million stores worldwide and over 52 lakh stores in India.
• The card can also make online purchases and payments for things like movie tickets, bills, vacations, and others.
• Customers can withdraw money from SBI ATMs or other ATMs throughout the world.
• It is safe for online purchasing as well.
• If the NFC (near field communication)-enabled Card is used at an NFC terminal for transactions up to Rs 5,000, the PIN will not be requested. A maximum of five such PIN-free contactless purchases are allowed every day.

SBI Debit Card Loyalty Program

With the State Bank Global Debit Card, customers earn two SBI Rewardz points (reward points) for every Rs 200 they spend in stores, restaurants, petrol stations, on travel, or online.

• Activation Bonus: Earn 200 Bonus points on your State Bank Global Debit Card's first three purchases within a month.
• Birthday bonus: Standard points earned for the Birthday month will be doubled.

These earned SBI Rewardz Points can be accrued and exchanged for exciting gifts.

In comparison, many other banks are providing international debit cards. For example Bank of Baroda's World Agniveer Debit Card can also be used for domestic and international transactions. It has unlimited free ATM usage at all banks' ATMs. Moreover, the issuance fee and annual fee are also NIL.

Some of the comparable debit cards provided by rival banks include:

• ICICI Bank Sapphiro International Debit Card
• HDFC EasyShop Platinum Debit Card
• Bank of Baroda (BoB) Visa Platinum DI Debit Card
• Axis Bank Burgundy Debit Card
• YES World Debit Card
• PNB VISA Signature Debit Card
• PNB VISA Classic Debit Card
• HSBC Premier Platinum Debit Card
• Bank of Baroda (BoB) Visa Vyapaar DI Debit Card