We all love credit cards. Isn’t it? It’s a short term loan that is easily available and we can get an interest free period for the same which theoretically do help us in earning some interest on our savings. A lot of us don’t own a house and thus live on a rented property. The rent amount varies from ₹5,000 to may be ₹1,00,000 in some cases.
But what if I said you can pay rent through credit card and thus earn points as per the earning rates of your credit cards?!
Pay your House Rent with your Credit Card
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RedGiraffe’s RentPay
The company RedGirraffe is one of the pioneers in the field of rental payments. It’s very easy to register on their website under the ‘RentPay‘. You need the rent agreement.
Fill up the form, give the land lords account details. After that you’ll get a SMS on your registered mobile number with the RG ID and the password. That password can be changed.
They take approx 48 hours to approve your property. Once it is done, you can register the RG ID with the partner banks. Most of the big banks I know off have partnership with RedGirraffe. Some famous banks are HDFC, SBI, ICICI, KOTAK, IndusInd, Axisbank and Yes Bank.
The process is fairly transparent and is easily available on RedGirraffe’s website. I have done the same through HDFC Bank through Smartpay.
RedGiraffe transaction charges
- Rental payment less than Rs.10,000 : Rs.45 (inclusive of all ST)
- Rental payment greater than Rs.10,000: 0.39%+ST for each transaction.
This is very nominal. And it is nothing if you compare to with you’ll get.
Charging Rent on Credit Cards
How will it benefit by charging your rent on credit cards? Say for example you have cards like Regalia, Diners Black, Infinia, SBI Elite etc.. all these cards let you earn reward points rate more than 0.39%.
Diners Black/Infinia allow 3.33% and Yes First Exclusive allows 2.5% cash back as points. You can also pick one from the list of other best credit cards in India.
So you pay 0.39% but get 3.33% for example.
On top of it, you get savings from the interest that you get due to interest free period.
Helps CIBIL Score
Plus, you can maintain a good CIBIL score too with good payment history. Since rent amounts can be hefty, hence this will help you to build up the transactions in a year beyond which you get extra perks from the credit card companies like upgrades & limit enhancements.
So this way, it becomes very easy to pay the rent not by cash but by credit card and earn profits (as reward points).
Bottomline
- Cardexpert Rating: 4.5/5 [yasr_overall_rating]
Give it a try. I have been using this for sometime now and I’m very happy. I don’t have to remember to pay my land lord. The payment gets debited automatically from my credit card and credited every month in his bank account. We both are happy.
Do let us know what is your take on this. Did you like the idea of paying rent through credit cards? This is legal and this will help you get reward points easily.
Dear Sid sir Great idea to pay a house rent throught credit card
You’re welcome
What kind of Rental Agreement they expect ? A proper rental agreement costs you 5k rupees.
You can pay any amount that is as per your rental agreement. If you don’t have a rental agreement in cases like you’re living in a PG, in those cases a letter of indemnity can be given as per their (RG’s) format and then they’ll approve your listing. Hope that helps.
If i set an autopay 10th of every month in NetBanking,my landlord has to receive rent 10th of every month so when will the amount get deducted from my card(for autopay).I want to know when will they debit coz if they debit before 7th then it’ll come on that month statement so I’ve to pay that month itself.
Yes , would like to know the same.
It sounds interesting.
Just curious – are you affiliated to RG in any way other than as a customer.
Hahaha… no man. I don’t have any affiliations with them. Neither do I have any conflict of interest on this topic with respect to RG. I write here things which I hope will help people. This is something that I learnt about on my own after lot of research. So just thought of helping people by writing about it. Hope that’s okay for you. 🙂 If you find a better service then use that or if you’re at all interested to use this service, then only use it. Won’t gonna make any difference.
Thanks for the clarification. Anyways, I don’t mind people endorsing products either, just that they call that out.
Although it is a good deal, I’ll wait for others to test the waters and post their reviews ;).
This is truly an awesome hack for tenants. Tks, A Roy.
Regards
You’re welcome sir. 🙂
Any link for best credit cards for first time users?
The link in article is good enough and covers almost all of them
Thanks Abhishek!
PayZapp could also be used to pay rent/transfer the money. Unfortunately, few days ago, per day transaction limit has been reduced to INR 5000 from 10000.
Regards
Ganesh
PayZapp doesn’t allow Diners Cards to be used. Besides you have to do that manually each month.
Do we get points if we use payzapp to pay rent ,what is the percentage is it also 5% like SBI prime.
This is food topic but, could anyone please explain what is credit limit ?
Assume If, i get hdfc money-back credit card and credit limit is 50,000, What does that mean…
Is it Monthly limit for me to spend 50,000 on that card or yearly limit to spend that much on card.
Also if i cross that limit what will happen??
Monthly limit. The bank usually don’t allow to go beyond the credit limit. If at all they allow on your request, you’ll be charged overdraft fees for that. Try not to spend more than 30-40% of your credit limit in a month. 🙂
My rent agreement is in the name of me and my wife….and landlord and his wife….does redgiraffe has provision of paying the rent to two different accounts? I pay the rent to landlord and his wife equally every month
Hey Dibyaroop, Yes you can split the rent and pay via RedGirraffe. Just add the account details when registering for RentPay. They are available on live chat & Whatsapp (not sure what the no. is check the site out) between 10-6 (I think) to answer any related queries you may be having. They’ve been super helpful so far, drop them an email if you want.
Yes, there is a provision. Check redgiraffe rentpay for details.
No. I have asked RG, who say that there no provision for two different payments. The owner will get one combined cash. **Note: The house is in the name of owner and his wife.** I asked this query as owner and his wife can split the rent so that they can avail a income tax deduction.
I am using this service for last 2 months. So far going well.
Last month (April) payment was delayed but all well and on time this month (May).
Do you know – how will a landlord know if the amount transferred by RG was infact sent by you. Is it necessary to inform the landlord of such transactions. I don’t want my landlord contesting that someone else sent that amount :P. I am sure RG will have addressed this concern.
Hi Neeraj,
I had the exact thought when I heard about them from my room mate. So we did some research and wrote to them. Found out that while a tenant gets confirmation via bank with attached rental confirmation straight from the bank, landlords account shows rent transfer entry from XYZ (for the rental amount) from RG nodal bank account. Though we ve registered only last week, can drop a note once the transaction moves next month. I don’t see any harm in checking with landlord once they receive the rent.
The payment is made in such a way that the notes/transaction will mention your name and month of rent pay. And once, the payment has been credited to the land lord’s account, you will be notified by RG via phone/sms/email. Any one of them. So then you can confirm to the land lord about the transfer if you want.
Also can someone suggest which is the three best credit card (for salaried employees) to be used for RentPay please? Currently am using Kotak Mahindra Credit Card.
Depends on the level of cards you have. Obviously, better the card, better the benefits. There is no one card that is good only for rent purposes.
Thank you Mr. Abhishek. I understand.
I have been using SBI prime to pay rent through redgiraffe for more than 1 year now, earned loads of reward points and redeemed them for cash (statement credit) , plus received milestone benefits like pizza hut vouchers every quarter and 7k pantaloons voucher and annual fee waiver. I applied for SBI prime specifically for rent and utility payments.
Is rent treated as utility payment qualifying for 20RP?
super article! thank for sharing it.
I have now registered on redgiraffe and they have approved my registration too.
How will they handle the below scenario?
I am living in my relative’s house. I will book the relative’s savings account as Landlord’s account and decide some rent of 20k.
Every month I will use my credit card to pay the relative, who will return me the money.
Hello Antariksh,
I work with Risk and Compliance at Tech Mahindra. As I understand while transacting via Red Giraffe we indemnify for all such wrong doings. Any wrong found at a later date tantamount to fraud on the part of the incumbent, in this case the tenant. Even otherwise, in your example your relative is receiving amounts as income which is assessable to tax. Now if such person decides to give back cash to you he would simply be parting away with their tax paid income. I know so many IT friends of mine who are using rent via PayTM by swiping their Amex credit card and taking out cash via PayTM’s payment bank back to their own accounts thereby creating a P2P transaction. In this process they are earning huge points as well from Amex. But such situations are short lived as PayTM would come to know some day that they are paying up Rs 2000 as charges for every Rs 100,000 swipe happening via their wallet. Having looked at RentPay from all possible risk and compliance angle, I am quite certain that its by far the best model. Also the banks runs its own checks on each tenant too. I was told by people at RG that some 18-20% customer applications gets rejected by banks or/and by RG post the verification test runs. So I guess I answered your qtn.
Hi, Can I pay rental for my business premises (corporate office) using RedGirraffe?
I think so, however, you have to appropriately declare everything in your ITR.
Yes, you can. We pay our Whitefield office rentals via RentPay using IndusInd Card.
What about TDS deduction if applicable?
Yes you can do that. You can use those rent receipts for getting tax exemptions
You mean Red Giraffe rent reciepts
What about tax deduction at source which one needs to deduct from payment to be made to the landlord. Does rentpay automatically adjust the rent amount and pay to landlord or we need to adjust the amount which inputting the details
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What are the RedGiraffe transaction charges?
Rental payment less than Rs.10,000 : Rs.45 (inclusive of all ST)
Rental payment greater than Rs.10,000: 0.39%+ST for each transaction.
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What additional charge is levied over and above the rent? How much is the transaction fee on INR X? /Are there any hidden charges?
Please note that transaction fees of 0.39% subject to a minimum of Rs 39/- per transaction shall be applicable for ICICI Cards, HDFC Cards, Kotak Mahindra Bank Cards, Axis Bank Cards and IndusInd Bank Cards. Along with the applicable service tax the gross transaction fee comes to INR 45 for every INR 10,000/- .However in case of SBI Cards, an additional banking transaction charge of 1.75% plus taxes shall be charged extra by the bank.
Also, If this check box can be added below comments its easy to track the responses via email,
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Till a payment of ₹10K, they charge you ₹39+ ST. Above it, they’ll charge you a flat fee of 0.39%+ ST. For the comments notification I think Sid will be able to help
For sbicard this is 1.75%
Now reduced, it is same for all cards now, have been using SBI card to pay rent through redgiraffe for more than a year.
Where do you get this 1.75% figure? I don’t find it anywhere
Please modify the post to include that there is an additional 1.75% plus taxes charged extra by the bank for SBI.
Looking at the original post, I subscribed to SBI Elite card, but then with this 1.75% plus taxes extra by bank, essentially it becomes, 0.39% for RG + 1.75% for SBI plus taxes, which I think is comparatively more than compared to the Reward Points benefit?
Well, when you want to subscribe through your bank, it is governed by bank rules. If SBI charges you an extra 1.75% for Utility payments that is because of SBI and not RedGirraffe. I have written a post about RedGirraffe. So I don’t know if there are any further charges by individual bank. I have HDFC, Yesbank and SBI cards. I am least bothered about SBI cards as they take more than what the give. I have used HDFC and Yesbank Cards. They don’t charge a dime.
Yes, thanks. Sincerely appreciate your blog. I wasnt even aware of something such as RG until I saw your post. Thanks for the same. I did not go through with SBI Elite because of these 1.75% charges. I thought I could meet the 4 lakh spend if Rent was also included. Now trying it via the HDFC Debit Card that offers 1% cachback before I decide what to do in future.
Hi,
I think what he meant was for sake of complete information, you should mention the SBI thing, even RedGirraffe has mentioned it on their website as a separate line.
Also since you have given an example of card names including SBI Elite, somebody might use their SBI Elite card on the website and not check properly on RedGirraffe website too.
It would be helpful if you can highlight that in the section where you put the charges (0.39%) etc.
Thanks for the informative article.
Do you know if one can register with RedGirraffe and pay rent with a credit card issues by a bank outside of India?
Thanks,
SG
No, that can’t be done.
i tried paying with hdfc diners premium card, request couldn’t be processed! can you please help with the info
How many days it will take to transfer from Red giraffe account to House owners account.
My house owner wants by every 6th rent amount and Remarks of house no. in every transaction.
Every quarter i pay maintenance and deduct the same and give reduced rent to house owner. How will Red Giraffe works in that scenario. Will it go by only rental agreement amount or reduced amount also. And will it ask for a bank account of house owner to be mentioned in rental agreement.
Any one knows about paymatrix….i think they also facilitate online rental payments…..and one query about SBI cards 1.75%…..effectively if rent is 25K per month then if i use SBI card then i have to pay 0.39% RG=Rs 97.5 and SBI 1.75% = Rs 437.5…..hence a total of Rs 535 plus taxes….is my understanding correct?…..so for charges i would end up paying close to 7K in a year….is it a good deal to use SBI credit card for rent….please guide…thanks
I am based in Hyderabad. Paymatrix charges 2%. I think this is including tax. Add to it they ask the customer to provide credit card details with them. Didn’t make any sense. Too costly. You may choose to use some other card. My wife did check with SBI Card. She was told that there is around 2% cash back the bank is offering on RentPay. We ended up using ICICI Card. But you may check with the bank.
Avoid SBI Cards for RentPay.
Hey Abhishek,
I have an SBI Prime card where my girlfriend’s rent I pay through Red Girraffe. It used to be Rs. 8000 and on my card Rs. 8049 would be deducted every month (0.39% + taxes. Now she’s shifted to a new place where she pays Rs 11000 and on my card Rs. 11051 is deducted. I earn 20 points for every Rs 100 (5% value back) and I honestly don’t know what 2% charges you guys are talking about.
You should get an SBI Prime just for this.
Yes. Actually, there are a few billers for which SBI has a biller list in which a few billers are shown as category 2 billers for which an extra service charge will be levied. That is as per that document. So one should always take the confirmation from the CC. I know now that there are not extra charges for LIC. For Rentpay there was never any charges by any bank. 🙂
And yes I have upgraded to SBI PRIME.
Have you got Visa or MC? What made you apply for SBI Prime when you have DCB and Yes First cards? Only for utility payments?
1. MasterCard
2. Yes, for Utility Payments
I wanted to keep a SBI Card and currently, this is the best card I can get from SBI asboer my needs. 🙂
SBI used to charge 1.99% + tax earlier for RedGirraffe when launched. The charges were removed sometime last year. I remember this charge being there on SBICard when I set up my RentPay account in March 2017.
Yes. And it is because of that charge, that we never recommended SBI Cards for RentPay. Later on first they removed those charges, then they introduced SBI PRIME. That took the utility pay game to the whole new level altogether.
Maybe you should get another girlfriend and stop paying rent for her, will save you 100% on the rent, instead of looking for cards to save 5% on girlfriends rent.
Can you please explain how can we pay others rent using our credit card? I mean Lets say for example
One of my family members is staying in rent and i would like to pay rent using my card. In this case, should i register with RG pay by uploading the rental agreement on their name? Will that works or let them register with RG pay and using my card for Payments?
Can some one explain in detail?
Thanks for sharing this. I have used it since two months with my father’s Infinia card. Hence we save approx 3% I guess since rewards on spends is 3.3% on infinia. However my rental is pretty high hence don’t mind keeping a card just for this. Which Card offers the best rewards on these payments?
Which card give best reward/benefit /cashback for paying rent via redgirraffe?
all said and done. you’re paying a service tax as well which we are not paying while giving the rent directly.
With GST in effect it would be an added 18% … Please correct me if I am wrong.
Hi,
I have been checking my Experian/credit score month on month for the last 6 months that I have been using RentPay. There has been a quantifiable improvement. It’s a no brainer that by paying Rs 56000 rent month on month the credit score swells up. I plan to apply for a house loan late next year. My bank tells me that with a credit score of over 740, I could expect 1% cheaper loan. Now for an average of 1 Crore loan, I am looking at Rs 80,000 savings per annum. All because I am regularly using my credit card to pay an otherwise mundane NEFT transfer with no benefits. Add to it all the cash redeemable points that one gains. 18% GST is on 0.39% fees only. So in effect, you are talking about a mere 0.0007% on account of GST. No issues at all. I am a CA and I can tell you it doesn’t get better than this. I for a change have actually started to like HDFC Bank for their innovative move of capturing rentals via credit card through their product RentPay. At least, they have introduced something meaningful other than all those brain dry discount offers of various FMCG products.
HDFC Bank has nothing to do with RentPay. The latter is an independent company which has tie ups with a lot of banks including HDFC Bank.
Can I pay with HDFC credit Card even though I do not have a bank account with HDFC (I have bank account with Axis)
Yes, for sure.
How can I register it via Yes Bank Preferred Credit Card. I don’t see any option on Yes bank internet banking site to add Red Giraffe as biller. Will Yes ‘bank Preferred Card or HDFC Regalia give better rewards points for rent around 25k.
We use YesBank CC too. I suggest you may check directly with RedGirraffe at their site.
You have to send a filled form to their office in Chennai I guess. The form is for Yes Pay Registration of Biller
SBI Card emailed today that they have reduced the charges on rental payment via RentPay to 0.39% plus tax. Hereafter NO additional charges (1.75%) shall be charged on any SBI Card transactions on RentPay. I am told RentPay company shall also clarify this position in case one were to independently verify with them.
Good. If this happens then, people can use even SBI cards to use RentPay
Hey Robin can you please share the email via screenshot or something ?
That’s correct. Red Giraffe has confirmed that.
You can for sure.
Has anyone used SBI Prime for rent pay?
They offer an equivalent of 20 Reward Points per Rs. 100 spent on standing instructions of Utility Bills payments, which is equivalent to 5% of the amount spend. I think rent pay will fall under utility bills. In that case, the savings will be huge.
Can anyone confirm if this is the case?
There are many in our office (LIC) who use SBI Credit card on rent pay. Can check and revert. You may also check with SBI directly. I believe American Express, Standard Chartered, Citibank are also onboarding rent pay.
which is best card for rent payment on redgirraffe for rewards? recently ICICI reduced reward point on this.
There are a lot of cards that are good. It depends on which of the cards you have. One of the best cards that you can get for Utility payments is SBI Prime.
HDFC charges 0.48% , I feel that’s best
Can anyone using SBI Prime confirm if 5% cash-equivalent reward points are applicable for Rent Pay? In SBI card account, utility payments and rental payments have been separated. I’m wondering if that means rent won’t be counted as utility bill payment. Customer care could not answer this question too.
Also, can one use Diners Premium for Rent Pay? Which is the payment interface?
Also, I’d like to know if Diners Premium gives any incentive (apart from boosting credit score) for rental payment?
Yes it is confirmed. One of the readers verified.
Abhishek,
Does that mean insurance payments via autopay is covered too?
Thanks
Absolutely.
Yes, I have got 5% Cashback (20 RP/ 100₹) AND there is no cap on the same as well. The points were credited soon as the debit amount was moved from ‘In Process’ to ‘settled’
Enjoy this till SBI puts a cap on the reward points earned through Utility bills
I also have the Prime card and it is the best card for Utility and other accelerated RP spends plus spend based rewards. Easily we can aim for 4+% reward rate for a Rs 5 lakh spend. Points get credited in two days.
Can anyone confirm if we can do a statement credit with these RPs.
Great. Yes, you can do statement credit with SBI Prime Card. Tell me one thing, which variant do you have? VISA Signature or World MasterCard?
Visa signature. I will ask if they can change to MC.
Ok. Cool.
Is it still valid these days?
Yes, you get 20 RPs against INR 100. ~0.5% charged by Redgirraffe.
Hi,
The rent agreement is between my wife and owner’s wife. I have owner wife’s PAN card. But the bank account i transfer rent is in the name of Owner. Any idea if RentPay works in this case?
Also i have Yes Preferred. Is it better to use Yes Preferred card or should i apply and go for SBI Prime?
Phani Kiran,
RedGiraffe works if the rent agreement is in one name and the bank account to be credited is in another. Unless you have multiple rent agreements and the amount is huge, Yes First Preferred would do.
Between HDFC Regalia and Yes First Preferred card, which is better option for paying rent through Red Giraffe? Please advise.
Yes First Preferred
Hi Abhishek,
I hold HDFC Banks, Regalia Credit Card. My query is that are you sure that the reward rate for Red Giraffe’s Rent Pay would also be @ 4 points per Rs. 150 spent? Because, in case, Rent Pay falls under a category for which the reward rate is lesser, I might end up paying more to Red Giraffe than saving reward points on my card. Please advise.
Yes you’ll get RPs just as your normal earning rate.
Hi all,
Can anyone tell how to register red giraffe to Hdfc credit card account online. I don’t have savings account with Hdfc. So need register payee on Hdfc Card account online.
Please help me out with that.
Cheers,
Kiran
Pls try with Samrtpay option
Thank you sir,
For the response but I don’t get an option to register in smart pay with my credit card online banking account.
When I try that it directs me to HDFC internet login account which I don’t have.
Is there any alternative to sign up with HDFC credit card login ???
Cheers,
Kiran
I have infinia, DCB and YFE. Between the three which one is better for rent payments?
I’ll personally recommend YFE, due to increased options of redemption. However, all depends on which is your preferred card.
Can you please tell me what increased options? I’m getting a YFP and am reading here that Amazon/Flipkart vouchers are no more?
@HTC Fan,
Consider Infinia since you may get spend based annual fee waiver too. Infinia earn rate is 3.3% compared to YFE’s 2.5%.
Read my other comment to HTC fan.
Thanks, but with amazon taken off arn’t the remeption options limited now?
Yes. But it’s still more than HDFC. Problem with HDFC is that you’ll get ₹1/RP for Infinia or Black only when you redeem for Flight tickets. Even for hotels, it’s not worth booking because the rates are far more than what you pay at other OTAs like MMT, Goibibo, etc. Now if you want to buy vouchers for Croma, the conversion ratio drops down to ₹0.50/RP. This brings th effective reward rate to 1.67% for DCB or Infinia. But that is not the case with YFE. You get 2.5% whether you redeem for flights tickets or vouchers. Hence the recommendation.
But at the same time, if a person flies a lot and wants to redeem the points only for flights, then definitely, DBB and Infinia are better options.
Thanks. That makes sense.
Another advantage with DCB is you can convert the points to air miles of Jet, Vistara, BA and Singapore too. But like Abhisek says YFE is better if you look beyond flying based redemptions.
Thank you all for your inputs. The other advantage is that YFE points dont expire currently. Has anyone tried flight redemption through YFE? Is is cumbersome.
This is new info, are the flight fares if booked via DCB points -higher than what we get in MMT or Cleartrip?Is that what you meant?
if i can register commercial property in name of my company.and pay rent thru my personal credit card and get it reimbursed from company to me.
please confirm.
thanks.
Why considered 33% as reward for dinners black, are we getting 10X for using redgirraffe? Please update thanks..
No. 3.33% minus 0.39% +GST
Hi Roy,
I can see payment thru standing instruction via credit card possible. Why we need to pay thru redgirraffe and paying 0.39%+ST etc. Please clarify, thanks..
Elaborate please.
You are not paying through redgiraffe in terms of the interface. Redgiraffe provides the RG-ID which is linked to the Landlord bank account in their back-end. HDFC transfers the payment to RG through CC standing instructions and they transfer the amount to the landlord.
Thanks, understood…
How to tackle limit on cashbacks. Hdfc has limited monthly smartpay cashback to 150 rs only
Hey Abhishek,
Can you please suggest which credit card will be best in terms of maximum benefit between SBI Prime, YES first preferred and Diners Black for paying rent through red giraffe..
I have all three credit cards. Please suggest..
Yesbank CC offer should kick in shortly, maybe 15 Oct, wild guess 🙂
SBI Prime without a doubt as far as Redgirraffe is concerned
NoBroker.com seems to have also initiated this on their platform without any additional charges.
Is there any additional benefit of going with red giraffe? What does their tie up with banks mean?
First of all, they are new. They were not there initially. The second thing is as of now, their processing fees for rent payment is waived off, but as they say it’s a limited time offer, so they will charge processing fees in future. Their processing fees is 2% in comparison to 0.39% charged by Redgirraffe. Redgirraffe allows Autopay through banks which leads to higher points through cards like SBI Prime.
Where do you read that it is a limited time offer? They claim that one of their USPs is “ZERO” charge. They also mention that autopay route will be available soon.
This is from their FAQs.
“Does NoBroker provide any cashback/rewards?
NoBroker waives off the entire processing fees which is 2% of your rental amount. For example, if your rent is ₹35,000 NoBroker provides an instant discount of ₹700. Please note that this is only a limited period offer.” Plus if they allow Autopay through banks like Redgirraffe does, then it will be a great alternative too.
Wow. That’s a sneaky way to hide intentions.
Although my guess is if they become autopay partners, they’ll be able to negotiate a better MDR with banks as well. Not big reason to switch because RG has been great.
Yes. But they’ll have to rope in more partners and offer something extra. Otherwise why will anyone leave a time tested company and move in to uncharted waters.
@Gowrishankar – I did like to give it a try. How has been your experience with them?
a word of caution for using nobroker.in for rent payment. nobroker used paytm platform for processing payments, this is recognised by HDFC Bank cards as e wallet loading and hence no reward points are granted for payments on nobroker.in. This is for HDFC BANK credit cards, i am not sure about other bank’s cards. So if you are using nobroker.in for paying rent by HDFC credit cards, you pay processing charges to nobroker, and do not get any reward points.
Yes, even I have the same dilemma. But are “testimonials” in NoBroker says, there used HDFC diners black card and got reward points. Then it should be FAKE publicity by NoBroker
I think that should be if you pay via wallet. Uncheck pay via wallet and pay and points should come. There are a lot of websites that use paytm as gateway. U just need to be aware to uncheck usage of the wallet money.
Hi sir,
Is it safe to fill indemnity letter in absence of rent agreement. Thanks
If you’re stating the truth then no issues.
Hi Abhishek, Considering that rental payments is an altogether different category in SBI bill payments now, can you please confirm if we still get 20 RP on every INR 100 spent? Thanks in advance!
Yes. I can confirm that we get 20RP on Rent Payments. I get it every month. Just for everyone’s info, what SBI means by Autopay of utility bills is that if you have been able to set an AutoPay for anything (rent, electricity, post paid bills, life insurance etc) you will get 20RP if you are able to set auto pay and pay. There are a few billers which are not allowed to be set on auto pay. For those you have to manually make the payment and hence you won’t be getting 20RP. For the auto pay ones, you will get 20 RP. Enjoy.
do we get cashback using hdfc diners premium?
You would get the reward points at the standard reward date of 1.3% for diners premium whether the payment is done through Standing instruction or manually. Also, if you register this as a new biller, under the current offer you will get 5% cashback(maximum of 100/month) for the first 12 months when registered through SmartPay under Credit cards
Thanks for the confirmation and prompt response Abhishek! I was a bit concerned considering upgraded my simply click to prime just for rent payments. I have 9 credit cards and each card is exclusively used only at certain places for their rewards and had no benefit in the simply click card considering Diners Black and Yes first preferred had better reward percentage. Had taken it only for Flipkart sales since they have offers with SBI. Your post helped me to make my mind for the upgrade. Keep doing the great work!
Absolutely. You’re welcome. It wouldn’t have made much of a difference with Diners Black. The SBI Prime comes with a annual fees of ₹3000. If you can offset that by spending more than ₹3Lakh per year then taking Prime is a good decision. However if you can’t cross that threshold, then sticking to Diners Black is equally rewarding and you can go further to spend more than ₹5 Lakh to offset the annual fees of ₹5000 on DCB
Yes, that’s why will shift rental payments to SBI in order to achieve the 3 Lakh limit so as to avoid annual fees and take the benefit of 20RP. I use the Diners Black strictly at 10x partners only and since it was offered LTF, do not need to worry about meeting thresholds. Just moved all my bills ( 10 in total) from HDFC to SBI Prime and let’s see how the experience is. Have not enabled auto bill pay on electricity since prefer using Amex to load Paytm ( INR 1000+ * 4 transactions) in order to get the 1000 points and pay the bill via Paytm then. Difficult to use Amex due to acceptance issues or else. Thanks again!
Hi Will I get reward points with my simply click card by rent payment on Red Giraffe??. Which would be better??
Regalia first or simply click or ICICI amazon pay??
And can I use different cards in different months or is it a rule I should use the same card every month??
Hi..could u plz suggest if my upcoming car insurance premium of abt 22000 will fetch any good RPs on SBI PRIME? will receive this card in few days time now..planning to use basically for RPs.. does car insurance fetch any good returns?
Hello,
Is there upper Limit on SBI Prime to get points on Auto Bill Payment on Red Giraffe.
I normally pay rent on Half-Yearly basis to discount from my Land Lord, amount would be around 2.5 Lakhs for half-year.
So will i get 2.5 Lakhs * 20/100 = 50000 Points?
No there is no upper cape as of now. Enjoy your handsome rewards.
Am an ongoing customer of Red Giraffe for last 2.5 years on HDFC Card. Moved to SBI Prime since last December. I received an email last week from Red giraffe. They have now launched another product called Red giraffe IB Membership and are providing Loss of Job/Income insurance. They have partnered with 24 insurance companies. Apparently, in case of loss of job [dismissal/termination] or resignations due to accident, critical illness or surgery 6 months of Home Rent or Home Loan EMI shall be paid to the member. The charges can be calculated using their charge calculator available on the website. The charges can be paid in 12 monthly installments without attracting any interest and they are providing back GIFT vouchers worth 100% charges or up to a cap of Rs 900/month. Enrolled and received CoI from HDFC Ergo worth cover of Rs 180,000/- and received Big Basket’s CASH vouchers. Worth checking out, if interested. Do check out the policy documents available on their website.
Is it possible to change the rent amount , if i pay through hdfc bank then what will be the procedure for that
Hi Pranav,
You would need to write to Redgiraffe to change the rent amount with appropriate proof or declaration.
Pranav6410 yes you can increase or decrease your rent amount anytime by just sending an email to rentpay [@] redgirraffe.com . Make sure to mention your rentpay ID .
Can i re register on smartpay and again regenerate rg id
RG Id has to be generated from RedGiraffe website and then registered on smartpay
If i need to increase the rental amount do i have to regenerate rg id or it can be charged immediately
I got this message from SBI today.
Dear SBI Credit Cardholder, w.e.f 25 Jul’19, Red Giraffe will no longer be a part of the list of Billers available on Easy Bill Pay. We will be unable to process your Standing Instruction payment for Red Giraffe & request you to pay the biller directly. We regret the inconvenience caused.
Was saving 5% and I was reaching all milestones due to rent.
Even I have received this message today. They have automatically de-registered the RG from my account without my consent. Their customer care is clueless about this. I have written a mail to both SBI and RG.
Yes i got it too. And I had just enrolled for the rent pay this month. Tough luck.
I guess now HDFC is a better option as compared to SBI for the rent pay?
Yes. That’s correct. SBI is taking Redgirraffe off from its Easy Bill Pay option from 25th July onwards. It’s a shame to say the least. I might be closing my SBI Credit Card. This was the reason I was holding on to this card. This might be reason to hold SBI Prime for a lot of users. Now the best option to do Redgirraffe payment seems to be Infinia/DC Black/SC Ultimate.
HI Abhishek,
Is it possible to do rental payments using SC Ultimate? In such cases one would bet the usual 3.3% reward rate on it?
Thanks in advance.
Yes. Ofcourse.
Same here.. This is big disappointed. Not sure if SBI prime is worth now .. Which is the other best credit card now for rent payment ? I believe Diners black or Infinia..
I personally find SBI Prime has no real value after 2 years anyway – Priority Pass is not renewed, and the Prime Priveleges of Vistara etc are not renewed.
Also the Pizza Hut vouchers given every quarter are Useless for many people like me who don’t even eat pizzas, and Pizza Hut pizzas are anyway the worst
I agree with Mickey…according to me sbi prime is overrated and useless…..
SBI Prime will find many dowgrades / cancellations soon
I too will surrender Prime card
At one side HDFC is promoting RedGiraffe by giving 1000 cashback & on other side SBI is removing it over commercial terms
[IMPORTANT] Moving your RedGirraffe RentPay registrations from SBI Credit Cards
Dear Customer,
We regret to inform you that due to certain techno-commercial glitches faced by SBI Card on their BillPay, platform lately, RedGirraffe Services shall not be made available on SBI Card until further notice.
SBI Card shall be reaching out to each one of you if the company intends to charge an additional fees for the transaction going forward.
If you wish to opt for any other leading banks offering RedGirraffe services on their credit cards, please register such interest on our platform and we shall let another Credit Card issuer get in touch with you.
In the interim, please ensure that you take off your standing instruction from SBI Card for next month.
You may choose to pay the next months rent using any other credit card that you may have say
HDFC Bank,
ICICI bank,
Yes Bank,
Kotak Mahindra Bank,
IndusInd Bank etc
Or, you may wish to make online internet payment until the time we assist you to get a RentPay enabled new credit card issued.
You may also use the internet banking route of rental payout via RedGirraffe’s Internet Banking route and also avail EXCLUSIVE Loss of Job general insurance cover for up to 6 months of your Rental payments
(in the unfortunate incident of Loss of Job, Accidents, Critical Illness or listed Surgeries)
We apologise for the inconvenience caused to you. SBI Card shall be reaching out to you separately as well to intimate the change.
Regards,
Team RedGirraffe
Is it a good idea to upgrade to a SBI Card Elite from SBI Prime card?
It depends. If you are a heavy spender and can reach its milestone benefits, then yes Elite is a good card to hold. But if you can’t then watching movies against BookMyShow offer is a good way to get back the ₹5000 plaid as annual charge.
i also received same email…so now i have hdfc diners club black then how rent payment by dcb will benifit me I mean rewards points or cashback way? Because on red giraffe site it only mentioned infinia and regalia cards so please someone who have dcb or have knowledge of this please reply fast as my rent is due in 10 days…Dr.Hardik Patel
HDFC allows rent payment through standing instructions on credit card. Diners also supported.
Can we use debit card to pay rent using RG?
Probably no. RG is meant to be used with CC only.
Hi Abhishek,
Thanks for the article. Any idea if we use PayZapp to pay rent and add DCB black in it, it will accrue 10X points?
After 1st Aug, DCB 10x partners have changed and Payzapp is one. But loading diners payzapp wallet wont accrue points is clearly mentioned.
Yes as per mentioned on their site it should be eligible but still ask customer care to confirm on this.
In site I see IndusInd CC as partners to RG…buy I do not see redgirraffe in bill payment section….anybody paying rent through IndusInd CC?
You don’t have to find the name of the bank on RG Website to pay rent through RG. There are others banks also, whose names aren’t mentioned on RG Website but they can be used successfully to pay rent. For instance, Standard Chartered isn’t displayed on RG site, but I have used SC Ultimate to pay rent through RG on numerous occasions.
Does RG support Citi Bank ?
I don’t think so. All the credit card companies where bill payment option is their through their NetBanking via the credit card and where the RG is shown as a biller, all those card companies support RG.
Shashank you can always use to Citibank credit card to pay Redgiraffee bill with the help of Payzapp.
@Abhishek Roy,
Can you write a updated article on RedGiraffe, and which cards to use to get maximum benefit out of it ?
The orginal article is 2 yrs old and it can give the brief detail about all the comments and discussions in short form.
Please think about it.
Thanks.
+1
Hi,
Wanted to check if the PropertyID can be added to Payzapp only post verification or before that ?
I am trying to add the same on Payzapp & keep getting the Invalid Authenticator message.
~Neo
Post verification only
Thanks Abhishek,
I was able to add successfully.
~Neo
Hi Abhishek, how long did it take to get the Property ID verified?
– George
Took me around a week
Can we use American express CC to pay red giraffe rent via Payzapp?
I don’t think so. See the bill payment section of amex. If Redgirraffe shows there, then you can pay.
Payzapp currently supports only Visa/MasterCard/Rupay/Diners cards only.
When SBI Prime removed Red Giraffe from its billers, I’d asked the same question to RG. Their reply: “Amex is enabled currently for corporate rentals using a corporate credit card only.”
Hi Siddharth/Abhishek,
I’m not able to register at RedGiraffe as my owner is not providing PAN Number. Can you provide me some other alternatives where I can pay my rent through credit card and earn points?. It would be great help for me.
Other services are not worth taking a look as the overall cost becomes usually higher. You can take a look at Nobroker and Paymatrix
Other services are not worth taking a look as the overall cost becomes usually higher. You can take a look at Nobroker and Paymatrix
Any alternatives of RedGiraffe as it asks Owner PAN which I don’t have?
YOU HAVE to get PAN of owner. Ask them. They are bound to give you PAN if your annual rent payment is more than ₹1L
Hi,
Would it be possible to pay multiple rents on the website? E.g. I would like to pay my parent’s rent (rent agreement is between father and his landlord) from my HDFC credit card, along with my rent (agreement between me and my landlord) through redgiraffe?
Thanks!
Yes you can. The bank never checks how many Rentpay payments you are doing. Only thing is, you have to register all the RG IDs with Redgirraffe. Once your IDs are created post Rent Agreement verification, you can register all of them for Credit Card payments.
With PayZapp briefly added, and now removed, from their platform, which credit card do you now recommend for making rent payments through RG?
how much is extra charge for paying rent on redgirraffe thru payzapp using cc?
Nothing extra. Only 0.39% is charged by Redgirraffe
Is there any particular date when the rent will be deducted.
Can you decide that?
Similar facility now also provided by NoBroker, but with higher charges. However wider range of cards can be used including Amex cards. If possible kindly post a separate article about the same.
Hi Abhishek,
Could you please tell how to add the credit card in RG website. I have registered and been provided an RG ID. Once I login, i see an option of credit cards at the top but it leads me to a page to apply for RG enabled credit card. If I go through HDFC Bill pay and put my RG ID there , I guess it will directly debit from my bank account instead of Credit card. I am using HDFC DCB.
Hi Abhishek,
Great review. Which card would you recommend now for rent payment via RG?
Thanks!
Diners Black/Infinia/SC Ultimate are the best.
This month i have paid my rent using bill pay option in Payzapp via my Diners card and I see RP were not yet credited my account.Is anyone else experienced the same??
Not using PayZapp anymore. When normal Smartpay option is available, why to use PayZapp?
I faced the same. Was confused if I received it or not (since few 10x RP got credited as well). Now since you mentioned it, I think we should stop using Payzapp to pay rents. I called my RM and asked for the reason. Will revert once she gets back to me.
Using Payzapp gives additional cashback in wallet.
Through BillPay? If yes then I already claim it for paying electricity bills as all.
Is there any benefit on using smartpay for paying rent, like cashback or discount?
Yes I also paid my rent on 19th thru payzapp and I have also not received reward points for the same. Have you spoken to Customer care? How to make rent payment in future to ensure reward points on diners black?
My reward points for rent payment thru payzapp was credited today.
When did you transact? Did you use DCB to pay rent?
I got a call from my RM saying that paying rent through payzapp won’t accrue any points on my DCB.
Sorry, didn’t go though your first comment. Ignore the questions.
Just keep a tab whether they deduct those reward points or keep them. It’s important that they don’t deduct the RPs at a later stage.
Hi Bhavin,
Can you share the nature of points received for rent payment through Payzapp? Was it 10x or 3.3%
3.3%, 10X not there for bill payments
I faced the same. Was confused if I received it or not (since few 10x RP got credited as well). Now since you mentioned it, I think we should stop using Payzapp to pay rents. I called my RM and asked for the reason. Will revert once she gets back to me.
I used to pay using my SCB ultimate card in Payzapp but this month i had paid using my Diners card.
Yes, Payzapp gives extra ₹200-250 CB / Month for bill payments.
Can some one explain will that work if the rental agreement is on my name? I mean the person with credit card and name on rental agreement name are different, that works? Not all the cases the rental agreement is on person name who holds credit card. Rental agreement name can be wither parents/brother/spouse name. In that case, will someone eligible to register in RG?
Can some one explain will that work if the rental agreement is not on my name? I mean the person with credit card and name on rental agreement name are different, that works? Not all the cases the rental agreement is on person name who holds credit card. Rental agreement name can be wither parents/brother/spouse name. In that case, will someone eligible to register in RG?
Hi CCFreak,
I believe Payzapp has a 5% cashback with a cap of Rs 200. I usually use that for utility bills.
I’m planning to redgirraffe rent through DCB for 3.3% points.
Pls advice if there is an option for higher points. My rent spends are in the range of 5 lpa
Thanks!
Hi Abhishek,
Thanks for letting us know about this. This is teraffic and can help us in managing our finances better. I have few questions in my mind, please help on that:
a) Why do they ask for PAN details and rent agreement, are they gonna share this with any third party too, like insurance companies, banks, income tax department etc ?
They are transferring money on your behalf. In case they are subjected to audit by any government agency, they can show all the details of transactions and on whose behalf it was done and so forth.
Great article Abhishek! Can anyone confirm diners black points credit recently?
You ll get points on DCB for redgirraffe payments. Even better when you pay through payzapp and use billpay promocode.
Has anyone tried paying the initial security deposit using rent pay? Does it work??
Hi,
SBI had taken off redgirraffe from its list of billers last year. But I can see Redgirraffe in the list of billers under autopay on SBI’s official site. Does this mean we can use sbi prime now to pay rent via redgirraffe and earn RP?
Hi, is it ok to use someone else’s credit card on my RedGiraffe account?
Yes
Hey
Can we make payment of rent theough AMEX Credit Cards on this website. Can anyone please confirm this?
What is proof of ownership they ask for while making the registration?
They didn’t ask for any document in my case. Rent is below 20k.
I pay 7000/month but i have no rent agreement. My room owner not interested to make room rent agreement but i pay rent room owner bank account per month till date.
How to pay trought Redgriaffe without rent agreement
Too many personal details have to be provided and mandatory! I can’t imagine how much ‘business’ they are going to do with these personal details collected.
Hello Abhishek Roy,
Thanks for this useful post. After going through the comments I realised that citi cashback credit card is mentioned nowhere. It gives 5% cashback on utility bill payments. I am thinking of paying rent via this card by adding it to payzapp. Do you think this will give 5% cashback?
P.S. if anyone here has an idea about it, please share.
just an update, i checked citi app and found redgirraffe under utility billers. Also, TnC doc mentions that to be eligible for 5% backback, we have to use citi bill pay facilty only. So it is clear that paying via payzapp won’t work.
The only limitation is the cashback will be capped at rs 100 per month.
Got a notification from CITIbank on redgirraffe offer. Checked on RG website too. Has anyone received a similar notification?
Rs 3000/- CASHBACK, it says
Rent payment using dcb via PayZapp on RG will fetch RPs or not? Not the wallet load but the direct payment. If yes is it 10x or 3.3%? And does it give an additional Cashback of 5% if we use the promo code ‘ BILLPAY’.
Thanks Abhishek…I came to know about this from Citi Bank now…amazed to see you were aware 3 yrs back…great finding…missed 3 yrs but now going to use and get benefited…I am sure we will explore more such useful options…thank you
My landlord doesn’t give his PAN number to me. Is it okay if I give a dummy PAN number that matches his name?
Do they have any kind of PAN verification from their end?
Does hdfc give redgiraffe points for payments via payzapp?
I think yes. I do that every month. Though there is no separate breakup for the reward, but I do see approx correct rewards including all the bill paid on Payzapp (including rent) on my Diner Black. However, for my wife’s millennia, HDFC gives only 1% (as wallet load) not as online usage. So if they extend same to other cards, the’ll count all the payzapp spend as wallet load.
The point got credited T+3 rather than the normal T+2.
Hey,
I want to pay the rent with my IDFC select Credit card. Should i take the payzapp route? Will it be worth the hassle given i pay 25K rent per month + 115₹ RG charges and get 1700 points on IDFC select card.
I have AMEX MR, Gold and Plat Reserve cards too.
Please suggest.
Just a small caution on reward categories.. For a long time now, hdfc has been tracking redgirraffe rent payments via payzapp as insurance spends. It has even fetched bonus RPs whenever they ran campaigns on insurance spends in past. But noticed this time that the regular RPs are not showing under regular Feature RPs column in the card statement, instead it’s showing under Rewards Program RPs at the bottom of the statement. There was a 5X program on insurance recently so they added 750 bonus pts and then reversed that bonus as well, leaving me with the regular 1X.
If I do the rent through redgiraff can we converted into EMI. Using HDFC CC.
Hi folks,
is it possible to use Au zenith card on redgiraffe platform? If yes, which medium should I select as Au bank is not listed.
Thanks.