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IDFC FIRST BankDebit card

IDFC FIRST Select Debit Card

A premium debit card tied to the FIRST Select banking proposition, with high transaction limits, lounge access, insurance and lifestyle/travel services and current lifetime-free card treatment for eligible Select members.

First-party evidencePublished researchReviewed September 9, 2026Active
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Cost / chargesIDFC FIRST Bank's current Select debit-card page describes the card as free for life for eligible Select customers.
Linked accountNo standalone card balance requirement; qualification comes through the FIRST Select programme's published AMB, CASA, AUM, ORV or salary routes.
Transaction limits₹5 lakh daily ATM cash-withdrawal limit and ₹10 lakh daily POS purchase limit on the reviewed current card page.
Core benefitsCurrent first-party material lists complimentary domestic lounge access including companion access, insurance/travel protections, roadside assistance, concierge/lifestyle benefits and premium offers.
Research processPublished by littleden.blog

Structured from first-party bank/issuer evidence. This page does not claim personal hands-on product use unless that experience is explicitly stated.

2 first-party sources
Last checkedSeptember 9, 2026

Recorded source review date, not a claim that the product changed that day.

Maintenance stateWithin scheduled review window

Target recheck: November 8, 2026.

Critical decision facts

Card cost, linked account, limits and usable benefits come as one package.

The debit-card proposition depends on the account relationship and the exact ATM, POS, international or lounge conditions attached to this variant.

01 · Cost / chargesIDFC FIRST Bank's current Select debit-card page describes the card as free for life for eligible Select customers.
02 · Linked accountNo standalone card balance requirement; qualification comes through the FIRST Select programme's published AMB, CASA, AUM, ORV or salary routes.
03 · Transaction limits₹5 lakh daily ATM cash-withdrawal limit and ₹10 lakh daily POS purchase limit on the reviewed current card page.
04 · Core benefitsCurrent first-party material lists complimentary domestic lounge access including companion access, insurance/travel protections, roadside assistance, concierge/lifestyle benefits and premium offers.
Maintained terms

Fees, balances, benefits, limits and eligibility without a single-score shortcut.

These six fields are the cross-product layer. The specialist section above controls whenever a type-specific field is more precise.

Cost / chargesIDFC FIRST Bank's current Select debit-card page describes the card as free for life for eligible Select customers.
Linked accountNo standalone card balance requirement; qualification comes through the FIRST Select programme's published AMB, CASA, AUM, ORV or salary routes.
Core benefitsCurrent first-party material lists complimentary domestic lounge access including companion access, insurance/travel protections, roadside assistance, concierge/lifestyle benefits and premium offers.
Transaction limits₹5 lakh daily ATM cash-withdrawal limit and ₹10 lakh daily POS purchase limit on the reviewed current card page.
EligibilityLinked to eligible FIRST Select programme customers; current programme qualification and debit-card issuance controls apply.
Account relationshipIDFC FIRST explicitly presents the FIRST Select Debit Card as a complimentary card within FIRST Select banking.
Fit & cautions

Who this record appears designed for—and what can break the fit.

Best-fit wording summarizes the published proposition. It is not individualized financial advice or an approval prediction.

Potential fit

FIRST Select programme members who can use the card's high limits and premium travel/lifestyle benefits and who want debit-card fee treatment tied to the relationship programme.

Verify before relying
  • High published limits should be reduced in card controls when not needed.
  • Lounge, insurance and travel benefits can carry transaction, activation or claim conditions separate from the lifetime-free card fee treatment.
  • Losing Select programme qualification can change the relationship context even when historical marketing called the card free for life.
Verified product relationships

Links the bank explicitly documents.

This section is narrower than the same-bank map below. Every relationship shown here has its own first-party evidence; products merely sharing a bank are not treated as linked.

Included in FIRST Select programme

IDFC FIRST Select Banking Programme

IDFC FIRST Bank explicitly presents the FIRST Select Debit Card as a complimentary card within the FIRST Select banking programme.

Programme qualification can be met through current AMB, CASA, AUM, ORV or salary criteria; individual lounge, insurance and card-usage conditions remain separate.Verify relationship at bank ↗
Maintained comparisons

Compare this product only where the pair is deliberately maintained.

Both sides keep independent review dates, exact conditions and first-party evidence. No winner score is generated.

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First-party source ledger

Complete evidence set for this maintained profile.

Each source remains independent. A product page, tariff, KFS/MITC, rate schedule or programme document is not silently treated as interchangeable evidence.

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Primary product / service sourcewww.idfcfirst.bank.in
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Additional first-party evidencewww.idfcfirst.bank.in
Open source ↗
Current-use rule

When the bank changes a term after the recorded review, the current agreement, tariff, KFS/MITC or effective rate table controls.

Research boundary

This page organizes dated public evidence; it does not guarantee eligibility, availability, approval, service quality or future pricing.