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Sri Lanka · Methodology

How we rank credit cards

Rankings are computed by a fixed, published algorithm. No bank pays for placement, ever.The same code scores every card on the same attributes; the only inputs are the data we extract from each issuer, every figure traceable to its source.

Overall: algorithm cards-v2 · 103 cards ranked · last computed 41 min ago. Each ranking below has its own published weights.

Each ranking has its own published weights. The same card can top one and sit mid-table in another.

Overall

Balanced view across fees, rates, rewards, lounge access · cards-v2 · 103 ranked

Offer strengthhigher is better15%
Airport lounge accesshigher is better12%
Annual feelower is better12%
Purchase interest rate (APR)lower is better12%
EPP (instalment) qualityhigher is better8%
Dining cashbackhigher is better8%
Supermarket cashbackhigher is better8%
Interest-free periodhigher is better8%
Foreign-transaction feelower is better7%
Fuel cashbackhigher is better4%
Key benefits (breadth)higher is better4%
Contactlesshigher is better2%

Supermarket

Best cashback + lowest cost on supermarket spend · cards-supermarket-v1 · 103 ranked

Supermarket cashbackhigher is better50%
Annual feelower is better20%
Offer strengthhigher is better10%
Interest-free periodhigher is better8%
Minimum income (accessibility)lower is better7%
Contactlesshigher is better5%

Cashback

Best overall cashback across everyday spend · cards-cashback-v1 · 103 ranked

Supermarket cashbackhigher is better25%
Dining cashbackhigher is better18%
Annual feelower is better15%
Fuel cashbackhigher is better12%
Other cashbackhigher is better10%
Offer strengthhigher is better10%
Utilities cashbackhigher is better10%

Dining

Best cashback + dining benefits · cards-dining-v1 · 103 ranked

Dining cashbackhigher is better50%
Annual feelower is better18%
Offer strengthhigher is better12%
Key benefits (breadth)higher is better8%
Interest-free periodhigher is better7%
Contactlesshigher is better5%

Instalments

Best 0% instalment plans — tenure depth + merchant reach · cards-installments-v1 · 81 ranked

EPP (instalment) qualityhigher is better55%
Annual feelower is better18%
Minimum income (accessibility)lower is better12%
Purchase interest rate (APR)lower is better10%
Offer strengthhigher is better5%

Low Fee

Minimum-cost-to-hold cards (annual fees, supplementary) · cards-low-fee-v1 · 103 ranked

Annual feelower is better45%
Purchase interest rate (APR)lower is better15%
Supplementary card annual feelower is better15%
Minimum income (accessibility)lower is better10%
Foreign-transaction feelower is better10%
Contactlesshigher is better5%

Travel

Lowest FX markup + lounge access for travellers · cards-travel-v1 · 103 ranked

Foreign-transaction feelower is better30%
Airport lounge accesshigher is better28%
Annual feelower is better20%
Offer strengthhigher is better12%
Interest-free periodhigher is better10%

How each attribute is scored

  • Numeric attributes (fees, rates, interest-free days) are normalised across the live cohort and winsorised at the 5th/95th percentile, so one outlier doesn't flatten the scale. Lower-is-better attributes are inverted.
  • Lounge access is tiered: none → 0, 1–3 visits/yr → half, 4+ → full.
  • Cashback uses the card's per-category rate where it differs (e.g. a fuel co-brand's 3% at fuel), otherwise its general rate.
  • Offer strength counts your card's currently-active merchant offers, weighted by value. EPP quality rewards longer 0% instalment tenures and more instalment merchants. Both are normalised across the cohort.
  • Contactless scores 0 or 1.

When a card isn't ranked

A card is shown but not scoredwhen a core figure (its annual fee or purchase APR) is missing, or it's discontinued. It never silently disappears; it stays in the list with the reason shown.

Versioning

Each ranking is independently versioned (e.g. cards-v2for Overall). Any change to a ranking's weights, scoring, or eligibility bumps its version and is recorded here, so a movement on a card's chart is unambiguous: the methodology changed, or the card did.

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