Business Loan: 7 game-changing factors that determine your interest rate

Business Loan: 7 game-changing factors that determine your interest rate

Funding is one of the biggest requirements for most businesses to survive or sustain. Funding can come from equity, debt, or other sources. Many organisations rely on business loans for their various needs. Lenders consider several parameters to decide whether the business is eligible for a loan and what should be the interest rate charged. … Read more

Credit card fees exposed: Can you be charged before your card is even activated?

Credit card fees exposed: Can you be charged before your card is even activated?

Can banks charge you a joining fee even before your credit card is activated? They cannot as the credit card account will not be created unless the card is activated. With complaints about banks charging a joining fee even before the card is activated, unsolicited cards being issued and the undue delay in closing the … Read more

The Buckingham Murders: Money lessons you can learn from Kareena Kapoor Khan’s latest thriller

The Buckingham Murders: Money lessons you can learn from Kareena Kapoor Khan’s latest thriller

Kareena Kapoor Khan alone carried the film Jaane Jaan (2023) on her capable shoulders despite support from good actors like Vijay Verma and Jaideep Ahlawat. This time she plays a grieving mother/cop who puts away the killer of her son and seeks a transfer to a smaller town. But small towns like Wycombe in England … Read more

FD interest rates: Union Bank’s 333-day fixed deposit offers up to 8.15%; check details here

FD interest rates: Union Bank’s 333-day fixed deposit offers up to 8.15%; check details here

When you are looking for bank fixed deposits (FD), one factor to consider is the highest rate of interest offered by different banks. The general thumb rule is that banks tend to offer higher interest rates for long-duration deposits and lower rates for shorter duration. For instance, a five-year FD will offer a higher interest … Read more

Credit Cards: Banks offer these latest offers and deals; check details here

Credit Cards: Banks offer these latest offers and deals; check details here

If you own a credit card, you can explore a number of offers given by banks. These include the offers at eateries and restaurants in your city and beyond. It is recommended to check these offers before they expire. These offers are given by the cards issued by almost all top banks such as HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak … Read more

What is auto top-up of UPI Lite? New feature to be rolled out from Oct 31 — all you need to know

What is auto top-up of UPI Lite? New feature to be rolled out from Oct 31 — all you need to know

If you are using UPI Lite for small-value transactions, then there is good news for you. Starting October 31, you will be able to use auto top-up option for reloading the amount of your choice in your UPI Lite account. By issuing a circular dated August 27, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has … Read more

Call Me Bae: From luxury to lessons—What Bella’s journey reveals about financial wisdom

Call Me Bae: From luxury to lessons—What Bella’s journey reveals about financial wisdom

‘I was born with a golden spoon,’ Bella says, as she posts selfies with her designer handbags. ‘Naming your handbags should be a thing,’ she tells her Gram-Fam. No matter how many morning affirmations Bella or Bae recites, she knows she is lonely and that her marriage to Agastya Chowdhary was a marriage designed to … Read more

Got your first credit card? 8 key things you should be aware of

Got your first credit card? 8 key things you should be aware of

Are you contemplating applying for a new credit card at a bank? It is definitely a smart thing to do but you should apprise yourself of its pros and cons, and importantly of its key characteristics. Here, we give a lowdown on the usage of a credit card, and its key features that will perhaps … Read more

HDFC Bank raises key lending rate for THIS tenure; check the latest MCLR for Sept 2024 here

HDFC Bank raises key lending rate for THIS tenure; check the latest MCLR for Sept 2024 here

HDFC Bank has revised its Marginal Cost of Lending-based interest rates (MCLR) with effect from Saturday i.e., September 7. Now, the MCLR based lending rates will be in the range of 9.10 to 9.45 percent per annum. However, only MCLR for 3-month tenure has been raised by 5 basis points. The rates for all other … Read more

What is Bank of Baroda’s systematic deposit plan? Key features to know

What is Bank of Baroda’s systematic deposit plan? Key features to know

Have you ever wondered what can you do if you want to open a fixed deposit account but do not have access to a large sum. Is this possible to accumulate the deposit money in tranches? Well, Bank of Baroda offers systematic deposit plan (SDP) to those depositors who want to start an FD (fixed … Read more