The country’s largest public sector bank, State Bank of India, has reduced the limit of Minimum Average Monthly Balance (MAB) in metro cities from Rs 5000 to Rs 3000. The bank has decided to treat bank accounts in metros on the lines of those in urban centres. This move will directly benefit more than 5 […]
Are you Eligible to get home loan subsidy? The announcement of the central government’s ‘Housing For All by 2022’ initiative came clubbed with the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY) scheme focussed on the urban poor (Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), Lower Income Groups (LIG)) and later, also on the Middle Income Groups (MIG) of the society.
If you are reading this article, then odds are good that you are in a deep credit card debt and looking for a way to get out of it. You are not alone in this quest. According to a recent RBI report, the credit card outstanding amount in India has reached an all-time high and […]
Before you choose a car model and visit the car dealer to bring home your favourite car, you should spend some time in analysing some figures and prepare a set of questions if you want to opt for a car loan. It is always good to make informed financial decisions. The saying “Knowledge is more […]
As per the latest report, 4 PSU banks have reduced their Marginal Cost of Fund based Lending Rate (MCLR) on 6th September, 2017. Punjab & Sind Bank lowered the overnight MCLR by 45 basis points from 8.65% to 8.15%. The one-month MCLR was reduced by 40 basis points to 8.20% and the one-year MCLR was reduced […]
The cabinet has approved the ordinance to increase the cess on luxury cars and sports utility vehicles (SUVs) from 15% to 25%. The ordinance would amend the Schedule to Section 8 of the GST (Compensation to States) Act, 2017, in order to increase the cess and in turn, price of the vehicles. All cars […]
Savings accounts are one of the simplest and the most widely availed services offered by banks. The government of India made it simpler for people to open savings accounts through the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY) scheme which is the biggest financial inclusion scheme of the world till date. But savings accounts opened through […]
Most public sector as well as private sector banks have started reducing the interest rates offered on their range of savings accounts. The rate cut followed by other banks was initiated by the State Bank of India and it got impetus after the Reserve Bank of India reduced the repo rate. Let us have an […]
India’s largest lender, ICICI Bank has cut the interest rate on savings accounts by 50 basis points. This rate cut is applicable on those accounts that have account balance below Rs 50 lakhs. Thus account holders of these accounts will get interests at a rate of 3.5% with effect from 19th August 2017. However, those […]
HDFC Bank on Thursday reduced the interest rates on most of its saving accounts. Earlier these accounts earned interest at the rate of 4 percent, but it has now been reduced to 3.5 percent. Customers who maintain a balance of more than Rs 50 Lakhs in their savings account will continue to earn interest […]
