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Source: Live Mint Ask any working woman today and she will tell you that she does not enjoy being dependent on anyone. We have come a long way from maintaining our homes and hearths, to becoming self-sufficient earners with well-kept houses, and we even help our families make important money-related decisions. But still, many women…
Source: Live Mint Fixed deposits (FDs) are considered to provide reliable, consistent long-term investment returns. They are especially beneficial for conservative investors who avoid taking risks. Certain small finance banks in India offer FD interest rates of over 9%, which is relatively higher than those of public, private, and foreign banks. Here are the latest…
Source: Live Mint Bank fixed deposits have been the most popular place in India for decades to invest short-term funds, but liquid funds are now emerging as one of the top substitutes. To make effective investment decisions, it is important to know the manner in which liquid funds will prove to be more advantageous for…
Source: Live Mint At the time of opening a fixed deposit (FD), it is advisable to compare the interest rates offered by different banks. Importantly, some banks have started to slash their rates in the wake of RBI cutting benchmark repo rate after nearly five-year hiatus. Even a tiny difference – say of 50 basis…
Source: Live Mint Prior to investing in a fixed deposit, investors often compare interest offered by different banks. One might argue that most banks — more or less – offer similar, if not same, interest on their term deposits. However, one must understand that a difference of 50 basis points over a long period of…
Source: Live Mint As we are aware that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut the repo rate by 50 basis points. This may continue further in the near future as the rate cut was seen as the onset of rate cut cycle by the banking regulator. Following this, one private bank has already slashed its savings…
Source: Live Mint The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut its repo rate from 6.50% to 6.25%, a 25 basis point decrease. This presents a problem for investors in Fixed Deposits (FDs) because a decrease in the repo rate usually indicates a future decrease in bank interest rates. This is the last chance for FD…
Source: Live Mint The new tax regime became a default regime in 2023 but Budget 2025 introduced a higher incentive for taxpayers by allowing zero tax for income upto ₹12 lakh, following which there is an expectation that around 90 percent of taxpayers will opt for it over old tax regime. However, one collateral damage of this…
Source: Live Mint IDBI Bank launched Chiranjeevi Super Senior Citizen Fixed Deposit Scheme early this month to offer interest up to 8.05 percent per annum. Under this scheme, the bank offers slightly higher interest rate to super senior citizens i.e., those who are aged 80 years or above. The highest fixed deposit interest offered to…
Source: Live Mint India’s biggest private lender, HDFC Bank, has revised fixed deposit (FD) interest rates for both senior citizens and the general public. For deposits in the range of ₹3 crore to ₹5 crore, the bank will now offer interest up to 7.40% for the general public and 7.9% for senior citizens on the…
