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Source: Live Mint It may be quite disappointing for credit card users to reach the airport terminal only to be turned away at the last minute. Sometimes, it is the wrong terminal while on other occasions, you have run out of maximum limits. There could be an occasion that the facility was meant for primary card…
Source: Live Mint In the current fast-paced world, youngsters, particularly Gen-Z, are expected to recognise the significance of building and maintaining a good credit score. While most young adults prefer using debit cards or digital wallets to avoid debt, ignoring the significance of credit score can have long-term consequences. These are some of the key reasons for…
Source: Live Mint The credit card sector is reporting a slowdown, with disbursement growth falling to a four-year low, according to a report by ACMIIL, a stock market firm, reports ANI. The report gives insights into the credit card segment for January 2025, showing a decline in total spending and a drop in the number…
Source: Live Mint If you want to invest in tax saving instruments such as PPF, NSC, SSY and NPS, it is important to do it within the right timeframe. Those taxpayers who want to claim tax benefits for financial year 2024-25 must do it before March 31, 2025., failing which they will not be able to claim…
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 A personal loan is quite different from other variants of loans. Unlike other loans such as a house loan or a car loan, a personal loan is an unsecured loan. Rate of interest charged on personal loan is usually higher than that of other loans and it does not require a collateral from…
Source: Live Mint Starting April next year, when the new income tax law comes into force, income tax officials could get the authority to access your social media accounts and emails. The new income tax bill’s clause 247 states that an authorised income tax officer will have the power to gain access by overriding the…
Source: Live Mint Total credit card expenditure in January 2025 declined to ₹1.8 trillion, reflecting a 2 per cent month-on-month decline and a 14 per cent year-on-year jump. Notably, the month-on-month decline in credit card expenditure can be attributable to a base effect since December saw elevated spending on account of year-end and new-year-related expenditures….
Source: Live Mint If you are a retail investor and intend to claim income tax benefits via investments — there are multiple options to do so. Although you can invest in small savings schemes to claim tax deduction upto ₹1.5 lakh under section 80C. Besides this, you can claim tax benefits by investing in equity…
Source: Live Mint National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has rolled out a latest circular to deal with rollout of numeric UPI ID mapper to enable UPI number. A UPI steering committee meeting was held on July 16, 2024 and multiple working group discussions for UPI numbers were held which were aimed at enhancing interoperability and user…
