Category: Finance
How to check dispatch status of your SBI cheque book or ATM/debit card
There are many ways a State Bank of India (SBI) customer can request for a cheque book or debit card without visiting the bank. A…
NPS PRAN: New process to make reclaiming ‘withdrawn but unclaimed NPS amount’ easier
With regards to NPS, the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has stated that any funds remaining after one month without being transferred to…
RBI to review arbitrary penal charges on loans; to release draft guidelines soon
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today announced that it will issue draft guidelines for transparency in the penal charges or penal interest charged on…
RBI UPI Payment: UPI payment extended to travellers coming from G-20 countries to India, says RBI
Travellers coming to India will soon be able to use Unified Payments Interface (UPI) for retail payments in the country. The Reserve Bank of India…
coin vending machines: QR code-based coin vending machines to be launched; what is it and how will it work
Shaktikanta Das, in the latest Reserve Bank of India (RBI) MPC meeting, announced that QR code-based coin vending machines in 12 cities soon. This will…
RBI Rate Impact on Home Loan: RBI Rate Hike: How home loan EMIs under EBLR, MCLR, base rate, BPLR will be impacted, what borrowers should do now
Borrowers’ nightmare of rising loan interest rates seems like it will be a prolonged one as the RBI in in its monetary policy meeting on…
Long Term FD Interest Rate: RBI repo rate hike: Long term FD interest rates are yet to peak; should you invest now?
RBI in its first monetary policy meet of the year 2023, has hiked the repo rate by 25 basis points which is the lowest repo…
Timeline to get NPS partial withdrawal money reduced to 2 days after authorisation
The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) announced the addition of more services in the bouquet under T+2 timelines. Now, the processing time for…
HDFC Bank raises loan interest rates; EMIs to rise further
Private sector lender HDFC Bank has hiked its marginal cost of funds-based lending rates (MCLR). The new loan interest rates are effective from February 7,…
AsthaTrade makes equity intraday brokerage free for stock market traders and investors
AsthaTrade, a SEBI-registered brokerage firm with 1.5 lakh clients, has announced free equity intraday trading for new Demat account holders. This sets them apart from…