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No need to pay for medical treatment from pocket anymore? | Health insurance update

The General Insurance Council has announced a "cashless everywhere" initiative, which will allow policyholders to obtain cashless redressal of claims at all hospitals. How will this help you and how can you file a claim? Watch this video

Cashless health insurance may not work in case of emergency hospitalisation

The two impediments here are getting a preauthorisation from the insurance company takes 6-24 hours, without which the cashless claim does not kick in, and the insurance desk at the hospital handling the claim is usually open for 12 hours and may remain closed on holidays.

Here’s how to claim health insurance from your office cover and personal cover at the same time

Hospital costs are increasing at a rapid rate. Medical inflation is considered to be growing at a faster rate than general inflation. In such a scenario, it is increasingly common for individuals to exhaust their policy limits. A thorough approach to filing a claim can ensure that out of pocket expenses are minimised.

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Bharat Financial launches instant micro loan facility

The initiative is expected to help rural areas embrace cashless transactions. The loans are cashless since they are deposited directly to the loanee's bank account.

Valentine's Day shoppers get bitten by the love bug online

Every Valentine‘s Day our phones are flooded with messages on discounts on food, jewellery, gift cards, toys and the list is endless. But an important trend to watch out for in the last few years is the rise of e-shoppers.

Demonetisation: Temple donations fall an estimated 35% in January

Even as temple donations have fallen an estimated 30%-35% in January 2017 due to demonetisation, Gods are now turning cashless with Freecharge, Mobikwik and Paytm.

Budget 2017: IRCTC service charge waiver makes rail ticket marginally cheaper

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A digital payments Act may soon be a reality

Sources have told CNBC-TV18 that the IT ministry is also looking to strengthen the existing framework as the government pushes for digital payments.

US can learn from India's move toward cashless society: Expert

"With this, India will skip two generations of financial technologies and build something as monumental as China's Great Wall and America's interstate highways," Wadhwa said in his op-ed titled 'What the US can learn from India's move toward a cashless society'.

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Payments over Rs 5,000 in Haryana via cashless transactions

Giving this information in a release, Finance Minister Capt Abhimanyu said petro cards of Indian Oil and Hindustan Petroleum have been issued to state government drivers for cashless payments for fuel.

Govt's cashless push to boost smartphone sales, says Samsung

The Government's demonetisation drive and subsequent appeal to people to adopt cashless transactions using mobile phones has encouraged them to buy smartphones, said Manu Sharma, Vice-President (Mobile Business), Samsung India.

Sebi to go digital on all payments

The move would help in speedy and easy transactions, while reducing failures due to payment gateway issues.

Banks-petrol pumps' spat to blow a hole in Modi‘s digital plans

The spat between banks and petrol pumps is likely to blow a hole in Prime Minister Modi‘s digital India dreams. While petrol pumps pan-India have for now deferred their decision to decline debit and credit card payments for fuel sales until January 13, the matter might raise its ugly head again soon.

Javadekar asks youth to be part of govt's digital economy

"Digital transactions will bring in accountability and weed out corruption. The annual budget is worth Rs 17-18 lakh crore, of which around 5-6 lakh crore can be used for creating infrastructure for this purpose," he said at an event at Hindu College here.