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All you need to know about SBI card's new features

The use of mobile phones makes it a fast, easy and secure card payment based on the Host Card Emulation (HCE) technology.

Premium hike: Your health insurance may soon cost 10-15% more

IRDAI has recently issued guidelines barring insurers from denying a health insurance for a series of ailments; this will push costs upwards

Now get a reprint of your PAN card for just Rs 50

A PAN card is issued by the income tax department via two agencies- UTIITSL and NSDL-TIN.

Cheaper, standard title insurance product on anvil

This specialty insurance product provides indemnity to property developers and the subsequent owners of the property against losses and risks related to defects in property title arising out of third-party challenges not discovered before the policy takes effect

Small savings schemes | Finance Ministry leaves PPF, NSC interest rates untouched

The move is especially expected to benefit small savers and senior citizens

Classroom | Starting your stock market journey (Equity: Part 2)

How can you develop a basic understanding on investing? And do you need to read books to succeed?

Introducing: The Moneycontrol Classroom

Starting today, we will be publishing a daily article as part of a Classroom series that seeks to answer commonly asked questions about markets and investing.

Fund raising via NCDs drop 67% on lower investor confidence in April-August

NCDs are loan-linked bonds that cannot be converted into stocks and usually offer higher interest rates than convertible debentures

Traffic violations to be linked to motor insurance premiums

Once this rule comes into effect, even the smallest of violations could affect the premiums

EPFO seeks first right to assets in bankruptcies

In case of liquidation, EPF money should get priority over other debts, says a labour ministry proposal. EPFO is seeking to recover Rs 574 crore from IL&FS and Rs 700 crore from DHFL.

Centre may tweak Income Tax Act, won’t replace it with direct tax code

Happy Teachers' Day! Patience, discipline, rationality among top lessons these investing gurus taught us

On this Teachers' Day, let's reflect on some key elements of the investment philosophies of five all-time great investors.

Easy credit can derail students’ money lives

The SlicePay card offers no-cost EMIs of up to six months when you buy products from select merchants through the app

SEBI asks MF trustees to stand up for investors’ interests

Market regulator does not want them to be ‘passive participants’

How lack of side-pocketing of stressed securities benefits speculators

Understand your CTC and negotiate for better pay

It is advisable to negotiate for a higher take-home salary and a lower variable portion when you are starting out

Uncertainty and economic growth: Interest rate lessons that Nordic nations have for India

The billion-dollar question is why has interest rate reduction not worked in Nordic countries till date? The answer gives a clue to Indian policymakers

SEBI rule may affect recovery of investor money in MFs hit by bad debt

The Sebi circular, which applies to closed-end funds, imposes a 2-year limit for returning money in investments that become non-performing or illiquid at the time of maturity or winding up of the scheme

Aditya Birla Sun Life, Franklin Templeton funded Amaravati project via investor inflows into MFs

Political uncertainties were either overlooked or not anticipated by the AMCs

India's alternative investment space is developing, but a long way to go

An investment not made in bonds, stocks, and cash is considered an alternative investment. These are not for the risk averse or the unsophisticated investor.

Insurers must ensure RC is cancelled in case vehicle is damaged beyond repair

If a vehicle is destroyed, is rendered incapable of use, the owner shall report this within 14 days to the registering authority to get the RC cancelled

Congress urges Centre not to cut EPFO interest rate

Raising the issue in the Lok Sabha during zero hour, Congress’s Manickam Tagore said the move if implemented will affect 60 million non-government employees in the country.

3 ways investors can make rational investment decisions in bullish or bearish phase

The psychological cycle of investing can greatly influence the outcome on a personal and collective scale in the financial markets.

Fallen bond funds offer selective opportunity, but there are landmines

Though the mutual fund schemes investing in the low rated bonds appear to be a risky space, experts are divided about the investment worthiness of these schemes.

Same sex couples in India lack basic financial rights