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Visa cardholders can get free lounge access across Asia if flight delayed

Enhanced partnership allows eligible Visa cardholders across Asia Pacific access to SmartDelay, Collinson's airport lounge solution in the case of flight delays or cancellations, with immediate effect

Quitting smoking can bring down your term insurance premium by up to 75%

Smokers are more vulnerable to co-morbidities and critical illnesses, which calculatedly increases the underwriting risks for insurance companies.

In charts: Are mutual funds a threat to bank deposits post pandemic?

Mutual funds have an inherent advantage when it comes to investing as they offer a variety of products depending on the preferences of the investors

Make UPI payments through a phone call with this HDFC Bank feature

UPI 123Pay makes it possible for anyone in India, regardless of their phone type, to effortlessly make payments using a simple phone call, without requiring internet connectivity or a smartphone.

Why you should ditch the ULIP for a Term Insurance plus equity mutual fund

Most ULIPs show very high returns, which is the selling point. But they don't share that these returns are calculated without any charges.

Looking for a holiday home? These are the top 5 investment options for HNIs

Colliers has identified top 5 corridors based on the annual rental yield and expected capital appreciation.

1/4th buy travel insurance 30 days prior to trip: How to pick the right one

You must ensure that the most common and basic benefits like coverage for Covid-19, medical emergencies, trip cancellation and curtailment, baggage loss and passport theft, etc, are covered

Premium cards to higher rates: How small saving banks are luring depositors

While large lenders are resorting to special schemes, small savings banks are rolling out special cards, higher interest rates on savings accounts and competitive fixed deposit rates too.

Now, a savings account that offers up to 7.5% interest : Details here

Monthly Average Balance >= Rs. 1,00,000 in Savings Account (or) Cumulative FD >= Rs 15,00,000 (Active FD in the name of the first holder)

Robust inflows in July and August 2023: Arbitrage funds are back in favour

Investors typically park their short-term money in arbitrage funds because they are tax-friendly and can deliver better post-tax returns than some debt funds.

Full list: These are the top-performing equity mutual funds in August 2023

Among the Top 10 funds, the highest MoM rise was seen in Mirae Asset Mutual Fund (+3.5%) followed by Nippon India Mutual Fund (+3.1%), DSP Mutual Fund (+1.8%), HDFC Mutual Fund (+1.6%)

MF tracker: Maximum decline seen in financial stocks in August 2023

Stocks that witnessed the maximum decline in MoM value were SBI, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries, ITC, Cummins India, TCS, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Bajaj Finance, and Ashok Leyland.

FDs should not be used for wealth creation: What investors should do instead

You might get excited when banks offer 8 per cent interest rate on a five-year fixed deposit.

Two Adani firms among top five large-cap stocks bought by MFs in August

Adani Power, Adani Energy Solutions, Vedanta, Interglobe Aviation and Dabur India were the top five stocks bought in the month gone by

Post tax returns of FD rates still below FY24 inflation expectation of 5.4%

If an investor in the 30% tax bracket invests Rs 10 lakh in a bank FD that fetches 8% per annum interest, her earnings would be Rs 80,000. Post-tax, the earnings will further reduce to Rs 56,000

Explained: Debt funds see outflows in August on interest rate uncertainty

The major quantum of net outflows was witnessed by the categories having less than one year duration profile such as Liquid, Ultrashort and Low duration

Explained: Small-cap, mid-cap and thematic funds steal the show in August

Among the equity asset class, the sectoral/thematic funds saw the highest inflows to the tune of Rs 4,805.8 crore during the month.

Inflation biggest concern for Indians, only 6% sufficiently insured: study

To be sufficiently insured, experts believe that an insurance policy must provide 10 to 15 times the annual income of the household as coverage

Real estate most preferred investment choice, gold least favoured: survey

52% millennials & 35% Gen-X respondents will use their investment gains from other asset classes for buying homes in the future.

Sovereign gold bond tranche II opens today: Should you invest? We decode

Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) price has been set at Rs 5,923 per gram for the September 2023 series, which opens for subscription today and closes on September 15, 2023.