ICICI Bank, along with issuing details on availing the moratorium on loans and credit card dues, also issued a set of FAQs on moratorium for equated monthly instalments (EMIs) taken on debit cards.

As the country is staying at home to fight against the coronavirus, investors are adapting themselves to the online way of working with their finances.

The recent cut in the interest rate on savings accounts by leading banks has led to higher negative real returns on the accounts balances.

It must be recalled that the finance ministry had revised rules and introduced separate forms for each small savings scheme via a notification in December 2019.

To get the benefit of the voice banking offering, customers need to download the Alexa / Google Assistant and link their ICICI Bank account through a secure two-factor authentication process.

PM Narendra Modi began his maiden speech at UNGA by reminding the august audience of India’s hoary civilisational past.

The stock market, bond market and other financial markets are feeling the negative effect of coronavirus. ET wealth presents a quiz to help you assess your risk appetite in the current market scenario.

His goals include building an emergency corpus, saving for his children’s (including another child in future) education and weddings, and retirement.

Do not deny the possibility of losing the job, or being furloughed briefly.

Any investment decision during this period should be made factoring in the short-term goals of an individual.

Applying this to financial markets helps investors to determine their chances of success in a fixed number of attempts (or trials). Another application of binomial distribution is to find out the probability of a company reporting positive growth in the EPS.

The looming uncertainty caused by coronavirus without a doubt requires cutting down on expenses. You need to start exercising monetary prudence and caution. However, don’t try to cut corners in these five expenses even at such a time.

Stores of value are worthwhile only if they can step up and be useful when we need them. Not if they also lose value, freeze up, or get locked when you must access them. In other words, you should be able to liquidate your assets without difficulty should the need arise.

Liquidating assets to pay off debts is recommended only if you find it difficult to pay EMIs.

His goals include building an emergency corpus, saving for his spouse’s business, child’s education and wedding, taking a vacation, and retirement.

Financial Planner Pankaaj Maalde suggests that Sharma build an emergency fund of Rs 5.1 lakh, which is equal to six months’ expenses, and a medical buffer of Rs 10 lakh for his mother. Here's what his financial goals include.

No investment portfolio would have escaped the impact of coronavirus and the consequent financial troubles. Analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in your financial plan in the following quiz and find out where you stand and what you need to do.

We can do a lot without spending money, and money well spent can do a lot. Let your money help you and those around you live better. Rather than lying meaninglessly in expired bonds, unaccessed PPF accounts, unused vases and unworn dresses.

Incomes of many people, especially those who are self-employed, have been impacted due to the lockdown. To help you through these tough times, here is how you can cut down on current expenses so that your future goals are not at risk.

As the financial markets scenario is changing, it is important to review and modify (if needed) the existing asset allocation. However, before going ahead, you should consult your financial advisor.

The number of Indians who left during the grace period till October-end is 1,34,281, the Indian Embassy here said in a statement.

South Sudan's capital is witnessing heavy fighting due to clashes between former rebels and government soldiers in several parts of the city.

The fund house claimed that media outlets quoted its CEO Jenny Johnson out of context.

However, Ashwin B added that there has been a significant drop in sales of non-term policies, witnessing a decline of 50 per cent.

A hike in taxes on fuels, which will add to government’s revenue, helped lift sentiment.

Amfi data released on Friday showed SIP inflows fell 3 per cent to Rs 8376.11 in April.

The Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund fiasco seems to have hit the debt mutual fund space very hard. The data released by Association of Mutual Funds in India or Amfi reveals that most debt mutual fund categories have witnessed outflows in the last month.

Union Bank of India announced reduction in its MCLR up to 15 basis points across all tenors, effective May 11. Overnight MCLR has been reduced by 15 bps to 7.15 per cent from 7.30 per cent and one-month MCLR by 10 bps to 7.25 per cent.

India has allowed discounting of prolonged stay period for determining the residency status in relief for NRIs.

Categories like essentials, at-home entertainment, health and insurance continue to show greater resiliency.

If rulers can change the law to suit themselves, the rule of law does not exist, even if the laws are applied uniformly to the rest of society.

While the free flow of international capital has many benefits such as reducing the cost of capital, increasing investment and economic growth

Great managers know and value the unique abilities and even the eccentricities of their employees.

It’s incumbent upon every married woman to quickly bear a son.… She could be dismissed as a dokhtar zai, or ‘she who only brings daughters’.

Apart from Paranjpe, HN Motiwalla, Rammohan N Bhave and Thomas Panamthanath are other independent directors of the company while TC Suseel Kumar is a nominee director on the board of LIC Mutual Fund Trustee.

A law requiring 120 days' stay in India to claim Non-Resident Indian (NRI) status needs to be changed, an association representing NRIs has demanded, citing economic disruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic.

In official emails to permanent residents who have enquired about the availability of these flights, the high commission has indicated that at this point, the flights are available only to Canadian citizens and their immediate family members who are permanent residents and accompanying them on the flights.

BR Shetty landed in Abu Dhabi with $8 in 1973 and turned his sweat into a personal fortune worth billions.

"Indian men are 150 per cent more likely to work in health or social care roles than their white British counterparts," according to the report.

Ashok Michael Pinto, who has worked as a Special Assistant and Associate Counsel to former president George W Bush, was on Monday nominated as US Alternate Executive Director of IBRD for a term of two years.

​​ET Wealth studies the quality of papers held by the five largest schemes of different debt fund categories to see if investors should be worried.

The unabated volatility is intensifying downside risks in investments. Under these conditions, it is worth looking at statistics that can predict the potential loss a stock or a portfolio can suffer.

Investors will receive whatever amount the fund house is able to recover by liquidating the underlying investments in proportion of their holdings in the respective schemes.

You should explore the `pause your SIP’ option offered by mutual funds before finalising to stop your mutual fund investments through SIPs.

While investing a debt mutual fund, one should make sure the category suits your time frame.

It is important that your correct bank account with IFSC is linked to your Universal Account Number (UAN) to receive the credit of EPF funds timely.

The global economy is already in recession. Travel and tourism, restaurants, movie theatres and scores of other businesses have suddenly come to a standstill.

Many individuals have become extremely careful about their personal finance in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic and mounting concerns about possible job and pay cuts. Many of them have suddenly turned enthusiastic investors.

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