New Tax Regime and How You Think About Loan Prepayments

Budget 2025 has made the New Tax regime more attractive, but we know that the new tax regime comes with certain restrictions. You do not get tax deduction for investments under Section 80C, specific expenses (health insurance under Section 80D, house rent/HRA) and loan repayments (home loan and education loan). Hence, as a taxpayer, you… Continue Reading

IDFC First Wow! Credit Card: Review and Features

Recently, we reviewed a Fixed Deposit backed credit card from ICICI Bank (ICICI Bank Instant Platinum First Credit Card). Such credit cards are useful for first-time borrowers who are struggling to get their first credit cards because of adverse or lack of credit history. You can use such cards to build or improve your credit… Continue Reading

3 Types of Home Loan Borrowers

Given the prices of houses in our country, almost everyone must take a home loan to purchase their dream house. It is not that all buyers lack the capacity to buy a house out of their own funds. However, from what I have been, as the income (affordability) rises, so does the desire for a… Continue Reading

ICICI Bank Instant Platinum Credit Card: Our Review

Looking for your first credit card, but your card application keeps getting rejected due to inadequate credit history or some other reason? There is a simple and quick way to get around this problem if you have some money in your bank account. I am talking about a bank FD backed credit card. And in this… Continue Reading

Reliance SBI Prime Card: Our Review

On a recent visit to Reliance Smart Bazaar, a credit card executive aggressively pitched Reliance SBI Prime Card. He mentioned the card offered a 20% instant discount on purchases at the store. Well, this offer was obviously too good to be true. At grocery stores/supermarkets where the margins are wafer-thin, 20% discount was clearly not… Continue Reading