Struggling to Pay Credit Card Debt in Full?

Your most recent credit card bill is Rs 1.5 lacs. Your cashflows do not allow you to settle the card bill in full. What do you do? Clearly, you should have been more careful and should not have raked up such a high card bill in the first place. While you should have been more… Continue Reading

Loans and EMIs Are Not Always Bad

Debt is bad. Loans are bad. That’s what we are fed religiously on various social media channels as well. That’s correct to an extent too, especially for personal balance sheets. If debt is not managed well, it will lead to big problems. However, things are not always black and white. Debt, if taken within limits… Continue Reading

A Home Loan Is NOT a Scam

Recently, I came across a viral content on social media where the author referred to home loans as a scam. Why? The author took a loan of Rs 48 lacs. EMI of Rs 42K. After paying 15 EMIs, the author had repaid only Rs 75,000 in principal and Rs 4.8 lacs in interest. And it… Continue Reading

Use Your Top-up Home Loan Wisely

You need to pay your daughter’s college fee of Rs 15 lacs in the coming month. You are wary of visiting the bank branch multiple times for getting an education loan sanctioned. You took a home loan 5 years back. You get a call from your bank that you are eligible for a top-up home… Continue Reading