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Credit Cards: Make the right selection
(May 28, 2004)
Whether you are paying for your lunch in a hotel, clothes at a designer outlet or cosmetics at shopping malls, nothing is more convenient than a credit card. But the question is how to get the best deal or select the right credit card for you. The credit card market is ferociously competitive. Card issuers are fighting to win you with increasingly tempting offers, such as interest-free introductory periods and perks.
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Landing in a debt trap
(Mar 23, 2004)
Do you know a good credit record can help you get a job, make major purchases, and accomplish many short and long-term goals. A poor credit history can make it harder for you to rent an apartment, buy a car, or fulfill a dream. It is important to know how credit can change your spending power and how you can recognize the danger signs of credit and avoid serious problems.
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Credit cards: Gaining momentum
(Apr 17, 2002)
Credit card or the plastic money, as it is popularly referred to, was slow to enter the Indian market because of the high sentimental value that Indian consumers attach to hard cash. Prevalence of small value transaction, credit shy culture and inadequate banking habits of the population were other hindrances.
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Age of Plastic Money
(Jan 28, 2002)
Banking has evolved a long way from the days of the medieval moneylenders counting coins on the bench to the present scenario, where it is hard to trace the trail of money from the beginning to the end.
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Credit Card: New or renew?
(Nov 21, 2001)
Indian consumers have never had it so good. Credit card or plastic money is the flavor of the season. Consumers are relying more on the plastic card, which gives them money on credit rather than carrying cash and they have ample of choices too.
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Citibank Surakasha: Twin benefit plan?
(Sep 17, 2001)
The opening up of the domestic insurance industry has attracted many new players. These players are very aggressive in their approach. Now, you will find most of the products on offer, whether financial or consumer durable, have an insurance cover attached to it. The cover is generally free or at a marginal cost.
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Privacy: It’s your right!
(Jul 26, 2001)
Your phone at home or in office and sometimes even your mobile phone rings and a sweet female voice asks you ‘Sir would you like to avail …a housing loan, car loan, a mobile connection, consumers durable loan’. You may even be flooded with unsolicited mail from different companies. And the products offered could be anything and everything that can be bought and sold in the market.
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Credit Card: Pay for the service!
(Jul 17, 2001)
The service tax was announced in the budget and became applicable from 16th July 2001. This tax was in existence but its purview was increased in the budget to include service industry also.
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SBI Cards: Going global
(Jul 7, 2001)
State Bank of India (SBI) Cards, one of India's fastest growing cards has announced the expansion of its credit card range with the introduction of its SBI International Card and the SBI Gold Card. SBI Cards has the largest distribution network in the country.
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Minimum Payment: Don’t fall for the bait!
(Jun 26, 2001)
Every time you receive your credit card bill, at the bottom it says: ‘MINIMUM PAYMENT DUE’ and the amount demanded is only 5% of the bill.
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