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What is Home Refinancing?

Having a home is everybody’s dream. There are a variety of home loans available today. Choosing the most suitable loan available is the only thing to be done. After a few years of repayment of the loan, the repayment scheme or interest rate may turn out to be unsuitable to a person. The interest rate… Read More »

What is Net Income?

For an individual, gross income (i.e. the total income that comes in hand) minus taxes, allowances, rent payments, deductions and other costs of living is called net income. An individual’s net income is used to determine income tax and loan credibility. This may also be called take home pay. The take home pay might be… Read More »

What is a Bank Draft?

A demand draft (DD) is a cheque where the written amount is paid by the financial institution rather than the individual drawer’s account. When an individual requests for banker’s draft he/she must immediately transfer the amount of the draft along with any applicable fees and charge from their own account to the bank’s account. In… Read More »

What is a debit card?

Debit cards are issued by the banks to its customers. The card allows instant purchase and withdrawal of money from account using ATM’s. Debit cards are different from credit cards in the way they allow purchase based on funds available in the account unlike  credit cards which uses a line of credit that can be… Read More »

Crown Loans

Loans that are offered to a relative or a friend are called as crown loans. This type of loan does not hold any hard or fast rules on the borrower, generally a person well off in the family offers such loans to the one who is struggling for financial assistance to build his house, business,… Read More »

Pension Loan

It was a pleasant morning that day when I decided to go for a walk; it had been almost twenty years then since I left my home town. I had settled in the city 500 kilometers away from my village. I had always dreamt of living in my village for the rest of my life… Read More »

Collateral loans

In the eastern coast of the country lived a farmer totally dependent on agriculture for his living. He owned some land where he harvested rice and wheat. He was struck by heavy losses for some years where he happened to lose a lot of money. He tried to borrow money from his friends to start… Read More »