Category Archives: Money Management

4 Tax Questions Sweetened for You

Chocolates, ice-creams and pies; everyone loves to indulge once in a while. Those of us with a sweet-tooth can never say no. Wouldn’t it be awesome if you could indulge just as much in your tax returns? Home loans, health insurance and other investments, done right, can get you great returns on your taxes. Here… Read More »

6 Financial Planning Tips India can give the Rest of the World

  Snake charming, yoga, handicrafts and tourism are things that India seems to be famous for elsewhere on the globe. But, our culturally diverse land also has a couple of aces up its sleeves when it comes to financial planning. And we can teach the rest of the world a thing or two about it. The financial… Read More »

How to Beat Inflation with Some Solid Financial Planning

Uncle Scrooge from The Duck Tales had a tower full of golden coins just so that he could swim in them. His miserly ways made him rich beyond his dreams, and yet he remained miserly. We’d all love to have enough money to swim in. But, Uncle Scrooge belongs to a much earlier time, and… Read More »

Celebrate With Us and Prepare to be Amaz(on)ed

It’s celebration time! We have just raised a funding of Rs 375 Crores ($60) Million led by Amazon.com. This is our Series C round of funding and also includes global investing leaders such as Fidelity Growth Partners and Mousse Partners. What’s even better is that all our previous investors, including Sequoia Capital & Walden International, have stayed… Read More »

How India is Giving Rise to Financial Entrepreneurs: A True Saga

The Great Indian Rope Trick. A cute yet annoying thing we’ve had to hear whenever anyone from across the pond spoke about India in the same breath as “things back home”. You’d think they were talking about the 1900s. Yet, here we are in 2015, doing exactly that. The Great Indian Rope Trick. Only, we’re… Read More »

How a Couple’s Financial Incompatibility Doesn’t Need to be a War

They say all is fair in love and war. Marriage often ends up falling in both categories. Sometimes the war is just a big part of love. But the war over finances can very easily turn ugly if the partners don’t match when it comes to their attitudes towards financial planning. Here’s a couple that… Read More »

Useful Tips to Reign in Your Variable Income

Monsoon is loved by everybody. Well, almost everybody. The rain can surprise you on a very sunny day and is generally unpredictable. Although the rain can be a dampener on your weekend plans, there’s just something really magical about the weather. Unfortunately, there’s nothing beautiful about your income being just as unpredictable as the rains. Here’s… Read More »

How to Draw the ‘T’

 As kids, we’ve often ‘stolen’ change from our parents and pooled in the coins to share an ice-cream with our friends. There was always that one friend, to your awe and annoyance, who seemed to be able to keep track of exactly how much you owed him from months ago. Of course, as adults finances… Read More »