Category Archives: Money Management

The History of Currency

Swati, a journalist, had invited her gang of girls for a lazy Sunday lunch. Post lunch, their chit chatting turned serious when Swati shared an incident of counterfeit currency from her bank ATM.  Swati’s friend from Australia suggested that India should move toward digital currency instead of the paper money. This got them to think… Read More »

Make That 1000 Rupee Note Work Smarter for You

The new pair of Skullcandy earphones, shiny black pumps, a new shirt and a fancy haircut; you can get all these in Rs 1000. But, you can get a lot more in 1000 bucks even though it may not seem like a big amount. And these are things that will definitely not land up in… Read More »

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 »