Can Banks Recover Credit Card Dues from Your Fixed Deposit Even if It Is ‘Time-barred’?
Recently, Thane additional district consumer disputes redressal commission held that banks can recover the dues from a credit card customer from the...
Abhay Datar | 14 April 2023
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7 Steps to Buy A Better Car Insurance
Buying a car insurance? It’s a bit different from buying life or health insurance.
MAS Team | 17 March 2015
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Know your customers - if they are yours!
The regulator and the fund companies are not in touch with their core constituency – the saver – and so simply don’t know how...
Debashis Basu | 28 February 2014
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It's time for 'seller beware'
A few days ago, marketing expert Seth Godin made a point in his blog about something we have been pointing out for quite some time: the flaw in the...
Debashis Basu | 28 February 2014
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Isn’t consumer protection the primary role of regulators’?
The ex-chairman of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) J Hari Narayn wanted Irda to have a new whole-time member representing...
Debashis Basu | 28 February 2014
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Consumer financial protection should stand on five pillars
Though the regulators have not thought of it, consumer financial protection should stand on five pillars: financial education/literacy; competent and...
Debashis Basu | 28 February 2014
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Consumer Products vs Mutual Funds: Half Truths and Lies
I would urge people to get hold of a copy of a book called Brandwashed. It is written by Martin Lindstrom, a marketing consultant of international...
R Balakrishnan | 27 February 2014
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Mutual funds: Fund & games
In the old days, when one invested in chit funds or fixed deposits, the distributor would give you a gift of some kitchen items like plates or...
R Balakrishnan | 27 February 2014
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Investors Protection: Legally dishonest
The government wants to restore investors’ confidence in the stock markets. How can I have confidence when the government breaks the rules to...
R Balakrishnan | 27 February 2014
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Needed Jan Sunwai sessions for savers and investors
Over the past several months, I have described the situation of savers from all possible angles — the hollowness of “know your...
Debashis Basu | 27 February 2014
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Apple or Toyota of retail finance? Impossible!
The other day I got an email from one of our readers saying: “I want to bring to your attention how bogus these online term insurance plans...
Debashis Basu | 27 February 2014
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Stories of Indian savers
The Indian saver has a plethora of choices. If he wants a loan, hundreds of banks and finance companies will give it to him. To grow his wealth, he...
Debashis Basu | 26 March 2013
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