Consumer RightsExpense AccountUncategorizedSeptember 10, 2014by Monika Halan0India staring at another insurance-linked scam
The cheating does not stop in the insurance industry. Gets deeper and wider. Insurance regulator is asleep at the wheel.
Consumer RightsExpense AccountPersonal FinanceUncategorizedAugust 26, 2014by Monika Halan0RBI takes the first step towards customer protection
RBI releases the draft charter of consumer rights. Long road ahead to implementation.
Expense AccountPersonal FinanceUncategorizedAugust 18, 2014by Monika Halan0Rich now, poor next moment
Who is rich? Depends purely on where you stand. And then, how much is enough? Oh, that depends on who you are!
Consumer RightsExpense AccountPersonal FinanceUncategorizedAugust 12, 2014by Monika Halan0A hunt for PPF that leads to toxic sales pitches
Banks brazenly sell toxic insurance products to me as I request and seek a PPF.
Consumer RightsExpense AccountPersonal FinanceUncategorizedAugust 5, 2014by Monika Halan0Evil foreigners, upright Indians and FDI in insurance
Not allowing foreign money in insurance is to cut off our own noses to spite our face. Why is FDI in mutual funds ok and not in insurance?
Expense AccountPersonal FinanceUncategorizedJuly 29, 2014by Monika Halan0How much does it cost? Learning to ask this in finance
Learn to ask: what does it cost, before you buy a financial product. The seller will try and distract you with returns and tax breaks. Don't get conned.
Expense AccountPersonal FinanceUncategorizedJuly 23, 2014by Monika Halan0Payments banks for Rs10 deposit
Banks get ready to lobby away the payment banks. But RBI seems determined to break the banking cartel.
Consumer RightsExpense AccountPersonal FinanceUncategorizedJuly 15, 2014by Monika Halan0The Indian Banks’ Association is shockingly anti-consumer
The Indian Banks Association has stalled reform that benefits the bank customers. Profits over people for the IBA.
Expense AccountPersonal FinanceUncategorizedJuly 10, 2014by Monika Halan0Budget 2014: It takes a tax break to make the middle class smile
Tax payers gain in interim budget by the new NDA government.
Expense AccountUncategorizedMay 7, 2014by Monika Halan0When you have Rs.20 trillion of cheap money, why reform?
Financial repression in India means that the government colludes with banks and insurance firms to keep retail investors in negative return products. Who'll give up Rs 20 trillion of cheap money?