Petrol Car vs Electric Car: The Real 5-Year Money Comparison (2026)
Rohit test-drove a Tata Nexon EV on a Saturday and signed the papers for a petrol Creta the following weekend instead. Not because he didn’t like the electric car. Because when he actually sat down and did the math on his own driving, mostly short…
What Happens to Loan EMIs and Autopay Mandates If You Die Before Anyone Tells the Bank
A family dealing with a sudden death has, understandably, a hundred more urgent things on their mind than online banking. The funeral, the paperwork, the phone calls to relatives. Somewhere in the middle of all that, a bank account that belonged to the…
Recurring Deposit Interest Is Taxed Every Year, Not Just at Maturity, Here’s the Surprise Waiting at Tax Time
Priya opened a five year RD three years ago, ₹8,000 a month, specifically because she liked the idea of not touching the money or thinking about it until it matured. That was the whole appeal, set it, forget it, deal with it later. This year, going…
You Agreed to Be a Loan Guarantor for a Friend or Family Member. Here’s What Happens If They Default or Die
Two employees at a post office in Uttar Pradesh signed as guarantors for a colleague’s loan, the kind of favour that probably felt routine at the time, a signature, a formality, a way of helping someone out. Their colleague later defaulted. When…
Claim Settlement Ratio Is the Most Misleading Number in Indian Insurance, Here’s What to Check Instead
Every insurance comparison website, every agent’s pitch deck, every advertisement for a term plan leads with the same number: claim settlement ratio, usually somewhere north of 98 percent, printed in bold like it settles the entire decision. It…
Nominee vs Will: Who Has the Legal Right to Your Money and Property in India?
Nominee or Will — who actually gets your money, investments, insurance and property after your death? This is one of the most common questions in personal finance, and also one of the most misunderstood. Many people believe that if they have named their…
Piston Raises $15 Million Series A Led by FPV Ventures: How Its Cardless Payment Network Is Changing Fleet Fuel Payments
Piston, a US-headquartered fintech startup with an engineering hub in Kolkata, has raised $15 million in Series A funding led by FPV Ventures. Existing investors Spark Capital and Pear VC also participated in the round. The latest funding takes…
Pizza Bakery Founders’ Popo Global Raises ₹532 Crore From Artal Asia: Expansion Beyond Bengaluru Next
Bengaluru-based restaurant company Popo Global, the parent of The Pizza Bakery, Paris Panini and Smash Guys, has raised ₹532 crore from global investment firm Artal Asia for a significant minority stake. The investment marks an important milestone for…
Namma Yatri Launches Namma Santhe: A Retail Platform Built to Save Its Drivers Money, Not Make Any
Every driver on a ride hailing app earns money the same visible way, fare by fare, trip by trip. What almost nobody talks about is the other side of that ledger, what a driver actually spends on the ordinary stuff of running a life, a rain cover before…
RentoMojo IPO Closes With 72.88X Subscription: 158.68 Crore Shares Bid, What Happens Next?
RentoMojo’s IPO received a massive response from investors, with the issue closing with an overall subscription of 72.88 times and bids for approximately 158.68 crore shares, according to the final subscription figures. The Bengaluru-based rental…
