Excluding the impact of the new labor laws, the NBFC’s bottom line would have grown 45 percent year-on-year to ₹686 crore in Q3FY26 | Photo credit: HDB Financial Services, backed by HDFC Bank, on Wednesday reported a 36 per cent year-on-year (yoy) rise in net profit for the quarter ended December at ₹644 crore, driven […]
Brokerage Axis Securities says HDFC Bank’s credit growth is gradually improving, while deposit growth will disappoint, leading to higher CD ratio | Photo credit: HDFC Bank is likely to post modest earnings growth in Q3’26, with market participants keeping a close eye on what the bank’s management says about deposit growth and resulting credit growth […]
Profits were driven by robust growth in advances in the retail, agri and SME (RAM) sector, and were also helped by the bank’s shift to the new tax regime following deferred tax adjustments in recent years | Photo credit: Public sector lender Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) posted 56 per cent year-on-year growth in consolidated net […]
This is what dividend investing is all about! Investing in dividend stocks can help you earn dividend income, the best passive income stream! Bias, you better believe it. Time to dive into Lanny’s November 2025 dividend income results! Have any records been set? Almost to financial freedom? One day and one month at a time! […]
This is what dividend investing is all about! Investing in dividend stocks can help you earn dividend income, the best passive income stream! Bias, you better believe it. Time to dive into Lanny’s October 2025 dividend income results! Have any records been set? Almost to financial freedom? One day and one month at a time! […]
Yet many parents can only wait a while before giving their child their first smartphone. And if you do, experts say it’s up to parents to put the right guardrails on the device, especially since most phones are designed to make spending easier and sometimes invisible. Turn a first cell phone into a money lesson […]
When your company owes you money If you personally pay the costs on behalf of your company, it will owe you these personally paid business costs. You can be reimbursed tax-free. If you deposit money into your company, the same situation applies: you get money back tax-free. This situation can arise if you need to […]
If you have an Executive Pension/SSAS or are a member of an occupational pension scheme who is about to retire, you may want to know what big changes are coming your way! Two major pension updates collide; – One of the European regulations relating to ‘Exec Pensions’ and ‘Small Self Administered’ schemes (SSAS) that affect […]
Welcome to the very last and shortest Informed Decisions Blog of 2025! We’ve had a very interesting investing year so far and I’d like to share some brief investing observations and comparisons from the year. I will also share some words of gratitude from those who helped me and Informed Decisions during the year. […]
Karnataka Bank has provided facility for payment of Government of Karnataka Khajane-2 e-receipts through its internet banking platform. A media statement said that this initiative affirms the bank’s commitment to providing convenient, secure and value-added digital services to meet the evolving needs of its customers. The bank has received necessary permission from the Reserve Bank […]