Month-end cash crunch? Forget the blues with EarlySalary

Millennials’ lives are not contained by their basic salaries. As a result, a cash crunch at the end of the month isn’t uncommon. Borrowing from parents could be an option, but that is usually the last resort. Borrowing from friends is an option too, but they’re likely to be in a similar economic condition. Infact, …

How to Improve Your Credit Score In 5 Easy Steps?

Credit scores, commonly called CIBIL scores, [Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited] are a crucial parameter that lenders evaluate before approving personal loans and credit cards. As per the RBI’s mandate, all banks should check the CIBIL score of every loan/credit card applicant at the time of evaluation. A poor CIBIL score reflects poor credit management …

Emotional Intelligence for Workplace Leaders

By: Sudhir Dhar, Director – Group CHRO, Motilal Oswal Emotional Intelligence is a type of social intelligence that involves the ability to monitor one’s own intelligence related to emotions and also respect other people’s emotions and use this information to guide one’s thinking and action. Emotional intelligence is the ability to identify, use, understand, and …

Want to reduce your taxable income to Rs 5 lakh? Here’s a list of all deductions you can claim

The Interim Budget 2019 introduced some goodies for those earning below INR 5 Lakh per year. So, if your annual gross income ranges between INR 6 to 11 lakhs, you can now try and claim certain tax deductions in order to reduce your taxable income. With the low and middle income group in mind, the …

Financial Wellness in India and the Technologies Aiding It

There’s no stress like financial stress. Money plays a very important role in our lives and not having enough money could disrupt our health, both physical and mental. Not to forget the impact it would have on the performance at the workplace. In the light of increased workload and pressure, employers are now taking the …

5 Reasons a Salary Advance is All We Need

Among the many reasons for salary advances are the added expenses. But that’s not all where salary advances can prove to be useful. For instance, the rising costs may lead employees to borrow money from home or live a very frugal lifestyle towards the end of the month. But by getting a salary advance, they can …