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Debentures: Better interest than FD?

Over the years people have always seeked Bank Fixed Deposits as an way to save money and to get decent returns. Without getting into risky areas like stock. But very few realise that they can earn better returns by investing in NCDs (i.e Non - Convertible Debentures). There are many NCD available in the market which can be bought on the exchanges. Lot of people do mistake of buying NCDs on IPO basis wherein the chances of allotment are very less, since lot of people apply directly. You will be surprised to know that Debentures can provide you better interest than Fixed Deposits which have interest rate of dismissal 9.25-9.75%. The yield on this debentures is around 10-12%, but one can get much highest yield upto 14-17% depending on the timing of the market. So how to get higher yield on debentures? Well most debentures are tradable on stock exchanges. Whenever the returns on stock increases the people tend to sell the debentures, there by reducing the cost and increasing th...

IFSC code for Standard Chartered Bank

IFSC code for Bank of Baroda

IFSC code for ICICI Bank

IFSC code for SBI

IFSC code for Axis Bank

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IFSC Code for HDFC Bank

Click on the HDFC bank Cheque above to know how to find the IFSC Code On HDFC bank cheque leaf go to the address bar and below that you can find your 11 character IFSC Code mentioned . The IFSC code is different for every bank and every branch. To find your own go to the cheque book and search it on your cheque book.

What is IFSC code ? how to find IFSC code?

The full form of IFSC code is Indian Financial System Code, it is a code used by all the branches of every bank. This code is important for RTGS and NEFT. The IFSC code is provided by RBI to every branch of every bank. So why is IFSC code important?  The IFSC code helps the banking system to identify the bank and its branch. It helps in facilitation of Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) and National Electronic Fund Transfer (NEFT) both the system helps in settling of fund transfer between accounts. Mostly NEFT is used for fund transfer below 2 lakhs and transfer takes place on hourly basis from 9am to 7 pm on weekday and 9 am to 1pm on saturdays. How to find IFSC Code? The IFSC code of your bank's branch is give on the cheque slip. Below is the cheque leaf of HDFC bank which we can see for the code. In the above cheque you can see the IFSC code being highlighted in red by us. The IFSC code is of 11 characters. In the above example the IFSC code is HDFC0001588 where the fir...