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There are mainly three type of bank account: Current Account Interest paid by bank 0% Savings account 4-6*%

Term deposits/Fixed Deposit Depends on how long you keep the money. 6-8*%

These rates change from bank to bank, ^these are just approximate numbers for illustration. For banks Current account and savings account (CASA) are most important. Why? Because on these deposits, bank has to pay very low interest. So if bank gets lot money from CASA source, and lends it as car/bike/home/business/personal loans @12 -18% =there is big profit margin.

Interest rate change


Deposit rates (bank pays to accounts holders) RBI control s the interest rates on foreign currency non-resident Lending rate (bank charging to loan takers) 2012: RBI deregul ated the interest rate on loans given to

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