As the name suggests, Resident Fixed deposits are for Residents of India and NRI fixed deposits are for Non-resident Indians but remember both are for Indian Citizens. Indian banks, both private banks e.g. ICICI, HDFC, Kotak, Citibank, DBS, Deutsche, Axis bank and public sector banks like SBI, Bank Of Baroda, Union bank offers both resident and NRI fixed deposits, but they usually have different interest rates. A resident can only open the resident fixed deposit, you just need a saving account for that. For opening NRI fixed deposit, you need either NRE or NRO saving account.
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Recently one of my readers asked me that he wants to invest some money on NRE fixed deposits but confused on whether to go for foreign banks like Citibank, DBS, Standard Chartered, Deutsche Bank or Indian banks like ICICI, Kotak, HDFC, SBI, Axis Bank or Union Bank? I asked him, whether he has any existing NRE saving account , he says he doesn't have any existing NRE saving account? Then I ask him what is more important for you? the interest rate or convenience? and his answer was the interest rate. Read more »
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