Tag Archives: banking

Paying credit card from your bank electronically

Posted on August 23, 2008 by Sandip Bhattacharya

(If you want to skip all this background, and go directly to the steps to make card payments through ICICI Infinity, click here) With Indian banks making life worse for customers using their credit cards, especially while paying their dues, … Continue reading →

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Banks penalizing cash payments for credit cards

Posted on August 10, 2008 by Sandip Bhattacharya

In another ridiculously anti-customer move, banks like ICICI and Standard Chartered are charging Rs. 100 for any cash payments made for credit card dues. This move is ostensibly for reducing footfalls at branches but seems like another revenue stream adding … Continue reading →

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visabillpay security

Posted on June 21, 2008 by Sandip Bhattacharya

visa bill pay, originally uploaded by Sandip Bhattacharya. Uh oh. Doesn’t increase confidence too much, does it? … Crap. You can add billers to the website, but you got to call up customer service to remove them? @#$@#$% (testing blogging … Continue reading →

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Beware of Visa electron based debit cards

Posted on May 11, 2005 by Sandip Bhattacharya

Take a look at this post by Bhavin Shah talking about how insecure Visa Electron based debit cards (like my ICICI debit card) are. He has learnt this the hard way when HDFC bank refused to entertain any disputes on … Continue reading →

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eBilling – Hutch doesnt get it yet

Posted on August 20, 2004 by Sandip Bhattacharya

It is amazing how some of the so called telecom giants in India still dont get the benefits of Internet. The GSM operators in India still have their nose up in the air. On one hand, Hutch, Airtel, and others … Continue reading →

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