Interest earned in a bank account is not an investment. It is considered an income. The money that you have in the bank account that earned the interest for you is considered the investment
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An Interest bearing account is a bank account in which, the banks pays you an interest for keeping your money deposited in that account. Ex: Savings Bank Account - You usually get around 3.5% rate of interest on the money you hold in your savings account in India.
if your investment is in a bank go on line to the bank website and look for investments and if you have a account all you need to do is put the # or code in....... try it, it might work
Example : you have Rs. 100 to spend you have invested in bank . the bank give you 5% interest so that now you will earn 105 Rs. on your investment. current inflation is 2% that means you are paying 2% and your bank gives you 5% so (5-2) 3% is your profit you are generating extra Rs. 3 on your investment in bank Now the inflation rate increases to 6 % and your bank still gives you 5% on the checking account while investment made in mutual fund gives you return of 8% than Bank (5%-6%)= Loss of 1% Mutual Funds (8%-6%)= Profit of 2% So to overcome effect of inflation and to stay in the competition with other investment and to regulate banking operation the bank will increase interest on checking account to keep investors investing in bank.
Yes. The interest earned by the bank is revenue to the bank and the interest paid by the bank to its deposit customers is revenue for the customer. Either ways it is considered an income or revenue. And, the person earning this revenue is liable to pay taxes for it.
Taxable, of course. Virtually all interest income is taxable, unless fro a specific tax exempt type investment..like state and muni bonds.
Karnataka bank in india has highest interest in savings account. For the amount kept between 7 to 45days you get 4.5% as interest
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if a man opens a bank account and keeps a certain sum at certain rate of interest he will get back money with interest when he with draws money, a bank account represent only the investment element.
A CD savings account is an excellent idea. Talk to your bank or investment representative to help you find a good percentage interest rate that will help your money grow while it's in storage, and make sure it's FDIC insured!
The standard interest rate on an interest bearing checking account at a Chase bank is 0.01%. They have a variety of checking accounts with the same interest rate or less.