October 2017. Three weeks before my flight back to Chennai. I sat in my Fremont apartment with…
Finance & Banking for NRIsA collection of 241 posts
Expert advice on credit cards, banking, and investments tailored to NRIs managing finances in India.
The tax bomb I wish someone had warned me about. In 2018, exactly one year after my…
December 2017. Three weeks after landing in Chennai. I was staring at my Schwab account. $280,000 spread…
August 2017. Fremont, California. Three months before my return flight to Chennai. I stared at my Chase…
October 2017. Chennai Airport. My first trip back as a returning NRI. I swiped my Chase Sapphire…
September 2018. San Francisco. My first major money transfer home. I needed to send $75,000 for dad’s…
3 AM California time. Email notification pings on my phone. It’s from my CA in India. “Urgent:…
Hey folks! Mani here. 👋 The guy who once thought crypto was just for tech bros and…
Hey folks! Mani here. 👋 The guy who used to park all his money in a savings…
Hey Mani here. The guy who lost ₹45,000 in three months trying to manually day trade in…