Indian News and Blogs

We rolled out few new pages in our site www.nrispot.com. The idea behind was to bring in a variety of news, movie reviews, gossips and blogs all in one page. As a matter of fact we bring in from more than 50 sources and all this is presented without any advertisements or pop ups. At present the English, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam version are live and the work is on for the other major languages. Do take a look at let me know what you think.

How to find out the best exchange rates when sending money to India

I have been in the US for 7 years now and would have send money to Indian on numerous occasions, be it for family maintenance or for some other purposes. Never thought too much about it and I have been a regular user of money2india services offered by ICICI bank. Never had any major issues with Money2india, however as years progressed, my dissatisfaction slowly grew and i always felt that the exchange rate was always little less than the market rate, but never gave it a serious thought.

One day it struck me that why don't I just find spend some time on the world wide web and find out who are the other providers and what kind of rates they provide. It was a real eye opener for me that they are at least a handful of providers (5-6 at least) and each of them offer different rates on a daily basis. If you are going to be like me, there is good chance that your bank may take advantage of your laziness. Majority of the users don't have the time to search and compare the rates of all these providers, they just stick with one provider .

Now after doing my research I have found SBI (no kidding, the old age licence raj nationalised monolith) to be the best in terms of rates and service. However the rates fluctuates and on a given day and ICICI or Times Money could be better. To help of my fellow NRI i also created a portal nrispot.com and built in a page, where you can not only find all the providers but also compare their exchanges rates / fees for sending money to India. However I would like to clearly state that please don't rely solely on my for the information, and my sincere advice you to do your own checks on the rates. A couple of minutes on checking the rates could end up as additional money for loved ones

NRISPOT.COM- A NRI directory service focused on Non Resident Indians

NRISpot is an internet directory or simply a guide to every NRI’s India-centric needs. We built the site to enable NRIs to stay up to date with all the popular and new India-centric services that are available on the web. By India-centric services we mean websites providing information, products and services in and outside India that would be of interest to NRIs.
Today, NRISpot.com includes over 190 services, hand picked based on diligent research and assessment. We work hard to keep them current and remove services that are no longer available or working. NRISpot exists to provide you with the knowledge and access to useful services, that you would not have known otherwise.
Most importantly, NRISpot.com will continue to be a easy-to-use and clutter-free website that can be used by every Indian from across the globe, be it an astronaut in Houston or a construction worker in Kuwait or a diplomat in Stockholm or student in Melbourne.
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