Festive season has started and so is the season of offers and discounts

The stage is set for the biggest sale battle of the year. For the next four days, two online giants-Flipkart and Amazon will engage in their fight to woo maximum customers to their platform.

Amazon's sale for non-Prime members will start tomorrow, 21st of September.

SBI has asked customers to submit applications for new cheque books for replacement of the old cheque books. IFSC codes of these banks will also become invalid from September 30.

E-commerce major Paytm Mall has announced a four-day 'Mera Cashback Sale' from the September 20 to September 23. To sweeten the deals, Paytm Mall has allocated Rs 501 cr in assured cashbacks for its customers.

The deal entails combining Tata's plants in the Netherlands and the UK with Thyssenkrupp's German assets and would be managed through a lean holding company based in the Netherlands. This entity will rival Europe's top producer, ArcelorMittal.

The Reliance Industries stock rose as much as 4 percent or 32 points in early trade to hit a 52-week high of 872 level on the BSE.

Mobile companies currently charge 14 paise a minute for allowing a domestic call from a rival operator to terminate on their network. This charge, called Interconnection Usage Charge or IUC. Mobile tariffs will fall if the operators pass on the benefit of reduced IUC charge to customers.

Domestic termination charges is the amount paid by the telecom operator whose user begins the call. It is paid to the telecom operator who receives the call.

Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Monday that fuel prices may come down by Diwali, which falls next month.

Teams from both companies will collaborate and work together for a period of up to three years. Any further strategic cooperation between the two companies will be decided at the end of that period.

While the offers seem good, they may not be as straightforward as they seem. Let's check out fineprint behind some of them.

Telecom major Bharti Airtel on Sunday launched Unified Payments Interface (UPI) based system on its digital platform, enabling its customers to transfer money to any bank account without paying any transaction fee.

Paytm's retail front Paytm Mall has announced a four day Mera Cashback Sale from the 20th to 23rd of September in its first festive season.

The application has been made available on both Play Store and iOS' appstore. This new application is a big announcement from Google as it's the firstpayment application it has launched which is specific to Asia.

State Bank of India (SBI) said it is reviewing charges for certain categories of accounts for non- maintenance of monthly average balance (MAB) after receiving feedback from customers.

The customers will have to install the Airtel TV app on their mobile phones to avail this free data offer. Free data will be credited to users account with-in 24 hours of app installation.

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