Well 1L in savings account of Federal Bank Fi @ 3% interest=₹3000 for 365 days so ₹8.21 per day, or ₹246.3 monthly interest (assuming 30 day month) + ₹1000 in cashback every month = 1246.3 for parking 1L. I dunno if Fi Prime is going to get Fi coins, is it and can they be encashed to Amazon Pay vouchers?
At FD interest rate of say, for example, 7.99% which is highest for non-senior citizen in some private bank e.g. IndusInd or IDFC=₹7990 annual interest income, ₹21.89 per day or ₹656.7 per month, higher if compounding interest FD
So the ₹1000 cashback+246 savings interest is still higher than creating a compounding interest FD of ₹1L.
I think even with compounding interest FD in some Small Finance Bank offering 8.5% or 9% FD, it will still be lower than ₹1246.
So still worth it, what do others think? Now if you invest in equity mutual funds or directly in stock market, that's an altogether different level of profit.
I wish Fi's debit card had its own cashback separate from Fi UPI/CRED combination for people who park 1L in savings
Then it could've competed with the likes of HDFC Platinum/Millennia DC, RBL Signature+, IndusInd Exclusive, IDFC Wealth etc. But still it's better than any ICICI Bank account/debit card which has like the 0 rewards