Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Difference between RTGS and NEFT


Diffference between NEFT and RTGS

Many of my friends and client often ask about NEFT and RTGS. There is a bit confusion among the people for NEFT and RTGS. These terms are frequently used in online banking now a days. It is much convenient than cheque payment. A cheque takes much longer time compare with NEFT and RTGS facility. Today we will discuss about it.

RTGS : RTGS stands for Real Time Gross Settlement which means that you can move money for one bank to another bank on a real time and gross basis. Gross means fund transfer happen in individual level. It is fastest available medium for money transfer in our country.

NEFT : NEFT stands for National Electronic Fund Transfer . It also transfer money from one bank to another bank like RTGS but it does it in batches. It means in one batch it may be include many individual’s fund transfer requests.

Major Difference between NEFT and RTGS:

·     In NEFT, there is no minimum or maximum limit for transfer amount whereas in RTGS the minimum limit of fund transfer is Rs 2 Lakh and no upper.
·         For RTGS timing 9:00 am to 4:30 pm on weekdays and on Saturday 9:00 am to 1:30 pm. For NEFT timing for weekdays is 9:00 am to 7:00 pm and 9:00 am to 1:00 pm for saturday. Confirm timing from your bank also.
·        In NEFT, cash transfer happen in batches. It has 11 settlements from 9 am to 7 pm on weekdays and five settlements from 9am to 1pm on Saturdays. If you initiate a transaction after a settlement time you have to wait till the next day. In case of RTGS transactions, request are processed constantly throughout the business hours.
·         There is no inward transaction charges means if funds come in your account so have to pay nothing but if you transfer it from your account then you have to pay some charges. These charges may be different for different banks. For transactions up to 1 lakh the max limit is Rs 5 + service tax. Transaction between 1 lakh to 2 lakh the max charges Rs 15 + service  tax. For above 2 lakh transaction this limit would be Rs 25 lakh + service tax. It would be much better confirm the transaction charges from you bank before use NEFT/RTGS facility.

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Regards,
Arvind Trivedi
Certified Financial Planner

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