PNB FD Calculator

What is a PNB FD Calculator?

The PNB FD calculator is an easy-to-use online calculator that helps you in estimating the maturity value and wealth gained in the form of interest. You need to provide a few details of your investment in Punjab National Bank fixed deposit. Such details are investment amount, rate of interest, tenure, payout period, and compounding frequency. The calculator will take this information as input and process it. It will provide the estimated interest amount as an output. 
You can easily adjust any of these input values and get the maturity and interest amount as an output. You can use this calculator to check whether the investment option fulfils your investment goals or not.

PNB Bank Fixed Deposit Features

Punjab National Bank offers a wide range of schemes with high fixed deposit interest rates and minimum risk. Following are some of the key features of PNB bank fixed deposit account:

• Guaranteed Returns: PNB Bank FD schemes offer guaranteed income at a fixed interest rate.
• Tenure: The fixed deposits tenure ranges from seven days to 120 months
• Minimum Deposit Amount: The minimum amount to open a PNB Bank FD account is INR 100.
• Maximum Amount: There is no upper limit.
• Fixed Deposit rates: The Punjab National Bank fixed deposit interest rates range between 3.00% to 5.30% p.a.
• Senior Citizens FD Rate: PNB bank offers preferential interest rates to its senior citizen depositors. The FD rates range between 3.50% to 5.80%. Also, the bank offers extra interest rates to its employees on FDs.
• Safety: The Deposit Insurance Scheme ensures the PNB Bank deposits up to INR 5,00,000.
• Loan against FD: Punjab National Bank provides its depositors with a facility to avail a loan against their FDs. In other words, without breaking their FD depositors can meet their financial obligations.
• Nomination Facility: PNB Bank depositors can nominate beneficiaries while opening the fixed deposit account.
• Auto-Renewal: PNB bank offers an auto-renewal facility of the deposit account.
• Convenience: Depositors can open and manage FD schemes at their convenience. In other words, one can open the deposit account either through internet banking or by visiting the nearest bank branch.

How to use a PNB FD Calculator?

To use the PNB FD calculator you need to provide a few details as an input. The calculator will process the input details and provide the output. The calculator provides a graphical and tabular representation of the maturity value and the wealth gained on a yearly basis. Moreover, the tabular representation provides the opening balance, interest earned, and closing balance for every period till maturity. 
You can use the Punjab National Bank FD calculator in 2 different ways, firstly the investment amount approach and secondly the target amount approach.

Investment Amount Approach

With this approach you need to provide the investment amount to estimate the maturity value. This method is useful if you already have an investment amount in mind. Let’s say you have just received your bonus and you want to invest this amount in a fixed deposit. In such a case this method is useful. 
Follow the following steps to use the investment amount approach:

1. Firstly, provide the investment amount 
2. Now enter the investment duration in years or months of investment. To enter an investment duration such as 1.5 years enter the total number of months i.e. 18 months.
3. Enter the rate of interest on FD
4. Select the compounding period i.e. monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, or yearly. Always ensure that the compounding frequency is accurate as the interest amount highly depends on it. 

Target Amount Approach

You can use the target amount approach if you want to estimate the investment amount on FD based on a target maturity value. So here you know the target maturity amount you want to earn at the end of the tenure but you don’t know how much to invest today. Well, with the help of our PNB fixed deposit calculator you can easily know the investment amount and the interest to be earned on such an investment amount. 

1. Provide the target maturity amount
2. Enter the investment duration in years or months. 
3. Enter the interest rate on FD
4. Select the compounding period i.e. monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, or yearly. The interest earned on FD depends on the compounding period. Hence, provide this detail carefully.

Benefits of using a PNB FD Calculator

1. For a successful investment, it is important that your investment option fulfills your investment objective. Before investing you should estimate the returns in advance. This way firstly you will ensure that you have chosen the right investment option and secondly avoid any surprises in the long term. The FD calculator estimates the returns and helps you evaluate the investment option. 
2. Almost all the banks in India offer fixed deposits to their customers. Moreover, these banks offer different FD interest rates for the same tenure. To ensure that you invest in the FD which provides the highest return it is important that you compare those FDs. By using the FD calculator you can easily compare different FDs provided by different banks. You can visit the Scripbox website and explore every calculator. 
3. There are other investment alternatives to fixed deposits like PPF, Debt Mutual Funds, Tax-saving mutual funds i.e. ELSS, Government Bonds, etc. Before investing you must estimate the returns and know which option best suits your investment purpose. Scripbox provides calculators from such investment alternatives as PPF calculator, ELSS calculator, and so on. All the calculators are available on Scripbox’s website
4. The maturity amount of any fixed deposit depends on multiple factors such as tenure, payout, compounding frequency, and interest rates. The PNB FD calculator helps you in finding the optimum combination of these factors for your investment. You can adjust the factors in real-time and get the results instantly.

How to calculate PNB FD Interest?

PNB FD interest rates is calculated using 2 methods, firstly simple interest and secondly compound interest. The selection of which method depends on the tenure of the fixed deposit. Under both methods, the interest amount depends on multiple factors like interest rate, tenure, payout frequency, and compounding frequency.

Simple Interest on FD 

Simple interest is the interest earned on the investment amount for a given period of time at a predetermined interest rate. In case the tenure of PNB FD is less than 181 days or 6 months then simple interest is applicable. 

Simple Interest Formula

Interest = (P * R * T)/ 100
Where,
P = Principal amount of fixed deposit investment, R = Rate of FD Interest (%), T = Tenure of FD investment 
Let us understand the calculation with the help of an example
Mr. Amar invests Rs 400,000 in PNB fixed deposit on 1st March 2021. The investment is for 60 days at an interest rate of 8% per annum. 
Here, P (the investment amount) = Rs 4,00,000, R (rate of interest) = 8% per annum, T (tenure) = 60 days
Simple interest = (P * R * T)/ 100,
Simple interest = (Rs 4,00,000 * 8 * 60 days) / 100 * 365 days
Simple interest = Rs 5,260
Maturity amount on FD = Principal Investment Amount + Interest Earned,
Maturity amount on FD = Rs 4,00,000 + Rs 5,260
Maturity amount on FD = Rs 4,05,260

Compound Interest on FD

Compound interest is the interest earned on the principal amount invested and the interest earned. The interest rate is raised to the number of periods (years) for which the interest will be compounded and multiplied to the principal amount invested. 
In case the tenure of the PNB fixed deposit is more than 181 days or 6 months then compound interest is applicable.  Under compound interest, the interest earned in the previous period is added to the opening balance of the current period. Hence, a higher compounding frequency, lower payout, and higher tenure lead to higher interest amounts. Tenure is the most important influencing factor in calculating the compound interest. We can say that an FD with compounding interest is a better investment option than an FD with simple interest. 

Compound Interest Formula

A = P (1+r/n) ^ (n * t)
A = Maturity Amount, P = Principal amount invested, r = Rate of Interest (in decimals), n = number of compounding in a year, t = number of years
Example
Mr. Ajay invests Rs 80,000 for a period of 4 years at an interest rate of 7% per annum compounded quarterly. 
Here, Principal amount of investment = Rs 80,000, Interest Rate = 7% per annum compounded quarterly, Number of compounding in a year = 4 (once every 3 months), Number of years of investment is 4 years
A = 80,000 (1+0.07/4) ^ (4*4)
A = Rs 85,748
Interest amount = Rs 85,748 – Rs 80,000 = Rs 5,748

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