Compare ICICI Bank NRE Recurring Deposit and Federal Bank Fed Flexi Smart SaverRD using the controlling cost, balance, rate, tenure, liquidity, limits, eligibility and current first-party bank evidence for this product type.
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ICICI NRE customers who want a fixed monthly saving plan for overseas earnings over a 1-to-10-year horizon.
NRI customers who want NRE-style tax/repatriation treatment but need more monthly-contribution flexibility than a conventional fixed-instalment RD.
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Prepared 14 Sep 2026 · Source page: https://bankingreference.info/compare-banking/icici-nre-recurring-deposit-vs-federal-fed-flexi-smart-saver-rd/
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Source review: September 10, 2026
Maintenance: Within the scheduled review window
1 attached source. A review date is not a guarantee that terms have stayed unchanged.
Source review: September 10, 2026
Maintenance: Within the scheduled review window
2 attached sources. A review date is not a guarantee that terms have stayed unchanged.
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| Decision factor | ICICI Bank NRE Recurring Deposit | Federal Bank Fed Flexi Smart SaverRD |
|---|---|---|
| Current rate evidence | The current NRI RD page publishes no single durable headline rate in the captured product evidence; the contracted rate is the live NRI RD rate at booking and interest compounds quarterly. | Federal describes assured returns and the product as tax free/repatriable; the live rate resource controls the booked return and no synthetic maximum is stored. |
| Currency / amount / tenure | Minimum ₹5,000 per month, then ₹100 multiples, up to ₹1,00,000 per instalment; tenure 1 year to 10 years. | Choose a core amount; each month can be funded on any date and instalments may vary up to 10× the core amount in ₹1 multiples. Tenure is 12 to 60 months. |
| Tax / repatriation / payout | Quarterly compounding, digital opening via iMobile/Net Banking and tax-free NRE interest with fully repatriable principal and interest. | 100% tax-free and freely repatriable treatment under the bank’s NRI proposition, FedNet access and loan eligibility up to 90% of deposit amount. |
| Premature withdrawal / liquidity | Premature withdrawal is allowed subject to ICICI’s applicable penalties; exact realised yield depends on the completed period and current policy. | No interest if closed within 12 months. If no remittance is made for 3 continuous months, the account is disabled for further remittances. |
| NRI / PIO / OCI eligibility | NRIs, PIOs and OCIs with an active ICICI Bank NRE account. | NRI customers only under Federal Bank’s current product terms. |
| Deposit-state / funding rule | ICICI explicitly requires an active NRE/NRO account for NRI RD opening; this NRE profile is funded from the NRE account state. | This is a variable-instalment NRI RD, not the same as Federal’s standard Federal Savings Fund recurring deposit. |
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Reviewed September 10, 2026 · 1 attached first-party source
Reviewed September 10, 2026 · 2 attached first-party sources