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SBI Increases MCLR for Long-Term Loans by 0.05% for All Tenures
Arpita Kushwaha | November 15, 2024 6:27 PM CST

The State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest public sector lender, announced a 0.05 percent rise in the marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (MCLR) across a range of tenures. The one-year MCLR, a critical term to which long-term loans like house financing are related, was increased by 0.05 percentage points to 9% starting Friday, according to a notification on the lender’s website.

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In recent months, the lender has increased MCLR twice, citing concerns that higher lending rates will eventually follow from the higher cost of deposits brought on by banks’ verbal sparring over liabilities. C S Setty, the chairman of the bank, has previously said that MCLR accounts for 42% of the firm’s loan book, with the remaining portion being determined by external benchmarks.

Additionally, he emphasized that the system’s deposit rates are excessive and that the bank will not utilize them to entice clients. While maintaining the same MCLR for one-day, one-month, two-year, and three-year tenors, the SBI has increased it for three- and six-month tenors.


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