NTH :: SBI hikes base rate by 10 bps to 9.80%, still the lowest in the industry


State Bank of India (SBI) has hiked lending rates wherein new borrowers will have to pay more as compared to existing borrowers.

By Sangita Mehta, ET Bureau | 19 Sep, 2013, 11.47AM IST | Economic Times

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MUMBAI: State Bank of India(SBI) has hiked lending rates wherein new borrowers will have to pay more as compared to existing borrowers. SBI hiked base rate by 10 basis points to 9.80% a day before the Reserve Bank of India’s new governor, Raghuram Rajan is slated to announce his first mid quarter policy statement.

Interestingly for the first time existing borrowers are spared from a steep hike. New home loan borrowers of SBI will have to pay 10.05% for home loans for loans upto Rs 30 lakhs while the existing home loan customers will be charged 10%. For home loans between Rs 30 lakhs to Rs 75 lakhs, new customers will be charged 10.30% while existing customers will be charged 10.20%.

SBI is the first government owned bank to raise rates after RBI started tightening liquidity to protect the rupee from weakening in mid July. Following this, SBI and HDFC Bank offers lowest lending rate at 9.80%.

The difference in rates between existing and new customers is mainly because the bank has hiked spread or mark-up on base rate for new customers. The bank has increase mark up for home loans upto Rs 30 lakhs from 25 bps to 30 bps while the mark up for loans between Rs 30 to Rs 75 lakhs is raised from 40 bps to 50 bps.

Officials from the bank said that the bank has raised rates since the cost of money has gone up in the recent weeks. On Thursday, SBI bank also announced a hike in retail deposits in the range of 25 to 100 basis points. The bank would offer 100 bps higher for 179 days and one-year deposit at 7.50%. Early this month, the bank had raised interest rates on short-term bulk deposits to 9% from 7.25%.

SBI has also raised spreads on base rate for corporate loans. Officials from the bank who did not want to be named said that mark-up on base rate for top rated corporate is raised by 15 bps to 105 bps.

Several private banks such as HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank had announced a hike in lending rates after RBI tighten liquidity to prevent rupee from weakening against dollar. Among others HDFC and LIC Housing Finance, the housing finance companies also raised lending rates.

Among PSU banks, Andhra Bank, Union Bank of India and Bank of India had rolled back the reduction in rates to 10.25% in recent weeks. These banks had cut rates at the instance of FM days before RBI began tightening liquidity.

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