The country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has raised its marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (MCLR) by 10 basis points (bps) or 0.1 per cent across all tenures, a move that will lead to an increase in EMIs for borrowers.
With the increase, EMIs will go up for those borrowers who have availed loans on MCLR, not for those whose loans are linked to other benchmarks.
The revised MCLR rate is effective from June 15, according to SBI website. With the revision, the one-year MCLR has increased to 8.75% from 8.65% earlier. The overnight MCLR is now 8.10% from 8.00%, one-month and three month MCLR is now 8.30% from 8.20%, whereas the six-month MCLR increased to 8.65% from 8.55%. Most of the loans are linked to the one-year MCLR rate. At the same time, two-year MCLR increased by 0.1% to 8.85% from 8.75% and three year MCLR to 8.95% from 8.85%.
Banks add credit risk premium over the EBLR and RLLR while giving any kind of loan, including housing and auto loans.
From October 1, 2019, all banks including SBI have to lend only at an interest rate linked to an external benchmark such as RBI’s repo rate or Treasury Bill yield. As a result, monetary policy transmission by banks has gained traction.
The impact of the introduction of external benchmark-based pricing of loans on monetary transmission has been felt across various sectors, encompassing even those sectors that are not directly linked to external benchmark-based loan pricing.
Read More: Fixed Deposit Terms: 9 banks make changes post RBI’s new guidelines on FDs
Meanwhile, SBI on Friday said it has concluded the issue of USD 100 million (about Rs 830 crore) from bonds to fund business growth.
The fund raised through senior unsecured floating rate notes having maturity of three years and coupon of secured overnight financing rate +95 bps per annum payable quarterly in arrears under Regulation-S, SBI said in a regulatory filing.
The bonds will be issued through our London branch as of June 20, 2024, it said.
*With Agency Inputs
