By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh
31st July:- State Bank of India (SBI) announced a
revised savings bank interest rate w.e.f. 31st July 2017. Under this
change, customers with saving bank account balance of Rs. 1 crore and above
will continue to earn interest at 4% per annum. And customers maintaining
account balance of Rs. 1 crore and below will get interest at 3.5% per annum.
The bank decided to revise the
interest rate due to cut in MCLR by 90 basis points to 8% effective 1st January
2017 The reduction was on the back of large inflows in savings & current
accounts during the demonetization period in the months of November &
December 2016. The decline in the rate of inflation, high real interest rates
and the expected softening of interest rates are the other considerations
warranting a revision in the rate of interest on savings bank.
Rajnish
Kumar, Managing Director, National Banking Group, SBI said
that the revision in savings bank rate would enable us to maintain the MCLR at
the existing rates, benefitting a large segment of retail borrowers in SME,
agriculture & affordable housing segments. We encourage people to move to
FDR as we expect less volatility and better facilitation due to our strong
reach, distribution and franchise network. Reduction in rates was also
important as it was difficult to maintain MCLR at the current levels.
The bank offers to its customers the
option of sweep facility in savings bank accounts under which the funds can be
transferred automatically above a threshold balance in savings bank account to
fixed deposits through online & branch channels.
The details of interest rates on
deposits and loans are published on the official website of the bank – https://bank.sbi/
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