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What is a Lending Rate?

Lending Rate

About Lending Rate

What is a Lending Rate?

What is lending rate?

Lending rate or interest rate is the amount charged by lenders for a certain period as a percentage of the amount lent or deposited. The total interest on the amount or the principal sum is determined by the duration of time over which the amount is deposited or lent.
Most loans use simple interest. However, some also use compound interest, which includes interest on the principal amount as well as on the previously accumulated interests.

Low risk loans are usually charged low interest rates while loans which are considered as high risk are charged higher interest rates.
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Latest Updates on Lending Rate

LIC Housing Finance raises lending rates by 35 bps, cites market conditions

'Good sustenance in home buying', says mortgage lender in statement

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Updated On : 26 Dec 2022 | 4:56 PM IST

Bank of Baroda hikes MCLR up to 30 basis effective December 12

The revised rates will be effective from December 12

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Updated On : 09 Dec 2022 | 10:18 PM IST

Fintech lenders align business model with RBI's digital lending norms

The RBI came out with the guidelines on digital lending in September and gave time until November 30 for players to comply with the 'existing loan' category

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Updated On : 30 Nov 2022 | 9:09 PM IST

MPC after-effect: SBI, ICICI Bank, YES Bank, BoI raise lending rates

The hike in lending rates shall be applicable to home loans and consequently, equated monthly instalment payments made by customers.

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Updated On : 03 Oct 2022 | 10:05 PM IST

Comply with digital lending norms for existing loans by Nov 30: RBI

Guidelines applicable to new and existing customers taking fresh loans

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Updated On : 02 Sep 2022 | 11:17 PM IST

LIC Housing Finance hikes prime lending rate by 50 basis point to 8%

LIC Housing Finance increased its Prime Lending Rate by 50 basis points. With this the new interest rates on home loans will now start from 8 per cent as against 7.50 per cent earlier.

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Updated On : 22 Aug 2022 | 2:27 PM IST

Loan disbursements for Paytm up nine-fold to over Rs 5,550 crore

The number of loans disbursed through our platform grew 492% y-o-y to 8.5 million loans in the quarter ending June 2022, while the value of loans disbursed grew 779% y-o-y to Rs 5,554 crore ($703 mn)

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Updated On : 12 Jul 2022 | 1:20 AM IST

Bank of Maharashtra bucks the trend, cuts MCLR by 20-35 basis points

The state-owned lender cut overnight and one-month MCLR by 25 bps to 6.90 per cent and 7 per cent

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Updated On : 11 Jul 2022 | 11:07 PM IST

Average US mortgage rates show biggest single week jump in 35 years

Average long-term US mortgage rates had their biggest one-week jump in 35 years with the Federal Reserve this week raising its key rate by three-quarters of a point in bid to tame high inflation.

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Updated On : 16 Jun 2022 | 9:22 PM IST

Indian Overseas Bank hikes repo based lending rate to 7.25% from May 10

Several banks have revised their lending rates based on repo and marginal cost of funds

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Updated On : 09 May 2022 | 9:03 PM IST

SBI hikes lending rate by 0.1% across all tenures; EMIs to go up

The lending rate revision by SBI is likely to be followed by other banks in the days to come

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Updated On : 19 Apr 2022 | 12:25 PM IST

RBI's MPC is expected to begin raising key lending rate from April

The MPC of the central bank maintained the repo rate, or short-term lending rate, for commercial banks, at 4 per cent

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Updated On : 12 Feb 2022 | 3:31 PM IST

Banking stocks end with gains after RBI leaves key lending rate unchanged

The highest gainer was Federal Bank Ltd, which rallied 2.2% to end at Rs 104.4

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Updated On : 10 Feb 2022 | 5:34 PM IST

India's largest lender SBI increases benchmark lending rate by 0.1%

State Bank of India (SBI) has increased benchmark lending rate or base rate by 0.1 per cent, a move that may be followed by other lenders.

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Updated On : 17 Dec 2021 | 11:16 AM IST

Punjab National Bank cuts repo-based lending rate by 25 bps to 6.55%

State-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Friday said it has slashed the repo-based lending rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 6.55 per cent.

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Updated On : 17 Sep 2021 | 5:13 PM IST

HDFC enhances existing limit to borrow via medium-term bonds up to $2.8 bn

The country's largest mortgage lender HDFC Ltd on Wednesday said it has enhanced its existing limit to raise capital through medium-term notes to up to USD 2.8 billion (about Rs 20,875.65 crore).

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Updated On : 28 Jul 2021 | 11:26 PM IST

Top headlines: Banks lending, deposit rate bottomed out; UK clears vaccine

From UK approving Pfizer vaccine for public rollout to plans afoot for creating vaccine supply chain, here are top headlines this morning

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Updated On : 03 Dec 2020 | 7:42 AM IST

Good news for borrowers: Bank of Baroda cuts lending rate by 15 bps to 6.85%

Bank of Baroda, India's third-largest public-sector bank, announced a reduction in repo-linked lending rate from 7 per cent to 6.85 per cent

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Updated On : 31 Oct 2020 | 9:27 PM IST

RBI's decision to cut lending rate will make loans affordable: Sitharaman

The RBI reduced the repo rate by 40 basis points to a historic low of 4 per cent, besides extending loan moratorium for all retail and commercial borrowers by another three months till Aug 31

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Updated On : 23 May 2020 | 12:05 AM IST

HDFC cuts lending rate by 5 bps for salaried people, effective from March 9

HDFC cuts lending rate by 5 bps for salaried people, effective from March 9

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Updated On : 05 Mar 2020 | 1:33 AM IST