IDBI Bank on Saturday hiked interest rates for select category of educational loans along with retail term deposit rates by up to 50 basis points, but has left the base rate unchanged.
“We have not hiked the base rate for now... the demand for credit is slow and we have also decided to look at the liquidity conditions,” IDBI Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer R.K.Bansal said after a meeting of its ALCO (asset-liability committee) here.
Although, it was expected that banks would pass on the extra burden to the borrowers after the Reserve Bank increased its key policy rate, for the 10th time in its mid-quarter policy review by 25 basis points on June 16, no bank has so far has gone ahead with the move as credit off take is weak. IDBI Bank had also hinted that it might hike its lending rates on the policy review day. However, it has opted to re price its assets on the education side. The Mumbai-based lender has decided to increase the lending rate by 25 basis points on education loans of between Rs.7.50 lakh and Rs.20 lakh, while for loans up to Rs.7.50 lakh, the rates have been cut by 25-50 basis points.
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