SBI mulls to approach RBI for clarification on lender’s plan to offer fixed-floating rate home loans
FirstpostAt present, SBI has a floating rate home loan product linked to its marginal cost of funds-based lending rate and it recently withdrew one linked to the repo rate. Leh: The largest lender State Bank of India will be seeking clarifications from the Reserve Bank whether it can offer long-term home loans with fixed rates in the beginning and convert the same into floating rates later, chairman Rajnish Kumar has said. The move comes after the Reserve Bank of India has mandated banks to shift all retail lending to floating rates that will be determined by external benchmarks like the repo rate. Speaking to reporters here over the weekend, Kumar said the central bank’s recent guidelines on floating rate products for the retail segment has necessitated the need for the clarity.