SBI, Indian Overseas Bank reduce interest on home, auto loans post-RBI cut
India TV NewsWithin days of the Reserve Bank of India lowering its key lending rate, state-run State Bank of India on Tuesday reduced its benchmark marginal cost of funds based lending rate and home loan rates, effective from April 10. Besides SBI, Indian Overseas Bank also reduced its interest rate on loans by 5 basis points for tenures of one-year and above from April 10. "Taking a cue from the latest policy measures.and to support growth of the economy, Indian Overseas Bank, Chennai-based public sector bank, reduced its interest rate on loans by 5 basis points in one year and above tenors wef 10.04.2019," the bank said in a statement. "On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation, the MPC decided to reduce the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility by 25 basis points to 6 per cent from 6.25 per cent with immediate effect," the RBI said. "Consequently, the reverse repo rate under the LAF stands adjusted to 5.75 per cent, and the marginal standing facility rate and the bank rate to 6.25 per cent," it added.