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Bank of Baroda raises rates on retail term deposits by up to 100 bps

State-owned Bank of Baroda (BoB) on Monday increased its retail term deposit interest rates by up to 100 basis points or 1 percentage point in line with hardening rates. Interest rates have also been hiked on bulk saving deposits of Rs 50 crore and above to less than Rs 200 crore by up to 25 basis points, BoB said in a statement. The 10-year and above tenor domestic and NRO (Non-Resident Ordinary) term deposit will now offer an interest of 6.10 per cent, up from 5.10 per cent earlier. Deposits for above 1-2 years will earn an interest of 6.10 per cent, up from 5.50 per cent. For 2-3 years, the new rate is 6.25 per cent, up by 70 basis points. Interest rate for 3-10 years maturity have been increased by 45 basis points to 6.10 per cent, it said. At the short end, it said, 46-180 days term deposit will earn 50 basis points more at 4.50 per cent. Senior citizens will earn 50 basis points higher interest rate in each slab.

Rising interest rates to mute bond issuance this fiscal, says report

Corporate bond issuance is likely to remain muted witnessing 4-5 per cent growth this fiscal to touch Rs 41.42 lakh crore on rising coupon rates, despite the drawdown more than doubling in the second quarter, a report said. Bond sales more than doubled to Rs 2.1 lakh crore in the second quarter from the first quarter, when it was at a multi-year quarterly low of Rs 1 lakh crore, as banks issued bonds worth an all-time high of Rs 53,900 crore, and NBFCs, traditionally largest players in the market, issuing securities worth Rs 1.1 lakh crore in Q2, according to an analysis by Icra Ratings. Non-banking lenders have remained the largest issuers of bonds with a share of 47 per cent in the first half, followed by corporates and banks at 33 and 20 per cent, respectively, down from 50, 40 and 10 per cent, respectively from H1FY22, according to the report. Thanks to bumper sales in Q2, the overall bond issuances rose to Rs 3.3 lakh crore in the first half, and the agency expects Rs 3.7-4.2 .

Sundaram Finance to revise interest rates on deposits from November 16

Non-banking finance company Sundaram Finance on Saturday said the firm would revise interest rates on deposits for the general public and senior citizens with effect from November 16. For the public, the rate on one-year deposits would be 7.15 per cent against the existing 6.65 per cent; for 24 months it would be 7.15 per cent against 7 per cent; and for deposits of 36 months, it would remain unchanged at 7.30 per cent, a statement from the company said here. For senior citizens, the rate on deposits of one year would be 7.50 per cent as against 7 per cent; and for deposits up to 24 months, the rate would be 7.50 per cent against 7.35 per cent. For deposits of 36 months, the interest rates would be 7.80 per cent against 7.65 per cent, the company said. The current deposit balance as of October 31, 2022 stood at Rs 4,273 crore, the company said.

Banks go slow on bond sales as rising interest rates push up costs

The decision to go slow on these fund-raising plans - despite the booming credit growth - came at a time when bond market conditions turned turbulent

Dollar suffers biggest plunge since 2009 as CPI smacks Fed bets

A slower pace of rate hikes could curb the dollar's rally this year which has weakened its Group-of-10 currency peers

Global banking is a bright spot

The world's financial system faces an intimidating set of challenges, but the lessons of the global financial crisis are holding banks in good stead

Pakistan govt to implement 'interest-free' banking system by 2027

In a significant move, Pakistan's Finance Minister Ishaq Dhar on Wednesday announced that the country would move towards an 'interest-free' banking system under the Islamic law by 2027. The announcement came with Finance Minister Dhar conveying the government's intention of withdrawing its appeals against the Federal Shariat Court's April decision of eliminating interest from the country in five years, the Dawn newspaper reported. According to the Federal Shariat Court (FSC), the prevailing interest-based banking system in Pakistan was against the Sharia law as interest was absolute in all its forms according to the injunctions of Islam. "With the permission of the prime minister and consultation with the State Bank of Pakistan governor, I'm announcing on behalf of the federal government that the SBP and National Bank of Pakistan will withdraw their appeals from the Supreme Court and our government will fully try to as quickly as possible implement an Islamic system in Pakistan," Da

Indian Overseas Bank to revise rates on retail term deposits from Thursday

Public sector Indian Overseas Bank would increase the interest rates on its retail term deposits up to 60 basis points with effect from November 10, the city-based bank said on Wednesday. With the revision in interest rates, domestic and non-resident depositors would get a hike of up to 7.15 per cent for deposits with period of 444 days, three years and above. Term deposits for tenure of 270 days to one year and one year to three years, the interest rates have been increased by 60 basis points, the bank said in a statement here.

Rupee surges 48 paise to close at 81.92 per dollar, highest in a month

Stronger yuan, resumption of FPI flows into stocks bolster rupee

Bandhan Bank offers 7.5% interest rate on retail FDs for limited period

Rate applicable to both fresh deposits and renewals of up to Rs 2 crore for a tenure of 600 days, seniors to get 0.5% more

Customer protection the core of new RBI microfinance rules: Dy governor Rao

These measures, along with a cap on repayment obligations and steps to check over-indebtedness introduced by the regulator, will eventually bring down interest rates for the borrowers, he says

Following Federal Reserve goes out of fashion in 'messier' world economy

Bank of England the latest to push back against hawkish bets; Fed seen as most aggressive, driving record gains for dollar

Geopolitical situation a bigger worry for markets than rate hikes: Analysts

According to reports, North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile toward its eastern sea, the latest in a series of weapons tests that have raised tensions in the region

Bank of England makes biggest rate hike in 30 years to beat inflation

The Bank of England has announced its biggest interest rate increase in three decades as it tries to beat back stubbornly high inflation fuelled by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the disastrous economic policies of former Prime Minister Liz Truss. The bank boosted its key rate by three-quarters of a percentage point Thursday, to 3%, after consumer price inflation returned to a 40-year high in September. The aggressive move to prevent inflation from becoming embedded in the economy was in line with market expectations after a more cautious half-point increase six weeks ago. The interest rate decision is the first since Truss' government announced 45 billion pounds ($52 billion) of unfunded tax cuts that sparked turmoil on financial markets, pushed up mortgage costs and forced Truss from office after just six weeks. Her successor, Rishi Sunak, has warned of spending cuts and tax increases as he seeks to undo the damage and show that Britain is committed to paying its bills. The ra

Fintechs shadow banks of current time, are fragile: Douglas W Diamond

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Borrowing costs bite: Interest-rate surge hurts corporate profits

Interest expenses of listed firms (ex-BFSI) were up 18.5% YoY in Q2FY23

Bank of India launches special deposit scheme; raises interest on others

Apart from the special deposit scheme, Bank of India has raised interest rate on its existing 555-days fixed deposit scheme to 6.30 per cent

Rupee marks biggest monthly losing streak since 1985, braces for Fed move

Oil importers' dollar purchases, breach of technical levels drag rupee lower