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After banks, it is the turn of non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) to hike lending rates on the back of the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) rate hike spree to contain inflation. NBFCs borrowing costs are also increasing. “Rate hikes by non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) are inevitable. Since NBFCs borrow from banks, they will also raise [...]

Jakarta. Business leaders and economists have backed Bank Indonesia’s plan to require lenders to declare their prime lending rates to encourage competition. Bank Indonesia Governor Darmin Nasution said on Friday the new regulation would require lenders to publish the rates given to their most creditworthy customers. The policy is expected to take effect by the [...]

BHP Billiton Ltd.’s loan underwriters attracted demand in excess of the $45 billion sought to fund the miner’s bid for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., a person familiar with the situation said. The financing was oversubscribed by new lenders three weeks after Banco Santander SA, Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas SA, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and [...]

The bank has also increased its fixed deposit rates by a similar percentage point in various retail buckets up to one year Mumbai: Private sector lender Kotak Mahindra Bank on Tuesday announced an across-the-board upward revision of its lending rates by 0.25% to 16% with immediate effect. The bank has also increased its fixed deposit [...]

HDFC Bank, Lakshmi Vilas Bank and Central Bank set off a round of deposit rate hikes to attract funds to meet accelerating investment and consumption, but lending rates may stay where they are, at least for now, as banks’ high profitability provides a cushion. Rates are being raised between 25 basis points and 75 basis [...]

Indonesian companies say bank lending rates that are well above Bank Indonesia’s benchmark rate are putting them at a disadvantage to their regional counterparts and hampering private-sector growth. The central bank has cut its benchmark rate from a record high of 12.75 percent to 6.5 percent by last August, its lowest level since its introduction [...]