Wednesday, 4 December 2019

NRIs forced to live with low returns on dollar deposits

Non-resident Indians will have to live with low returns on foreign currency deposits in the foreseeable future as major Indian banks are set to slash rates on foreign currency non-resident bank (FCNR-B) deposits.

State Bank of India, India’s largest commercial bank, recently cut interest rates on US dollar denominated deposits of one and two-year periods for NRIs by 11 basis points to 2.47%.

Many other public sector Indian banks are expected to slash interest rates on their FCNR-B deposits and as well as on NRI rupee deposits, which will also impact the rupee deposits of NRIs.

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