SynopsisState Bank of India (SBI) has maintained its key lending rates unchanged for September 2025, including MCLR and external benchmark-linked rates. MCLR rates range from 7.90% to 8.85%, while home loan interest rates vary from 7.50% to 8.70%. The EBLR stands at 8.15% + CRP + BSP, and the RLLR is 7.75% + CRP, effective June 15, 2025. ...

Lenders are shovelling out gold loans as customers juice soaring gold prices, even as barriers rise in personal loans and credit cards. Banks handed out more gold loans than any other type of retail loan including home loans in FY26, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data available up to end-July showed. While they disbursed ₹70,675 crore of home loans, the figure for gold loans stood at ₹85,432 crore. The momentum is expected to pick up further, after banks were recently allowed to lend more against the precious ...

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