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EquityWireData Alert: Banks raise 3- to 5-year FCNR(B) deposit rates by up to 487 bps
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Banks raise 3- to 5-year FCNR(B) deposit rates by up to 487 bps

This story was originally published at 21:11 IST on 16 June 2026
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Informist, Tuesday, Jun. 16, 2026

 

NEW DELHI – Indian banks have raised interest rates on foreign currency non-resident dollar-denominated bank deposits for tenures ranging from three to five years by as high as 487 basis points over the past week. The move by the banking industry was after the Reserve Bank of India introduced a concessional swap facility with an aim to attract foreign currency deposits, essentially making it cheaper to attract deposits in dollars than in the rupee. As per data compiled by Informist, DCB Bank Ltd. and Ujjivan Small Finance Bank offered the highest interest rate of 7.13% for three- to five-year deposits. Bandhan Bank Ltd. showed the highest increase of 487 bps compared with its prior rates on its five-year deposits.

 

The RBI has allowed banks to price these deposits as per their internal policies, but within the overall regulatory ceiling. Banks are allowed to offer up to 350 basis points higher than the benchmark rate of the foreign currency, suggesting a cap of around 7.13% based on the prevailing Secured Overnight Funding Rate for dollars. As per a median of estimates from 16 market participants polled by Informist, this swap facility is expected to attract inflows of about $43 billion. 

 

The schemes offered by banks are set to end on Sept. 30. Bank-wise FCNR(B) deposit rates for dollar deposits across various tenures are as follows:

 

Name 3 to below 4 years4 to below 5 years5 years
Effective dateRevisedPreviousRise (in bps)RevisedPreviousRise (in bps)RevisedPreviousRise (in bps)
AU Small Finance Bank10-Jun-267.105.151957.105.151957.105.15195
Axis Bank (below $1 mln)11-Jun-266.003.252756.002.953056.002.95305
Axis Bank ($1 mln and above)11-Jun-266.003.252756.002.953056.002.95305
Bandhan Bank11-Jun-267.003.133877.003.133877.002.13487
Bank of Maharashtra13-Jun-266.003.102906.053.003056.103.00310
Bank of Baroda*16-Jun-266.005.50506.105.75356.256.0025
Canara Bank 10-Jun-266.503.702806.503.503006.503.50300
Central Bank of India10-Jun-266.003.622386.003.472536.003.47253
City Union Bank10-Jun-267.10N.A.--7.10N.A.--7.10N.A.--
CSB Bank11-Jun-266.954.052907.004.003007.054.00305
DCB Bank (up to $350,000)12-Jun-267.133.503637.133.503637.133.50363
DCB Bank (above $350,000)12-Jun-267.133.503637.133.503637.133.50363
Equitas Small Finance Bank11-Jun-267.13N.A.--7.13N.A.--7.13N.A.--
ESAF Small Finance Bank (below $500,000)15-Jun-267.004.502507.004.003007.004.00300
ESAF Small Finance Bank ($500,000 and above)15-Jun-267.134.502637.134.003137.134.00313
Federal Bank ($500,000 to below $1 mln)11-Jun-266.003.752256.003.502506.003.60240
Federal Bank ($1 mln and above)11-Jun-266.25N.A.--6.25N.A.--6.25N.A.--
HDFC Bank10-Jun-266.003.652356.003.402606.003.40260
ICICI Bank11-Jun-266.003.003006.002.903106.002.90310
IDBI Bank (up to $1 mln)11-Jun-266.003.252756.053.152906.103.15295
IDBI Bank (above $1 mln up to $5 mln)11-Jun-266.053.252806.103.202906.153.20295
IDBI Bank (above $5 mln)11-Jun-266.103.352756.153.352806.203.35285
IDFC FIRST Bank (below $1 mln)16-Jun-266.754.252506.754.402356.754.40235
IDFC FIRST Bank (above  $1 mln)16-Jun-266.754.002756.754.002756.754.00275
Indian Bank (up to $1 mln)12-Jun-266.003.502506.253.402856.503.40310
Indian Bank* (above $1 mln up to $3 mln)12-Jun-265.603.502105.853.402456.103.40270
Indian Bank* (above $3 mln)12-Jun-265.503.502005.753.402356.003.40260
IndusInd Bank15-Jun-266.603.702906.653.603056.753.60315
J&K Bank (below $1 mln)15-Jun-266.003.552456.053.302756.103.30280
J&K Bank (above $1 mln)15-Jun-266.153.552606.203.302906.253.30295
Karnataka Bank 11-Jun-266.50N.A.--6.75N.A.--7.00N.A.--
Karur Vysya Bank10-Jun-267.002.634377.002.634377.002.63437
Kotak Mahindra Bank** (below $1 mln)11-Jun-266.003.402606.003.202806.003.00300
Kotak Mahindra Bank** ($1 mln and above)11-Jun-266.153.402756.153.202956.153.00315
Punjab National Bank (below $1 mln)11-Jun-266.003.242766.052.953106.103.05305
RBL Bank 12-Jun-266.254.252006.304.252056.354.55180
South Indian Bank 11-Jun-266.504.002506.003.752255.503.90160
State Bank of India* (up to $1 mln)10-Jun-265.253.351905.502.952555.753.05270
State Bank of India* (above $1 mln)10-Jun-265.503.352155.752.952806.003.05295
Tamilnad Mercantile Bank12-Jun-267.003.903107.003.603407.003.50350
UCO Bank11-Jun-266.003.003006.253.652606.253.65260
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (regular)12-Jun-267.134.003137.134.003137.134.00313
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank (more than $100,000)12-Jun-267.134.003137.134.003137.134.00313
YES Bank11-Jun-266.504.002506.553.752806.603.75285

 

Source: Banks' websites, Informist.

 

*These peak rates have been introduced as part of a special scheme.

**The size of deposits in the categories has changed post revision of rates. 

N.A. – Prior period data not available

 

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US$1 = INR 94.56

IST, or Indian Standard Time, is five-and-a-half hours ahead of GMT

 

Compiled by Aaryan Khanna

Filed by Rajeev Pai

 

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