RBI sets average base rate of 9.18 pc for NBFC-MFI borrowers for July quarter

RBI sets the average base rate for NBFC-MFIs on the basis of average of base rate of the five largest commercial banks.;

Update: 2019-06-28 09:50 GMT

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Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India on Friday set an average base rate of 9.18 per cent for non-banking financial companies and micro finance institutions to be charged from their customers for the quarter beginning July 1.

"The applicable average base rate to be charged by non-banking financial companies and micro finance institutions (NBFC-MFIs) to their borrowers for the quarter beginning July 1, 2019 will be 9.18 per cent," RBI said in a release.

The central bank in a circular in 2014 had communicated to NBFCs and MFIs regarding pricing of credit on the last working day of every quarter.

RBI sets the average base rate for NBFC-MFIs on the basis of average of base rate of the five largest commercial banks.