Key facts
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Facility typesDemand loan or overdraft against NRO/NRE/FCNR(B); foreign-currency loan additionally available against FCNR(B)View source
The Features table lists demand loan and overdraft under all three security columns and adds foreign-currency loan under (B).
- Source
- Loan against Deposits
- Page / section
- Features — Type of facility
- Accessed
- 11 Aug 2026
- Confidence
- high
Facility typeAt a branch, SBI offers a demand loan or overdraft against NRO, NRE or FCNR(B) deposits; against FCNR(B), a foreign-currency demand loan is also listed.Effective 22 Apr 2025View source
lists demand loan and overdraft for rupee deposit-backed facilities; (B) additionally has a foreign-currency loan. The online overdraft is a separate product and is not represented here.
- Source
- Loan against Deposits; Global Connect April 2025
- Page / section
- Product page Overview and Features — Type of facility; newsletter p.21
- Accessed
- 24 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
Deposit securityNRO TDR/STDR/RD; NRE TDR/STDR/RD; or FCNR(B) TDR/STDR. SBI marks a lien on the underlying deposit for a deposit-backed loan.Effective 17 Oct 2025View source
The current branch-level terms list //, expressly include / and (B) deposits, and identify a lien on the underlying time deposit.
- Source
- Loan Against Time Deposit — Personal Banking
- Page / section
- Features — Security Lien; Branch eligibility includes //(B) deposits
- Accessed
- 24 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
Loan useSBI permits personal use, direct investment in India on a non-repatriation basis, an Indian home/flat for the borrower's own residence, emergency needs and business activity. It prohibits re-lending, agricultural or plantation activity, investment in a real-estate business, and remitting the loan amount abroad.View source
The enumerates personal use, non-repatriation direct investment and own residence; the loan page adds emergency/business wording and repeats the prohibited-use restrictions.
- Source
- for ; Loan against Deposits —
- Page / section
- Loans questions 3–4; product page Overview — purpose and repatriation
- Accessed
- 24 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
Use outside IndiaThe loan proceeds cannot be remitted or repatriated outside India.View source
The page and both state that loan proceeds cannot be remitted abroad.
- Source
- Loan against Deposits — ; for
- Page / section
- Overview; Loans question 4
- Accessed
- 24 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
Borrower and application routeThe borrower must be the depositor; SBI's NRI FAQ says it will not lend against these deposits to a third party. Apply through the deposit's home branch. A branch-loan document in India must be executed by the depositor, not a Power of Attorney holder. The online overdraft rules are separate and exclude NRE TDR/STDR online creation.View source
The says the account holder must take the loan and submit a request to the home branch; the page requires the depositor to execute India-branch documents. separately excludes / from online .
- Source
- for ; Loan against Deposits —
- Page / section
- Loans questions 2, 5 and 6; Features — Execution of Documents and online- availability
- Accessed
- 24 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
Loan currencyNRO/NRE facilities are in Indian rupees. FCNR(B) security supports an Indian-rupee facility or, where offered, a foreign-currency demand loan in USD, GBP or EUR.Effective 22 Apr 2025View source
The table lists rupees for / and rupees plus , and for (B); foreign-currency lending is only against (B).
- Source
- Loan against Deposits — ; Global Connect April 2025
- Page / section
- Features — Currency and facility; newsletter p.21
- Accessed
- 24 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
Loan periodRupee loans run up to the remaining maturity of the pledged deposit. An FCNR(B)-backed foreign-currency loan may run for 1, 2 or 3 years or the deposit's remaining maturity, whichever is applicable; SBI specifies a one-year minimum.Effective 22 Apr 2025View source
The newsletter separates rupee and foreign-currency tenure; the foreign-currency loan is available for 1, 2 or 3 years or remaining deposit maturity, with a one-year minimum also stated on the product page.
- Source
- Global Connect newsletter — April 2025
- Page / section
- p.21 — Period of Loan
- Accessed
- 24 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
Minimum loan amountNRO/ NRE rupee loans: no minimum amount stated in the NRI table. FCNR(B): minimum ₹25,000 for an INR loan; for a foreign-currency loan, USD 25,000, GBP 15,000 or EUR 20,000. SBI's general branch page says branch advances have no specific minimum; the NRI-specific amounts are retained for the FCNR(B) variants.Effective 22 Apr 2025View source
The -specific table gives no limit for / and numeric (B) thresholds; the general page says no specific minimum at branches. The specific amounts are shown with their variant scope, not applied to other branches.
- Source
- Global Connect newsletter — April 2025; Loan Against Time Deposit — Personal Banking
- Page / section
- Newsletter p.21 — Minimum Loan; generic branch-level page question 7
- Accessed
- 24 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- medium
Maximum loan / available against depositNo absolute rupee ceiling is stated for the branch facility. SBI's current branch-level page and NRE/ NRO pages say lending may reach 90% of deposit value (the NRE/ NRO pages include accrued interest). The NRI-specific table instead publishes margin schedules that can imply different advance percentages, including 95% at a 5% margin. SBI does not explain how the 90% cap and maturity-based NRI schedules interact; confirm the applicable drawable percentage with the branch.Effective 17 Oct 2025View source
The general page sets 90% of time-deposit value for the branch facility; /pages repeat 90%, while the -specific dated margin table includes 5% margin in one band. These statements are recorded together without claiming one overrides the other.
- Source
- Loan Against Time Deposit — Personal Banking; Loan against Deposits; / Account pages
- Page / section
- General page Features and Branch eligibility; table — Maximum Loan and Margin; / account pages — Loans Against Deposits
- Accessed
- 24 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
Margin against deposit — source schedules differCurrent general branch terms: minimum 10% for up to 5 years or remaining deposit maturity, and 15% for a demand loan beyond 5 years up to 10 years or remaining maturity. The NRI-specific schedule separately lists NRE/ NRO rupee margins of 5%, 10% or 15% by deposit residual maturity; FCNR(B) rupee margins of 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% or 50%; and FCNR(B) foreign-currency margins of 10% or 15%. SBI has not clarified which schedule controls each NRI branch facility.Effective 17 Oct 2025View source
Both official sources cover branch deposit-backed lending; the newer shared page includes //(B), while the -specific document gives different collateral-margin bands. publishes no crosswalk or exception explaining the difference.
- Source
- Loan Against Time Deposit — Personal Banking; Loan against Deposits; Global Connect April 2025
- Page / section
- General page Features — Margin; product page Features — Margin; newsletter pp.21–22
- Accessed
- 24 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
Interest rateNRO/ NRE rupee loan: 1.00 percentage point above the pledged time-deposit rate. FCNR(B)-backed rupee loan: 2.90 percentage points above one-year MCLR. FCNR(B)-backed foreign-currency loan: 150 basis points above the applicable FCNR(B) deposit rate.Effective 15 Aug 2025View source
detailed 2025 loan-rate section names the /and (B) formulas. The product table also publishes the 150-basis-point foreign-currency spread.
- Source
- Loans Against Securities and Consumer Durable Loans — rate table; Loan against Deposits —
- Page / section
- Loan Against Bank Time Deposit/(B) rates effective 15 August 2025; page Interest rate on Rupee Loan and Foreign Currency Loan
- Accessed
- 24 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
FCNR(B)-backed rupee-loan rate2.90 percentage points over one-year MCLR. SBI's one-year MCLR is 8.70% effective 15 September 2026, giving a derived current indicative rate of 11.60% p.a.; this is not an APR and can change when MCLR changes.Effective 15 Sept 2026View source
11.60% is arithmetic from current benchmark and published spread (8.70 + 2.90), not a separately published or flat all-currency rate.
- Source
- effective 15 September 2026; Loan Against Securities and Consumer Durable Loans rate table
- Page / section
- tenor table — One Year 8.70%; loan-rate table — (B) 2.90% over one-year
- Accessed
- 24 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
BenchmarkOne-year MCLR for the FCNR(B)-backed rupee loan; 8.70% effective 15 September 2026. NRO/ NRE and foreign-currency loans instead use the pledged deposit's applicable contracted rate plus SBI's published spread.Effective 15 Sept 2026View source
The current one-year is 8.70%; (B) rupee-loan formula is 2.90 percentage points above that benchmark.
- Source
- Marginal Cost of Funds Based Lending Rate
- Page / section
- Tenor-wise table effective 15 September 2026 — One Year
- Accessed
- 24 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
FCNR(B) foreign-currency loan rate150 basis points (1.50 percentage points) above the interest rate applicable to the pledged FCNR(B) deposit; the actual rate therefore depends on that deposit's currency, tenor and contracted rate.Effective 22 Apr 2025View source
specifies 150 BPS over the applicable (B) deposit rate, not a single universal foreign-currency loan rate.
- Source
- Global Connect newsletter — April 2025; Loan against Deposits —
- Page / section
- Newsletter p.22 — Interest rate on Foreign Currency; product page Features — same row
- Accessed
- 24 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
Interest chargingInterest on both rupee and foreign-currency loans is charged at monthly intervals.Effective 22 Apr 2025View source
says interest is charged at monthly intervals for and foreign-currency loans.
- Source
- Loan against Deposits; Global Connect April 2025
- Page / section
- Overview — Interest; newsletter p.22 — Interest charged
- Accessed
- 24 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
Processing fee₹0 — SBI states zero processing charges for the branch-level Loan Against Time Deposit facility, which expressly includes NRE/ NRO and FCNR(B) deposits.Effective 17 Oct 2025View source
lists zero processing charges, then explicitly says branch loans are available against // (B) deposits. The 2018 tariff is kept as historical context and does not override this current product page.
- Source
- Loan Against Time Deposit — Personal Banking
- Page / section
- Features — Zero processing charges; Eligibility — branch route includes //(B)
- Accessed
- 24 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
Prepayment charge₹0 — SBI states that there are no prepayment penalties for its branch-level Loan Against Time Deposit facility, including loans against NRE/ NRO/ FCNR(B) deposits.Effective 17 Oct 2025View source
The current source states no prepayment penalties for this deposit-loan facility and explicitly includes branch deposits.
- Source
- Loan Against Time Deposit — Personal Banking
- Page / section
- Features — No prepayment penalties; Branch eligibility includes //(B)
- Accessed
- 24 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
Underlying-deposit premature withdrawalNRE and FCNR(B): premature withdrawal is not permitted while used as security. NRO: withdrawal is permitted after outstanding principal and interest are settled first.Effective 11 Jul 2024View source
product page says premature withdrawal is not permissible for /(B); can be withdrawn only after principal and interest are settled.
- Source
- Loan against Deposits
- Page / section
- Overview — Premature withdrawal of underlying deposit
- Accessed
- 24 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
RepaymentNRO: adjust the underlying deposit, pay by fresh inward remittance or use another NRO account. NRE: adjust the underlying deposit at maturity, pay by fresh inward remittance or use an NRO/ NRE account; NRO-account repayment is within the USD 1 million per-financial-year cap. FCNR(B): adjust the FCNR(B) deposit at maturity, pay by fresh inward remittance or use an NRO/ NRE account, with the same NRO repayment cap.Effective 22 Apr 2025View source
The page and newsletter separate , and (B) repayment routes; for /(B), adjustment of the underlying deposit is at maturity only. -account repayment is capped at USD 1 million per financial year.
- Source
- Loan against Deposits; Global Connect April 2025
- Page / section
- Features — Repayment of Loan; newsletter p.22 — Repayment
- Accessed
- 24 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
Application and document executionFor a branch loan, contact the deposit's SBI home branch and submit the loan request. In India, the depositor must execute the loan documents in person at the home branch; a Power of Attorney holder cannot execute them. SBI's NRI forms index does not list a deposit-loan-specific application or fixed attachment checklist.View source
directs branch applicants to the home branch for a loan request and specifies depositor execution. The forms index lists home/car loans and account forms but no loan-against-deposit form or specific checklist.
- Source
- for ; Download Forms —
- Page / section
- Loans question 5; Loan Features — Execution of Documents; Download Forms — complete new account/deposit/loan index
- Accessed
- 24 Sept 2026
- Confidence
- high
Benefits and features
- Multiple secured structures against , or (B) deposits
- Rupee and eligible foreign-currency borrowing without immediately breaking the deposit
- No maximum loan amount stated on the official product table
Eligibility
- The facility is available only to the depositor against an eligible , or (B) deposit.
- The loan cannot be repatriated abroad and cannot fund re-lending, agricultural or plantation activity, or real-estate business investment.
- Branch, currency, margin, repayment and premature-withdrawal rules vary by the deposit and facility selected.
Passing a listed condition does not mean the bank will approve an application.
Documents the bank lists
- Loan documents executed personally by the depositor at the home branch in India; a power-of-attorney holder cannot execute them
- For a facility through an overseas branch, documents required under that foreign office's policy