
The country’s largest PSU lender, State Bank of India, on Saturday reduced interest rate for deposits having 1,000-day tenure by 0.25 per cent to 7 per cent. The new rate will be effective from September 8, the bank said in a release issued in Mumbai on Saturday. Interest rates for deposits for all other tenures remain the same.







September 6, 2009 at 9:02 pm
SBI drops 1,000-day deposit scheme
State Bank of India, the country’s largest bank, today said that it is withdrawing its blockbuster 1,000-day deposit scheme that was largely instrumental in helping it mop up over Rs 1,000 crore a day at the height of the global financial crunch late last year.
http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=369216
September 6, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Hello bhavin,
Thank you for the useful information. I have updated this news in another post :
http://www.thinkplaninvest.com/2009/09/sbi-discontinue-1000-days-fixed-deposit/
Last week they have announced that they would reduce the interest rates effective from September 8. Later they have planned to merge 1000 days FD with other products.
Thanks,
Krishna