Axis Bank FD Rates

News About Axis Bank Fixed Deposit

• Axis Bank Fixed Deposit Rates Revised on 8th April

  The bank offers interest rates that starts from 3.00% for the shortest tenure of 7 to 14 days, and increases to 5.60% for the next tenor slab of 15 to 30 days. Interest rates for tenors ranging 31 days up to 60 days and 61 days up to 90 days are offered at 6.25% and 6.75% respectively. For fixed deposits of 91-150 days, the rate of interest applicable is 7%. Between 151-187 days and 188-270 days, the highest rate of interest of 7.10% is applicable on short term fixed deposits. For the next slab, customers will get a 0.15% hike in interest rate.

  There are five different slabs for tenors between 271 days and 5 years - 271 to 365 days; 365 days to 2 years; 2 to 3 years; 3 to 4 years; 4 to less than 5 years; and 5 years. All of these slabs are currently available for fixed deposits 7.25%% rate of interest.

  

  26th April 2016

• Axis Bank cuts rates by 0.25 percent on bulk deposits

  Axis Bank announced rate cuts on three different maturities. The rate cut is applicable on bulk deposits of over Rs.5 crore. Rates on deposits over 6 months but under 9 months has been revised down by 0.25 percent to 7.50 percent. For deposits for over one year but under two years has been cut 0.15 percent to 8 percent. Axis Bank’s bulk deposit accounts for 21 percent and retail term and demand deposits are at 79 percent. The rate cuts have been made after the declining trend in the interest rates as seen by Reserve Bank of India. Bankers have been complaining about low credit growth and excessive liquidity.

  

  27th July 2015

• Axis Bank becomes first private bank to offer differential FD rates

  Axis bank has announced fixed deposits that will offer differential rates to customers. The scheme ‘Fixed Deposit Plus’ is targeted at both retail as well as corporate customers. The scheme requires customers to invest a minimum of Rs.15 lakh in a single go to enjoy a 10 bps higher rate than regular deposits. This deposit is currently available for a minimum period of 1 year and maximum deposit period of 2 years.

  In April this year RBI had allowed banks to offer differential rates on their deposit schemes. Axis bank is one of the first private banks to implement differential rates. Axis Bank is the third largest private sector bank of India.

  

  1st July 2015

• Axis Bank Cuts Fixed Deposit Rate By 0.25%

  Axis Bank has cut the term deposit rate on maturities by up to 0.25% following the Reserve Bank of India’s decision to reduce the repo rate by 0.25 points from 7.5% to 7.25%. Banks were likely to pass on this change to the customer and this rate cut by Axis Bank means that the interest rate on a one year deposit reduces by 0.1% and the interest rate on a fixed deposit for a year falls to 8% from 8.25%. The rate cut will be effective from June 9, 2015.

  

  4th June 2015

• Axis Bank Cuts Fixed Deposit Rates By 0.25%

  In the wake of the repo rates cuts announced by the Reserve Bank of India, Axis Bank is the first to cut fixed deposit interest rates by 0.25%. According to the new rates, fixed deposits held with the bank for periods ranging from 18 months to 3 years (36 months) will now earn 0.25% less interest, while those held for up to 18 months will offer interest rates that are 0.15% lesser than the earlier rates.

  Earlier HDFC bank had announced a cut of 0.25% in FD interest rates for deposits of Rs. 1 crore to Rs. 5 crore. Though banks are gearing up to cut interest rates for fixed deposits, the RBI has expressed displeasure at their reluctance in cutting the interest rates for loans. The banks, including SBI, have said that it takes time for these rate changes to be applied to loans and indicate that it will be difficult to do so till the end of March.

  

  20th March 2015