The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued fresh guidelines for reporting of lending and deposits rates (RoR) for all scheduled banks (reporting institutions). As per previous directives, reporting institutions were required to submit the RoR data on new format through Data Acquisition Portal (DAP). However, now the reporting institution will be required to follow the fresh guidelines for submission of data.
According to SBP, these guidelines are for RoR statistical reporting only and have no other binding/interpretation. In order to facilitate banks to follow these guidelines meticulously, the deadline for submission of the subject statement has now onward been extended from 13th of every month to 15th of every month. Other instructions on the subject remain unchanged.
As per guidelines, lending and deposit amounts will be reported, in subject Rate of Return (RoR) statement, in thousands rupees. It will be a non-negative number.
Gross disbursements mean the total amounts disbursed in any currency as loans during the month and it also includes loans renewed or rolled over during the month. In case of running finance, the disbursed amount means total amount availed by the borrower during the month.
Fresh deposits mean deposits collected during the month and it also include deposits re-priced/rolled-over deposits during the month. Foreign currency deposits and loans will be reported in equivalent Pakistani rupee (PKR) (in thousands). Necessary conversion of foreign currency amount into PKR will be made by using respective currency's interbank exchange rate for the last day of the reporting month.
In case of conventional bank deposits, reporting institution will check if there is any local currency saving deposit reported on interest rate less than the Minimum Deposit Rate (MDR) and verify if any local currency loan is priced below SBP Reverse Repo Rate.
Banks are also required to check and verify foreign currency deposits on significantly high interest rates (e.g., more than 4%) All the rates for SBP concessional schemes like Export Finance Scheme (EFS) and Long Term Financing Facility (LTFF) and others like Prime Minister's Youth Business Loan (PMYBL) will be aligned with the rates mentioned in relevant circulars of Infrastructure, Housing and SME Finance Department as well as other relevant Departments of SBP.
Non-performing loans will be reported at 0 percent for the purpose of this statement. Ideally overnight interbank placement and lending rates, among conventional banks, will fall within the SBP Interest Rate Corridor (i.e. Policy Rate - 150 bps to Policy Rate + 50 bps). Compensated loans and remunerative deposits at abnormally high/low rates (e.g. exceeding 40% or below 2%) will be double-verified from relevant departments/branches before submission. Overall spread (difference between weighted average rate of lending and weighted average rate of deposit) of any bank will not be negative. Banks have been asked to develop a mechanism/layer to check and verify, before submissions on due date, that all data are prepared according to the relevant guidelines.
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