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Business News/ Money / Personal Finance/  SBI vs Post Office recurring deposits (RDs): Latest interest rates
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SBI vs Post Office recurring deposits (RDs): Latest interest rates

State Bank of India (SBI) and Post Office offer RD options to their customers
  • The installment amount once fixed, cannot be altered for a RD account
  • An SBI RD account can be opened by cheque/cash.Premium
    An SBI RD account can be opened by cheque/cash.

    A recurring deposit (RD) account is a type of term deposit offered by banks. An RD account allows you to deposit a pre-specified amount at pre-decided intervals. The installment amount once fixed, cannot be altered. An RD account can be opened with a bank or post office. Both State Bank of India (SBI) and Post Office offer RD options to their customers.

    Here is a comparison of RD accounts offered by SBI and post office:

    1) SBI RD interest rates vary between 5%-5.4% for the general public and an additional interest rate hike of 50 basis points for senior citizens. These rates are effective from 8 January 2021. Post Office RDs offer 5.8% per annum, compounding quarterly. These rates are effective from 1 January 2021.

    2) SBI recurring deposits have maturity ranging from 1 year to 10 years, but Post Office offer RDs for a tenure of 5 years only.

    3) An SBI RD account can be opened by cheque/cash, but an RD account in a Post Office can be opened by cash only.

    4) You can open an SBI RD account online through net banking facility, but for opening a post office RD account you have to visit the Post Office branch.

    5) In SBI RD account, customers are required to make monthly deposits of a minimum of 100 and in multiples of 10. There is no maximum limit on the deposits. But the minimum amount required for opening a Post Office RD is 10 per month or any amount in multiples of 5. However, there is no maximum limit on investment.

    6) The government decides the 5-year RD rate for Post Office. However, for SBI, the interest rates vary from tenure to tenure.

    SBI RD rates effective 8 January 2021

    1 year to less than 2 years - 4.9%

    2 years to less than 3 years - 5.1%

    3 years to less than 5 years - 5.3%

    5 years and up to 10 years - 5.4%

    5-Year Post Office Recurring Deposit Account (RD) effective 1 January 2021

    5.8​ % per annum (quarterly compounded)

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    Published: 24 Jan 2021, 07:39 AM IST
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