COMPANY UPDATE

Change In Director

Mr. Arjun Arikeri has resigned from the Company as Investor Director w.e.f. March 22, 2022.

INTETREST RATE POLICY

Introduction

  • The Reserve Bank of India vide its Master Direction RBI/DNBR/2016-17/45 Master Direction DNBR.PD.008/03.10.119/2016-17 dated September 01, 2016 and updated from time to time:
  • Had advised the Boards of NBFCs to adopt an interest rate model taking into account relevant factors such as cost of funds, margin and risk premium and determine the rate of interest to be charged for loans and advances.
  • The rates of interest and the approach for gradation of risks shall also be made available on the web-site of the companies or published in the relevant newspapers. The information published in the website or otherwise published shall be updated whenever there is a change in the rates of interest.
  • The rate of interest must be annualised rate so that the borrower is aware of the exact rates that would be charged to the account.
  • In compliance with the requirements of the RBI Regulations mentioned above and the Fair Practices Code of APAC FS, APAC FS has adopted this Interest Rate Policy broadly outlining the Interest Rate Model and risk gradation approach.

Interest Rate Model

Interest rates offered could be on fixed rate or floating rate basis.

A. Fixed Rates

At present the annualised rate of Interest* to be charged to customers, at the time of sanctioning loans, shall be in the range as mentioned below:

Lending Assets/SectorRange of Interest
Micro & Small LAPs12% to 28%
Housing Loans12% to 24%
Other Loans9% to 28%

*under exceptional circumstances, based on risk perception, this may fall outside the indicated range

B. Floating Rates

In case of floating interest rates, the interest rates will be benchmarked as under:

  • The interest rates charged by APAC shall be linked with the APAC FS Prime Lending Rate (APAC FS PLR) or any other benchmark as may be agreed with the customer. APAC PLR shall be determined from time to time by the ALRPCO (Asset Liability Management and Resource Planning Committee) on the basis of cost of borrowing, operating costs, liquidity, interest rate trend and return on equity thresholds.
  • Spread (Plus or Minus) over APAC FS PLR will be determined on the basis of nature and duration of loan, nature of security, credit worthiness, risk perception and competition.
  • Intimation of change of interest would be communicated to customers in a manner deemed fit, as per terms of the loan documents. Any revision in interest would be with prospective effect.
  • In case of staggered disbursements, the rates of interest would be subjected to review and the same may vary according to the prevailing rate at the time of successive disbursements or as may be decided by APAC. Currently APAC's PLR is 18.5% p.a.

Loan amount, annualised rate of interest, tenure of loan and the apportionment of installments will be communicated to the customer in the sanction letter.

Besides normal Interest, APAC FS may levy additional interest for adhoc facilities, penal interest/default interest for any delay or default in making payments of any dues. The details of penal interest charges will be mentioned in bold in the loan agreement and sanction letter.

Besides interest, other financial charges like processing charges, cheque bouncing charges, pre-payment charges, cash handling charges, RTGS/other remittance charges, commitment fees, charges on various other services like issuing no due certificates, no objection certificate, letters ceding charge on assets/ security, security swap & exchange charges etc. would be levied by APAC wherever considered necessary. In addition, the Goods and Services Tax and other taxes, levies or cess would be collected at applicable rates from time to time.

Claims for refund or waiver of charges/ penal interest/additional interest would normally not be entertained by APAC. It is the sole and absolute discretion of APAC FS to deal with such requests, if any.


Approach For Gradation Of Risk

The risk premium for a customer shall be assessed on the basis of the following factors (not necessarily all the factors):

  • profile and market reputation of the customer
  • inherent nature of the product, type of facility
  • Loan Amount
  • tenure of relationship with the customer group and past repayment track record
  • group strength, future potential, repayment capacity based on cash flows and other financial commitments of the customer
  • Nature and value of primary and secondary security
  • Type of asset being financed, end use of the loan
  • Interest, default risk in related business segment
  • Regulatory stipulations, if applicable and
  • Any other factors that may be relevant in a particular case








Communication Framework

  • APAC FS will communicate the rate of interest to customers at the time of sanction/ availing of the loan through the acceptable mode of communication
  • Interest Rate Policy would be uploaded on the website of the company and any change in the benchmark rates and schedule of charges for existing customers would be uploaded on the web site of the Company
  • Changes in the rates and schedule of charges for existing customers would also be communicated to them through any modes of communication such as website updation, email, letters, SMS, etc.

Review/Modifications

This policy shall be reviewed on a yearly basis in January of each year. However, depending on requirements, the reviews may be done at shorter intervals. Any changes in the policy except as required by legal and regulatory changes shall be made with the approval of the Board.

Schedule Of Charges

Schedule Of Charges - Business Loans (Secured - Property) & Home Loans ~Rs. 35 Lacs (Micro Laps).

Sl. NoChargesRack Rate
1Overdue charges/ Additional Interest on delayed payments2% per month on the outstanding dues + GST
2Loan cancellation charges (after disbursement has been done by the lender)1% of the Loan Amount & GST if any incurred
3Foreclosure Charge

Floating Rate: Nil

Fixed Rate: The Loan cannot be foreclosed during the Lock-in-Period. Post Lock-in-Period, foreclosure charges of 6% plus applicable taxes, shall be applicable

4Part Pre-Payment

Floating Rate: Nil

Fixed Rate: The Borrower shall not prepay any or all of the outstanding dues under the Loan during the Lock-in-Period. Any premature prepayment, after the Lock-in- Period, shall be subject to payment of prepayment charges of 6% of the amount prepaid under the Loan plus applicable taxes.

Upon such prepayment as referred above, the instalments under the Loan payable as per the Repayment Schedule shall stand reduced proportionately

5Cheque Bounce Charges (Financial Bounce Only)Rs.500 + Taxes
6Cheque or NACH Replacement/ Swap ChargesRs.500 + Taxes
7Conversion fees from Fixed to Float Rate1.5% of the loan outstanding or as announced by the Lender from time to time.
8Non-encumbrance certificateAs per actuals
9Document Retrieval charges before ClosureRs.750 + applicable taxes
10Foreclosure statement ChargesRs.1000 + applicable taxes
11List of Documents held in custodyRs.500 + applicable taxes
12Duplicate Statement / CertificateRs.250 + applicable taxes
13Duplicate No Dues certificateRs.250 + applicable taxes
14For Issue of duplicate copy of Agreement.Rs.500/-
15Custodian Fee for keeping property documents in closed loans beyond 1 month of closureRs.500 per month + applicable taxes
16Visit Charges for dues Collection1st visit Rs. 250 and 2nd visit onwards Rs.500 + applicable taxes
17CERSAI filing charges as per rules of CERSAIRs.100 + applicable taxes
18Dunning letters (overdue) per MonthRs. 100 + GST
19Loan Recall letterAs per actuals
20ArbitrationAs per actuals
21Sec 138 FilingAs per actuals
22Any other Pricing/Fee Approval not mentioned in the gridNA