FirstRand Bank Prime Overdraft Rate
Bank Lending Rate in South Africa remained unchanged at 10 percent in August from 10 percent in July of 2018. Bank Lending Rate in South Africa averaged 12.30 percent from 1957 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 25.50 percent in August of 1998 and a record low of 5.50 percent in December of 1962. To read more, click the link below to read more.
In South Africa, the bank lending rate refers to commercial banks prime overdraft rate. It is a benchmark rate priced at 3.5 basis points above the repurchase rate and it is used by banks to price the lending rates offered to clients at either above or below the benchmark rate.