Corporation Bank launches festival bonanza for various loans schemes

Mangalore, August 30: The city based Corporation Bank has announced a festival bonanza for various loans schemes of the Bank from September 1 for three month period.

The bonanza is offered for home loans, vehicle loans, NRI home loans, Doctor Plus (finance for medical professionals) and Vyapar schemes (loan for trade and business)

Ajai Kumar, chairman and managing director, who launched the festival bonanza here on Wednesday, said the bank is doing so in challenging times and with sole intention of taking its retail business forward. "It is the retail and small and medium enterprise sectors that will ultimately take the bank and country forward," he said adding this would be the thrust of the bank over the next quarter. "This sector will get some focused attention over next three months," he said.

Corp Home housing loan for construction of house/flats or purchase of ready built house/flat or take-over of housing loans from other Banks/institutions will be under the floating rate of interest for all tenor and for amount up to Rs 50 lakh will be offered at 10.50% per annum. For amount up to Rs 1 crore, loan is offered at 10.75% and for amount above Rs 1 crore is offered at 11.00%. The processing charges are fully waived, Ajai Kumar said.

Rate of interest for Corp Vehicle, vehicle loan for a period of five years is offered at 11.25% and for period of seven years at 11.75%. The processing charges are fully waived. Doctors can obtain finance for setting up of clinics/hospitals/pathology labs and purchase of electro medical equipments under Corp Doctor Plus. Any registered medical practitioner, dentist, physiotherapist or firm managed by doctors can apply. Rate of interest is 12.10%.

Under Corp Vyapar - loan for trade and business, traders/businessmen engaged in buying and selling of goods/commodities either on retail or wholesale business are eligible for the loans. The rate of interest for amount up to Rs 20 lakh is offered at 12.50% and for amount above that at 13.50%. For persons taking both Corp Home and Corp Vehicle Loan together will get an additional concession in the rate of interest on vehicle loan by 0.25%, he said.