We are active in the field of Foreign Currency Loans and lend principally in Euros and US Dollars. Our services are backed by specialists with long experience in credit at our Branch and also at our Merchant Banking Division of International Banking Group, State Bank of India, Central Office, Mumbai, India, our corporate headquarters. Most competitive spreads, personalized services, quick response and high-skilled processing of the proposals to cater to a wide range of variants in tenor, quantum of finance and terms characterize the Credit services of SBI Frankfurt. The Branch has carved out a niche for itself in this area, achieving a high success rate in contracting business and delivering 'tailor-made' end products.

• Short Term Loans up to 1 year
• Medium Term Loans up to 3 years
• Long Term Loans 3 – 7 years

We impart flexibility to our processing of loans of all quanta, big or small and offer only the most competitive spreads in the market as we source our funds through the most cost effective operations. Therefore, no one loses for bringing a small value proposition to us.

Our loans can either be syndicated or can be on bilateral terms.

Our loans could be availed by the importer / exporter at pre-shipment and post-shipment stages.

We take direct exposures backed by Guarantees by our own Bank / other Banks.

The ECBs are governed by guidelines issued by the Government of India / Reserve Bank of India. The steps involved vary depending on the quantum of the borrowing being up to or above USD 50 million. More information in this regard is available at http://www.statebankofindia.com/intbanking/merchantbanking.asp

The loans could be for various end-uses :

Pre-shipment finance Post-shipment finance Import of capital goods Project Finance