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How are Euribor interest rates calculated with various banks?

  • 14-10-2024 10:39AM
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    I have taken out a commercial loan with AIB, the base rate is linked to Euribor 3 month. See as follows T+C:

    The interest rate on this loan is made up of an agreed interest margin plus a base lending rate. The agreed interest margin is outlined in the Credit Agreement. Our base lending rate is determined by calculating the 3 month EURIBOR (Euro Interbank Offered Rate) reflecting a daily average of this rate over the previous 3 months and is updated weekly.

    https://aib.ie/our-products/loans/standard-business-loan-QandA

    I would take the above as the average over the pervious three months but I started tracking it and it was not matching up with what was posted to the loan. I queried this and I received the following reply:

    The Euribor 3 month doesn’t include weekends & to achieve an accurate three month average the Euribor setting from every Friday should be included for Saturday & Sunday. AIB’s Base Lending rate is also quoted on a 365 day basis whereas Euribor is quoted on a 360 day basis. To achieve the equivalent BLR rate requires the average Euribor rate to be divided by 360 & multiplied by 365.

    Does the above make sense? It looks to me like the calculation of the base rate is different to what is advised in the T+C and unless their is negitive Euribor interest rates it will result in a higher margin for the bank.



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  • Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 10,818 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jim2007


    It makes perfect sense to me, but I've been dealing with this stuff for well over three decades. Your agreement does not say the average of the business days, so the market rates need to be adjusted to get the daily rates.

    What exactly are you querying?



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