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Spread analysis.
Tightest to widest, every bank.

A deep dive into how the cohort prices today. Spread map, category-level view across public-sector, private, foreign and small-finance, plus a currency leaderboard and a sample forward-premium curve.

Live · 14 May 202620 banks tracked

Tightest USD spread

₹0.57

Indian Overseas Bank

Widest USD spread

₹5.76

Standard Chartered Bank India

Cohort range

10.1×

Best to worst

Banks quoting USD

20

of 20 tracked

Spread map · USD TT

Every bank on one line.

Each dot is a bank in our cohort, plotted by today's USD wire (TT) spread. Color codes the category. Banks closer to the left are quoting tightest; banks closer to the right are quoting widest. Banks shift along this line as they adjust pricing.

Category view · average USD TT spread

How the cohorts compare.

Average TT spread by category, today. Patterns vary day to day; foreign banks split bimodally, some compete with public-sector treasury desks, others sit at the wider end of the cohort.

CategoryNAvg spreadRange
Public Sector
Government-owned scheduled commercial banks.
8
0.94
0.57 – ₹1.91
Private
Privately-owned scheduled commercial banks.
7
3.48
3.00 – ₹4.82
Small Finance
Small finance banks.
2
3.84
2.89 – ₹4.79
Foreign
Foreign banks with India branches.
3
4.89
3.66 – ₹5.76

Currency leaderboard · today's tightest bank

Who leads each corridor today.

CurrencyTightest TTSpreadWidest TTSpread
USD flag
USDUS Dollar
Indian Overseas Bank₹0.57Standard Chartered Bank India₹5.76
EUR flag
EUREuro
Indian Overseas Bank₹1.13Standard Chartered Bank India₹6.76
GBP flag
GBPBritish Pound
Indian Overseas Bank₹1.30Standard Chartered Bank India₹7.83
AED flag
AEDUAE Dirham
Union Bank of India₹0.22SBM Bank India₹3.13
SGD flag
SGDSingapore Dollar
Indian Overseas Bank₹0.83Standard Chartered Bank India₹4.56
AUD flag
AUDAustralian Dollar
Indian Overseas Bank₹0.76Ujjivan Small Finance Bank₹5.09
CAD flag
CADCanadian Dollar
Indian Overseas Bank₹0.76SBM Bank India₹4.88
JPY flag
JPYJapanese Yen
Indian Overseas Bank₹0.66HDFC Bank₹4.76
CHF flag
CHFSwiss Franc
Indian Overseas Bank₹1.35Standard Chartered Bank India₹7.44
HKD flag
HKDHong Kong Dollar
Union Bank of India₹0.10Kotak Mahindra Bank₹0.94
SAR flag
SARSaudi Riyal
Union Bank of India₹0.48ESAF Small Finance Bank₹2.12
THB flag
THBThai Baht
Standard Chartered Bank India₹0.18State Bank of India₹43.00

Forward premium curve · sample

What the curve looks like.

A forward premium quote tells you how the market expects a currency to move against the rupee over a tenor. The shape below is illustrative, it shows the structure of a typical curve, not any single bank's quote. Forward rate ≈ spot × (1 + ARR% × tenor in months / 12).

USD / INR

sample

ON
3.60%
1M
3.63%
3M
3.65%
6M
3.69%
12M
3.79%

EUR / INR

sample

ON
1.93%
1M
1.93%
3M
1.94%
6M
1.94%
12M
1.97%

GBP / INR

sample

ON
3.73%
1M
5.19%
3M
5.20%
6M
5.16%
12M
4.94%

Forwards on individual currencies vary by bank, tenor and liquidity. If you have a known exposure, talk to your bank's treasury desk for an executable forward.

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Frequently asked

PSU treasuries are oriented toward corporate / wholesale flows; private banks prioritise retail channel breadth, which carries different cost. Either way, the card rate is the upper bound, treasury desks of both cohorts compress further for sized tickets.
Most private banks refresh multiple times per business day; some public-sector banks refresh once. Asymmetric refresh creates intraday windows where the cohort ranking shifts.
TT (wire) is the tightest channel, no physical inventory. Bills involve trade documents. Travel cards carry prepaid-product risk. Currency notes carry physical inventory + cash-handling cost, so the spread is widest. Same bank, four prices.
Close but not identical. RBI publishes daily reference rates (~12:30 IST) for major pairs based on its survey of authorised dealers. Mid-market is the global interbank midpoint, available continuously. For FEMA / LRS / TCS filings, the RBI reference is authoritative.
Yes. Treasury desks have explicit authority to compress published card-rate spreads on sized tickets, typically $25k+ on a single TT, lower if it's a recurring monthly flow. The card rate is the upper bound. The lever is comparison.