Business Banking Reference Rates

Business Loans

Reference Lending Rates for Bank of Ireland Business/Private Banking.

Except for Business Banking Term Loan Variable Rate for Consumers, the rates quoted below do not include the Bank’s lending margin which is added to give the gross rate applicable to the individual loan. This information is provided in loan documentation provided to the client prior to drawdown. These rates are published to comply with the Consumer Protection Code, paragraph 6.7b (for personal consumers) or the Lending to Small & Medium Sized Enterprises Regulations 2015 (for non personal consumers) and are updated during the day as they become available.

Small Business Rates

For small business, our standard variable rate for loans up to €120,000 is 6.51%. How much can I afford to borrow? The illustrative examples in the table below provides examples of loan repayments for various loan amounts over 3 and 5 year periods.

Loan Amount Variable Rate Repayment Term Monthly Repayment Cost of Credit
€5,000 6.51% 36 months €153.19 €514.84
€5,000 6.51% 60 months €97.77 €866.20
€10,000 6.51% 36 months €306.38 €1,029.68
€10,000 6.51% 60 months €195.54 €1,732.40
€20,000 6.51% 36 months €612.75 €2,059.00
€20,000 6.51% 60 months €391.09 €3,465.40
€50,000 6.51% 36 months €1,531.88 €5,147.68
€50,000 6.51% 60 months €977.72 €8,663.20
Note: (Bank Cost of Funds (BCOF) is not available for new lending from the 21st July 25. If you have any queries please contact your Relationship Manager.)

Business Banking Reference Rates for New Business (Consumer and Business)

Rate Name Rate 1 Month 3 Month 6 Month 9 Month 12 Month
Small Business Agri rate (SBAR) 0.86% - - - - -
Bank Cost of Funds (BCOF) - - 0.50% 0.50% - 0.56%
Euribor (365 day) - - 2.025% 2.069% - 2.139%
Euribor (360 day) - - 1.997% 2.041% - 2.110%
Business Banking Term Loan Variable Rate For Consumers 5.50% - - - - -
Bank of Ireland Prime Rate / Banks Prime Rate 1 2.42% - - - - -
Term SOFR (USD - Business Only) - 4.32114% 4.30213% 4.18673% - 3.96353%

Business Banking Rates (not available for new lending)

 
Rate Name Rate 1 Week 2 Week 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 6 Month 9 Month 12 Month
Bank of Ireland Prime Rate / Banks Prime Rate 1 2.42% - - - - - - - -
BOI Business Prime 0.86% - - - - - - - -
Term Loan Legacy Rate 1.96% - - - - - - - -
BOI Commercial Prime Rate 2.58% - - - - - - - -
Danske Prime 2 1.10% - - - - - - - -
BOI Business Prime (KBC) Variable Rate 3 0.00% - - - - - - - -
Bank Euro Rate (BER) - 1.92% - 1.92% - 2.06% 2.06% - 2.12%
Bank Euro Business Rate (BEBR) - - - - - 2.06% 2.06% - 2.12%
Private Banking – Cost of Funds (COF) Euro Rate (360 day) - 0.36% - 0.35% - 0.49% 0.50% - 0.55%
Euribor (365 day) 4 - 1.947% - 1.961% - - - - -
Euribor (360 day) - 1.920% - 1.934% - - - - -

Warning: The cost of your repayments may increase.

Warning: If you do not meet the repayments on your credit facility agreement, your account will go into arrears, this may affect your credit rating which may limit your ability to access credit in the future.
1 Available for Invoice Discounting and Early/Pay.
2 For loans purchased from Danske Bank.
3 For loans purchased from KBC Bank.
4 As of December 3rd 2018 the European Money Markets Institute (EMMI) ceased to publish their 2 week, 2 month and 9 month Euribor benchmark rates. Until further notice they will only publish Euro benchmark rates for the following periods; O/N, 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months & 12 months