Technical Aspects

Central banks (such as the Bank of England, the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank) may fix official base rates monthly, but bbalibor reflects the actual rate at which banks borrow money from each other.

bbalibor figures are issued daily on more than 300,000 screens around the world. Rates are quoted for a range of borrowing periods, ranging from overnight loans to 12 months, and a range of world currencies.

The use of bbalibor rates for commercial products leads to a series of questions, from value dates to the calculation of interest. In this section of our website, you will find answers to many of these questions and about the finer points of bbalibor. If you have a loan agreement that is tied to bbalibor then you may wish to visit our mortgage guide in the bbalibor™ explained section of our website.

After reading through this section if you still have any questions then please contact us.