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13 CFR § 120.213 - What fixed interest rates may a Lender charge?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t13/s120.213"
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title: "13 CFR § 120.213 - What fixed interest rates may a Lender charge?"
title_number: 13
title_name: "Business Credit and Assistance"
section_number: "120.213"
section_name: "What fixed interest rates may a Lender charge?"
chapter_name: "SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "120"
part_name: "BUSINESS LOANS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "15 U.S.C. 634(b) (6), (b) (7), (b) (14), (h), and note, 636(a), (h) and (m), 650, 687(f), 696(3) and (7), and 697(a) and (e); sec. 521, Pub. L. 114-113, 129 Stat. 2242; sec. 328(a), Pub. L. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182."
regulatory_source: "61 FR 3235, Jan. 31, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
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# 120.213 What fixed interest rates may a Lender charge?

(a) *Fixed Rates for Guaranteed Loans.* A loan may have a reasonable fixed interest rate. SBA periodically publishes the maximum allowable rate in the *Federal Register.*

(b) *Direct loans.* A statutory formula based on the cost of money to the Federal government determines the interest rate on direct loans. SBA publishes the rate periodically in the *Federal Register.*