HDFC Bank

HDFC Bank Ltd. is an Indian banking and financial services

HDFC Bank Limited
company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It has a
base of 113,981 permanent employees as of 31 December
2019.[8] HDFC Bank is India’s largest private sector lender by
assets.[9] It is the largest bank in India by market We understand your world
capitalisation as of February 2016.[10] It was ranked 60th in Type Private
2019 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands.[11] Traded as BSE: 500180 (https://w
ww.bseindia.com/stock
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Awards and recognition Constituent
2019 CNX Nifty Constituent
2016 US40415F1015
ISIN
Further reading Industry Banking, financial
See also services
References Founded August 1994

External links Headquarters Mumbai, Maharashtra,

India
Area served India, Pakistan, UAE
History Key people Shyamala Gopinath
(Non-Exe Chairperson)[1]
HDFC Bank was incorporated in 1994, with its registered
Aditya Puri
office in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Its first corporate office
(Managing Director)[2][3]
and a full service branch at Sandoz House, Worli were
inaugurated by the then Union Finance Minister, Manmohan Products Credit cards, consumer
Singh. banking, banking,
finance and insurance,
As of June 30, 2019, the Bank's distribution network was at investment banking,
5500 branches across 2,764 cities. The bank also installed mortgage loans, private
banking, private equity,
4.30 Lakhs POS terminals and issued 235.7 Lakhs debit cards
wealth management[4]
and 1.2 crores credit cards in FY 2017.[6]
Revenue ₹116,597 crore
(US$16 billion)
Products and service (2019)[5]
Operating ₹23,263 crore
income
HDFC Bank provides a number of products and services (US$3.3 billion)
including wholesale banking, retail banking, treasury, auto (2019)[5]
loans, two wheeler loans, personal loans, loans against Net income ₹21,078 crore
property, consumer durable loan, lifestyle loan and credit (US$3.0 billion)
cards. Along with this various digital products are Payzapp (2019)[5]
and SmartBUY.[12] Total assets ₹1,189,432 crore
(US$170 billion)
(2019)[6]
Mergers
Number of 104,154 (June 30,
HDFC Bank merged with Times Bank in February 2000. This employees 2019)[7]
was the first merger of two private banks in the New Website www.hdfcbank.com (htt
Generation private sector banks category.[13] ps://www.hdfcbank.co
m/)
In 2008, Centurion Bank was acquired by HDFC Bank.
HDFC Bank Board approved the acquisition of CBoP for 95.1 billion INR in one of the largest mergers
in the financial sector in India.[14]

Listings and shareholding

The equity shares of HDFC Bank are listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock
Exchange of India. Its American Depository Shares are listed on NYSE and the global depository receipt
are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange where two GDRs represent one equity share of HDFC
Bank[15]

Shareholders (as of 31 December 2015) Shareholding[15]

Promoter group (HDFC) 21.57%

Foreign institutional investors (FII) 32.4%
Individual shareholders 8.5%
Bodies corporate 7.5%
Insurance companies 5.38%
Mutual funds/UTI 8.65%
NRI/OCB/others 0.29%
Financial institutions/banks 2.75%
ADS/GDRs 18.78%

Corporate social responsibility

HDFC Bank's Parivartan initiative has spent ₹443.8 crore towards CSR in 2018-19 [16] making it the
third largest CSR spender in India.[17]

Fraud
On Jan 29, 2020 Reserve Bank of India imposes monetary penalty on HDFC Bank Limited for failure to
undertake on-going due diligence in case of 39 current accounts opened for bidding in initial public offer.
[18]
There are also known instances of users reporting signature forgery and replacement of application
documents by HDFC employees.[19]

A HDFC bank manager arrested for Rs 59.41 lakh fraud in Odisha [20]

Altico Capital and Dubai’s Mashreq Bank have approached the Reserve Bank of India, accusing HDFC
BankNSE -1.82% of violating regulatory provisions by debiting part of the funds the company had raised
through external commercial borrowing (ECB) and parked at the Indian bank. The local bank’s decision
to transfer money from account may be a violation of the RBI's end-use rule, they said.[21]

Awards and recognition

2019
Best Bank: New Private Sector - FE Best Bank awards [1] (https://www.hdfcbank.com/conte
nt/api/contentstream-id/723fb80a-2dde-42a3-9793-7ae1be57c87f/7a11082e-9cf6-4c4f-9de3
-7e9ff409ba76?)
Winner in Innovation and Inclusiveness in Priority Sector Lending - 11tg Inclusive Finance
India Awards (IFI) 2019 [2] (https://www.hdfcbank.com/content/api/contentstream-id/723fb8
0a-2dde-42a3-9793-7ae1be57c87f/97fcd69c-ffa7-4bac-ab8f-d123ad88d8aa?)
Ranked 1st in 2019 BrandZ Top 75 Most Valuable Indian Brands HDFC Bank was featured
for the 6th consecutive year.[3] (https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/money-and-banking/
hdfc-bank-retains-ranking-as-indias-valuable-brand/article29533162.ece/amp/)
Among The Most Honored Company List, Institutional Investor All-Asia (ex-Japan)
Executive Team 2019 survey (https://www.hdfcbank.com/htdocs/aboutus/awards/pdf/Instituti
onal-Investor-August-2019.pdf)
India’s Best Bank, Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2019 (https://www.hdfcbank.com/htdo
cs/aboutus/awards/pdf/Indias-Best-Bank-June-11-2019.pdf)
Bank of the Year and Best Large Bank, Business Today – Money Today Financial Awards
2019[22]
Best Bank in India 2019, by Global magazine FinanceAsia.[23]
Ranked 60th in 2019 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands[11] HDFC Bank was
featured BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands 2019 for the 5th consecutive year.
The Bank's brand value has gone up from $20.87 billion in 2018 to $22.70 billion in 2019.
Best Large Bank & Fastest Growing Large Bank in 2019, by Business World Magna
Awards[24]

2016
Best Banking Performer, India in 2016 by Global Brands Magazine Award.[25]
Best Performing Branch in Microfinance among private sector banks by NABARD, 2016,
Award for Best Performance in Microfinance[26]
KPMG study of India's Best Banks, Bank of the year & best digital banking initiative award
2016[27]
BrandZ Rankings, Most Valued brand in India for third successive year[28]
FinanceAsia poll on Asia's Best Companies 2015, Best managed public company - India[29]
J. P. Morgan Quality Recognition Award, Best in class straight through processing rates [30]
Further reading
Bandyopadhyay, Tamal (2013). A Bank for the Buck. Jaico Publishing House. p. 344.
ISBN 8184953968.
Bandyopadhyay, Tamal (2019). HDFC Bank 2.0: From Dawn to Digital. Jaico Publishing
House. ISBN 9789388423359.

See also
Bank
Private-sector banks in India
List of banks in India
List of companies of India

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External links
Official website (https://www.hdfcbank.com)

Business data for HDFC Bank: SEC filings (https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?actio

n=getcompany&CIK=1144967)

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