HDFC Bank

HDFC Bank Limited is an Indian banking and financial services company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It has a base of 104154 permanent employees as of 30 June 2019.[7] HDFC Bank is India’s largest private sector bank by assets.[8] It is the largest bank in India by market capitalisation as of March 2020.[9]

HDFC Bank Limited
Public
Traded asNSE: HDFCBANK
BSE: 500180
BSE SENSEX Constituent
NSE NIFTY 50 Constituent
ISININE040A01034
Industryfinancial services
FoundedAugust 1994 (August 1994)
HeadquartersMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Area served
India
Key people
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ProductsCredit cards, consumer banking, banking, finance and insurance, investment banking, mortgage loans, private banking, private equity, wealth management[3]
Revenue₹1,166 billion (US$16 billion) (2019)[4]
₹233 billion (US$3.3 billion) (2019)[4]
₹211 billion (US$3.0 billion) (2019)[4]
Total assets₹11,894 billion (US$170 billion) (2019)[5]
OwnerHDFC (26.14%)
Number of employees
104,154 (June 30, 2019)[6]
Websitewww.hdfcbank.com

History

A subsidiary of the Housing Development Finance Corporation, HDFC Bank was incorporated in 1994, with its registered office in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Its first corporate office and a full-service branch at Sandoz House, Worli were inaugurated by the then Union Finance Minister, Manmohan Singh.

As of June 30, 2019, the Bank's distribution network was at 5500 branches across 2,764 cities. The bank also installed 430,000 POS terminals and issued 23570,000 debit cards and 12 million credit cards in FY 2017.[5]

Products and service

HDFC Bank provides a number of products and services including wholesale banking, retail banking, treasury, auto loans, two-wheeler loans, personal loans, loans against property, consumer durable loan, lifestyle loan and credit cards. Along with this various digital products are Payzapp and SmartBUY.[10]

Mergers

HDFC Bank merged with Times Bank in February 2000. This was the first merger of two private banks in the New Generation private sector banks category.[11] Times Bank was established by Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd., commonly known as The Times Group, India's largest media conglomerate.[12]

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.[13]

Investments
A HDFC Bank branch in Hyderabad.

In March 2020, HDFC (parent company of HDFC BANK) made an investment of ₹1,000 crores in Yes bank. As per the scheme of reconstruction of Yes Bank, 75% of the total investment by the Corporation would be locked in for 3 years. On March 14, Yes Bank allotted 100 crore shares of the face value of ₹2 each for consideration of ₹10 per share (including ₹8 premium) to the Corporation aggregating to 7.97 percent of the post issue equity share capital of Yes bank.

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[14]

Shareholders (as of 31 December 2015)Shareholding[14]
Promoter group (HDFC)26.14%
Foreign institutional investors (FII)20.4%
Individual shareholders8.5%
Bodies corporate7.5%
Insurance companies5.38%
Unit Trust of India8.65%
NRI/OCB/others0.29%
Financial institutions/banks2.75%
ADS/GDRs18.78%

Corporate social responsibility

HDFC Bank's Parivartan initiative has spent ₹535 crores in FY19-20

Controversies

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 the initial public offer.[15]

A HDFC bank manager was arrested for a ₹59.41 lakh fraud in Odisha[16]

Altico Capital and Dubai's Mashreq Bank have approached the Reserve Bank of India, accusing HDFC Bank 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 the account may be a violation of the RBI's end-use rule, they said.[17]

Awards and recognition

2020
  • India's Best Bank : Euromoney Awards

2019
  • Best Bank: New Private Sector - FE Best Bank awards
  • Winner in Innovation and Inclusiveness in Priority Sector Lending - 11th Inclusive Finance India Awards (IFI) 2019
  • Ranked 1st in 2019 BrandZ Top 75 Most Valuable Indian Brands HDFC Bank was featured for the 6th consecutive year.
  • Among The Most Honored Company List, Institutional Investor All-Asia (ex-Japan) Executive Team 2019 survey
  • India’s Best Bank, Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2019
  • Bank of the Year and Best Large Bank, Business Today – Money Today Financial Awards 2019[18]
  • Best Bank in India 2019, by Global magazine FinanceAsia.[19]
  • Ranked 60th in 2019 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands[20] 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[21]

2016
  • Best Banking Performer, India in 2016 by Global Brands Magazine Award.[22]
  • Best Performing Branch in Microfinance among private sector banks by NABARD, 2016, Award for Best Performance in Microfinance[23]
  • KPMG study of India's Best Banks, Bank of the year & best digital banking initiative award 2016[24]
  • BrandZ Rankings, Most Valued brand in India for third successive year[25]
  • FinanceAsia poll on Asia's Best Companies 2015, Best managed public company - India[26]
  • J. P. Morgan Quality Recognition Award, Best in class straight through processing rates[27]

Further reading
  • Bandyopadhyay, Tamal (2013). A Bank for the Buck. Jaico Publishing House. p. 344. ISBN 978-8184953961.
  • Bandyopadhyay, Tamal (2019). HDFC Bank 2.0: From Dawn to Digital. Jaico Publishing House. ISBN 9789388423359.

See also

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