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TopicHDFC Bank

Topic: HDFC Bank

$7 billion wiped off market value after HDFC Bank chairman steps down citing ethical concerns

Atanu Chakraborty’s sudden exit over “ethical differences” has rattled investors, erasing billions in value, as RBI steps in with rare public defence of the lender.

Banks made Rs 4,818 crore from minimum balance penalties in FY24-25. LS report flags burden on poor

Committee on Petitions flags disproportionate charges, even as RBI allows penalties. Collectively, banks amassed a staggering Rs 28495 crore in the past 5 years as MAB charges.

Bank profits to rise as RBI rate cuts boost loan growth

HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank should see loan growth pick up in the October-December quarter. Lending margins should also stabilise.

HDFC Bank drags Indian shares as rally to record highs takes pause

The heaviest-weighted stock in the benchmarks lost 4.2% and dragged financial, private bank and bank indexes down about 1% each

HDFC Bank enrolls over 1 lakh customers under CBDC pilot programme

The RBI's e-rupee uses blockchain distributed-ledger technology to substitute cash. The central bank is aiming for one million CBDC transactions each day by year's end.

HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh says merger to be effective from 1 July, reports CNBC-TV18

HDFC had, in April last year, announced the country's biggest ever merger with HDFC Bank, worth $40 billion.

HDFC Bank to raise $6 billion in debt over next one year

BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian private lender HDFC Bank Ltd said on Tuesday it would consider raising debt of 500 billion rupees (about $6 billion) over the next one year. The bank will discuss the fund

HDFC raises $3 billion in largest-ever local bond issue, say merchant bankers

According to HDFC's executive director, across investor categories, there was LIC being one of the largest ones, along with other banks, mutual funds & pension trusts.

HDFC-HDFC Bank move, a financial mega-merger that’s all in the family

The two HDFC elephants must be careful — not just of other banks, but of fintech rivals trying to set the tune for both lenders and borrowers.

Mortgage financier HDFC Limited all set to merge with HDFC Bank, shares soar

Once the deal is effective, HDFC Bank will be 100% owned by public shareholders and existing shareholders of HDFC will own 41% of the bank, according to a filing Monday.

On Camera

Indian Muslim intellectuals struggling to make sense of Iran crisis. Ummah isn’t the answer

Many Muslim communities, Shia and Sunni alike, often respond through a religious lens. That lens slips into a tribal thinking, shaped by ideas like the ummah.

Why the US shouldn’t try to outsmart the oil market

Selling oil futures would be a desperate ploy, born of panic about rising US gasoline and diesel retail prices ahead of the midterm elections.

Israel’s tolerance for persistent threats on its borders has eroded: US intel on Iran war

When conflict with Iran ends, says the report, area’s key players are likely to reexamine longstanding assumptions & alliances as they determine how best to advance their interests.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.