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On 4 April 2022, HDFC Ltd announced that it would merge with HDFC Bank, marking India's largest-ever M&A deal. [25] [26] As part of the merger, HDFC Ltd would transfer its home loan portfolio to HDFC Bank, while the bank offered depositors of HDFC Ltd the choice of either withdrawing their money or renewing their deposits with the bank at the interest rate that the bank was then offering.
This is a list of banks which are considered to be Scheduled Banks under the second schedule of RBI Act, 1934. [1] [2]At end-March 2024, India’s commercial banking sector consisted of 12 public sector banks (PSBs), 21 private sector banks (PVBs), 45 foreign banks (FBs), 12 SFBs, six PBs, 43 RRBs, and two LABs.
Following a merger process, [43] [44] the merger of the 5 remaining associate banks, (viz. State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Patiala, State Bank of Travancore); and the Bharatiya Mahila Bank) with the SBI was given an in-principle approval by the Union Cabinet on 15 June 2016. [45]
HDFC held 26.14% of shares in HDFC Bank. HDFC Bank sources home loans for HDFC for a fee. [22] The key business areas of HDFC Bank were wholesale and retail banking and treasury operations. As of April 2023, its market capitalisation was ₹ 941,386 crore (US$110 billion), making it India's third largest publicly traded company. [23]
The seven other state banks became subsidiaries of the new bank in 1959 when the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959 was passed by the Union government. [ 1 ] The next major government intervention in banking took place on 19 July 1969 when the Indira government nationalised an additional 14 major banks.
CDSL is the largest depository in India in terms of number of demat accounts opened. In February, CDSL became the first depository in India to open 60 million active demat accounts. [4] As of March 2022, the depository holds assets worth ₹ 37.2 trillion, [5] with over 580 depository participants associated with CDSL. [6]
Under the act, the HDFC was established as a state-owned enterprise. The act was amended in 2003, allowing the HDFC to reestablish itself as a specialised bank. The bank was listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange in 2005. Beginning in 2011, the bank broadened its scope of operations to enter into new market segments of banking. [5]
Atanu Chakraborty (born 5 April 1960) [1] is the chairperson of HDFC Bank. He was appointed by the Reserve Bank of India in April 2021. [2] [3] He is a retired 1985 batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service and Gujarat cadre, and served as the Economic Affairs Secretary of India until his retirement in April 2020. His participation in ...