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HDFC Credila was a non-banking finance company and the first Indian lender to exclusively focus on education loans. [30] The company lended to under-graduate and post-graduate students studying in India or abroad.
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. [37] It also launched SmartWealth app in 2024.
The company is a joint venture between Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (HDFC), one of India's leading housing finance institutions and Abrdn, a global investment company. [5] As of 31 March 2020, the promoters; HDFC Ltd. and Standard Life (Mauritius Holdings) 2006 Ltd. hold a 51.69% and 34.75% stake in HDFC Life respectively. [5]
To qualify for an HDFC unit, one must possess some liquidity because HDFC cooperatives are cash strapped and tend to look for buyers with a large amount of cash for down payments or cash-only sales. This can disqualify many people with low incomes that cannot afford to make the down payments required by the HDFC co-ops.
Payment protection insurance (PPI), also known as credit insurance, credit protection insurance, or loan repayment insurance, is an insurance product that enables consumers to ensure repayment of credit if the borrower dies, becomes ill, disabled, loses a job, or faces other circumstances that may prevent them from earning income to service the debt.
Hasmukh Thakordas Parekh (10 March 1911 – 18 November 1994) was an Indian financial entrepreneur, writer and philanthropist. He played a role in the development of Industrial Credit & Investment Corporation of India, now ICICI Bank, founded the Housing Development Finance Corporation, and in 1992 was awarded the Padma Bhushan for his contribution to the finance industry in India. [2]
[22] [23] As of March 2024, 86% of its gross loan assets are from home loans, and 13% from the loan against property vertical. [2] The company operates in 13 states and union territories through 133 branches and 321 touchpoints. [3] As of March 2024, 58.5% of its loan assets are from the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. [3] [24] [5]
For example, the Annual Percentage Rate (APR) on an unsecured loan is often much higher than on a secured loan or logbook loan. If a borrower defaults on a loan (due to insolvency or another event), that borrower loses the property pledged as collateral, with the lender then becoming the owner of the property.