DFC Bank Limited (BSE: 500180, NSE: HDFCBANK, NYSE: HDB) is an

Indianfinancial services company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra that was

incorporated in August 1994. HDFC Bank is the fifth or sixth largest bank in India
by assets and the second largest bank by market capitalization as of February 24,
2012. The bank was promoted by the Housing Development Finance Corporation,
a premier housing finance company (set up in 1977) of India. HDFC Bank has
1,986 branches and over 5,471 ATMs, in 996 cities in India, and all branches of the
bank are linked on an online real-time basis. As of 30 September 2008 the bank
had total assets of Rs.1006.82 billion.[3] For the fiscal year 2010-11, the bank has
reported net profit of 3,926.30 crore (US$742.07 million), up 33.1% from the
previous fiscal. Total annual earnings of the bank increased by 20.37% reaching at
24,263.4 crore (US$4.59 billion) in 2010-11.[4] HDFC Bank is one of the Big Four
banks of India, along with: State Bank of India, ICICI Bank and Punjab National
Bank.
Contents

1 History
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1.1 Business focus

1.2 Wholesale banking services

1.3 Retail banking services

1.4 Treasury

1.5 Distribution network

2 See also

3 References

4 External links
[edit]History
HDFC Bank was incorporated in 1994 by Housing Development Finance
Corporation Limited (HDFC), India's largest housing finance company. It was

among the first companies to receive an 'in principle' approval from the Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) to set up a bank in the private sector. The Bank started
operations as a scheduled commercial bank in January 1995 under the RBI's
liberalisation policies.
Times Bank Limited (owned by Bennett, Coleman & Co. / Times Group) was
merged with HDFC Bank Ltd., in 2000. This was the first merger of two private
banks in India. Shareholders of Times Bank received 1 share of HDFC Bank for
every 5.75 shares of Times Bank.
In 2008 HDFC Bank acquired Centurion Bank of Punjab taking its total branches
to more than 1,000. The amalgamated bank emerged with a base of about Rs.
1,22,000 crore and net advances of about Rs.89,000 crore. The balance sheet size
of the combined entity is more than Rs. 1,63,000 crore.[citation needed]
[edit]Business focus
HDFC Bank deals with three key business segments. - Wholesale Banking
Services, Retail Banking Services, Treasury. It has entered the banking consortia of
over 50 corporates for providing working capital finance, trade services, corporate
finance, and merchant banking. It is also providing sophisticated product structures
in areas of foreign exchange and derivatives, money markets and debt trading And
Equity research.
[edit]Wholesale banking services
For customers from ongoleBlue-chip manufacturing companies in the Indian
corp to small & mid-sized corporates and agri-based businesses the Bank provides
a wide range of commercial and transactional banking services, including working
capital finance, trade services, transactional services, cash management, etc. The
bank is also a leading provider of the above services to its corporate customers,
mutual funds, stock exchange members and banks.
[edit]Retail banking services
HDFC Bank was the first bank in India to launch an International Debit Card in
association with VISA (Visa Electron) and issues the MasterCard Maestro debit
card as well. The Bank launched its credit card business in late 2001. By March
2009, the bank had a total card base (debit and credit cards) of over 13 million. The
Bank is also one of the leading players in the merchant acquiring business with
over 70,000 Point-of-sale (POS) terminals for debit / credit cards acceptance at

merchant establishments. The Bank is positioned in various net based B2C

opportunities including a wide range of internet banking services for Fixed
Deposits, Loans, Bill Payments, etc.With Finest of Technology and Best of Man
power in Banking Industry HDFC BANK's retail services have become by and
large the best in India and since the contribution to CASAi,e total number of
current and savings account of more than 50%, HDFC BANK has full potential to
become Indias No.1 Private Sector Bank.
[edit]Treasury
Within this business, the bank has three main product areas - Foreign Exchange
and Derivatives, Local Currency Money Market & Debt Securities, and Equities.
These services are provided through the bank's Treasury team. To comply with
statutory reserve requirements, the bank is required to hold 25% of its deposits in
government securities. The Treasury business is responsible for managing the
returns and market risk on this investment portfolio.
[edit]Distribution network

An HDFC Bank Branch

HDFC Bank is headquartered in Mumbai and as of March 31, 2012, the Banks
distribution network was at 2,544 branches and 8,913 ATMs in 1,399 cities as
against 1,986 branches and 10000 ATMs in 996 cities as of october,2012.