MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

22.07.2013

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

HDFC BANK LIMITED

 

 

Registered Office :

HDFC Bank House, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel, West, Mumbai – 400013, Maharashtra

 

 

Country :

India

 

 

Financials (as on) :

31.03.2013

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

30.08.1994

 

 

Com. Reg. No.:

11-080618

 

 

Capital Investment / Paid-up Capital :

Rs. 4758.838 Millions

 

 

CIN No.:

[Company Identification No.]

L65920MH1994PLC080618

 

 

TAN No.:

[Tax Deduction & Collection Account No.]

MUMH03189E / MUMH08037B/ MUMH07347Es

 

 

PAN No.:

[Permanent Account No.]

AAACH2702H

 

 

Legal Form :

It is a Public Limited Liability Bank.  The banks shares are listed on the Stock Exchanges.

 

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in providing a range of banking and financial services including commercial banking and treasury operations.

 

 

No. of Employees :

55752 (Approximately)

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

Aa (75)

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

Large

 

Maximum Credit Limit :

USD 1448560000

 

 

Status :

Good

 

 

Payment Behaviour :

Regular

 

 

Litigation :

Exist 

 

 

Comments :

Subject is an established and a highly successful commercial bank in the private sector. Financial position of the bank is good. Fundamentals are strong and healthy. Trade relations are fair. Payment are regular and as per commitment.

 

The bank can be considered for any normal business dealings under usual trade terms and conditions.

 

NOTES :

Any query related to this report can be made on e-mail : infodept@mirainform.com while quoting report number, name and date.

 

 

ECGC Country Risk Classification List – March 31st, 2013

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.12.2012)

Current Rating

(31.03.2013)

India

A1

A1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 

 

EXTERNAL AGENCY RATING

 

Rating Agency Name

CARE

Rating

Lower Tier II Bonds AAA

Rating Explanation

Highest degree of safety and lowest credit risk.

Date

October 25, 2012

 

 

RBI DEFAULTERS’ LIST STATUS

 

Subject’s name is not enlisted as a defaulter in the publicly available RBI Defaulters’ list.

 

 

EPF (Employee Provident Fund) DEFAULTERS’ LIST STATUS

 

Subject’s name is not enlisted as a defaulter in the publicly available EPF (Employee Provident Fund) Defaulters’ list as of 31-03-2012.

 

 

LOCATIONS

 

Registered Office :

HDFC Bank House, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai – 400013, Maharashtra, India

Tel. No.:

91-22-66521000/ 24901896

Fax No.:

91-22-24960737/ 24960696

E-Mail :

sanjay.dongre@hdfcbank.com

gambhir.singh1@hdfcbank.com

Website :

http://www.hdfcbank.com

 

 

Branches :

WESTERN ZONE

 

  • Mumbai
  • Patalganga
  • Pune
  • Goa
  • Ahmedabad
  • Dahej
  • Vadodara

 

NORTH ZONE

 

  • New Delhi
  • Chandigarh
  • Ludiana
  • Jalandhar
  • Gurgaon
  • Indore

  

SOUTH ZONE

 

  • Hyderabad
  • Secunderabad 
  • Vishakhapatnam
  • Cochin 
  • Chennai 
  • Coimbatore
  • Bangalore

  

EAST ZONE

  • Calcutta

 

 

DIRECTORS

 

As on: 31.03.2013

 

Name :

Mr. C. M. Vasudev

Designation :

Chairman

 

 

Name :

Mrs. Renu Karnad

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Ashim Samanta (upto 18.11.2012)

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Dr. Pandit Palande

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Partho Datta

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Bobby Parikh

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. A. N. Roy

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Keki Mistry

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Vijay Merchant (appointed on 14.03.2013)

Designation :

Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Aditya Puri

Designation :

Managing Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Harish Engineer

Designation :

Executive Director

 

 

Name :

Mr. Paresh Sukthankar

Designation :

Executive Director

 

 

KEY EXECUTIVES

 

Name :

Mr. Sanjay Dongre

Designation :

Executive Vice President (Legal) and Company Secretary

 

 

Senior Management Team :

Mr. A Parthasarthy

Mr. Abhay Aima

Mr. Anil Jaggia

Mr. Anil Nath

Mr. Bhavesh Zaveri

Mr. Jimmy Tata

Mr. Kaizad Bharucha

Mr. Navin Puri

Mr. Rahul Bhagat

Mr. Rajender Sehgal

Mr. Sashi Jagdishan

Mr. V Chakrapani

 

 

MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS / SHAREHOLDING PATTERN

 

As on: 30.06.2013

 

Category of Shareholder

Total No. of Shares

Total Shareholding as a % of total No. of Shares

(A) Shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group

 

 

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif(1) Indian

 

 

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifBodies Corporate

543216100

27.41

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifSub Total

543216100

27.41

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif(2) Foreign

 

 

Total shareholding of Promoter and Promoter Group (A)

543216100

27.41

(B) Public Shareholding

 

 

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif(1) Institutions

 

 

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifMutual Funds / UTI

93346129

4.71

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifFinancial Institutions / Banks

646393

0.03

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifCentral Government / State Government(s)

452593

0.02

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifInsurance Companies

111258316

5.61

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifForeign Institutional Investors

823929708

41.57

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifQualified Foreign Investor

2874

0.00

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifSub Total

1029636013

51.95

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif(2) Non-Institutions

 

 

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifBodies Corporate

193067371

9.74

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifIndividuals

 

 

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifIndividual shareholders holding nominal share capital up to Rs. 1 lakh

157818208

7.96

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifIndividual shareholders holding nominal share capital in excess of Rs. 1 lakh

46022369

2.32

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifQualified Foreign Investor

50

0.00

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifAny Others (Specify)

12307372

0.62

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifNon Resident Indians

8495496

0.43

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifOverseas Corporate Bodies

522010

0.03

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifForeign Corporate Bodies

3289696

0.17

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifForeign Nationals

170

0.00

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifSub Total

409215370

20.65

Total Public shareholding (B)

1438851383

72.59

Total (A)+(B)

1982067483

100.00

(C) Shares held by Custodians and against which Depository Receipts have been issued

0

0.00

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif(1) Promoter and Promoter Group

0

0.00

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gif(2) Public

406665702

0.00

http://www.bseindia.com/include/images/clear.gifSub Total

406665702

0.00

Total (A)+(B)+(C)

2388733185

0.00

 

 

BUSINESS DETAILS

 

Line of Business :

Subject is engaged in providing a range of banking and financial services including commercial banking and treasury operations.

 

 

GENERAL INFORMATION

 

No. of Employees :

55752 (Approximately)

 

 

Bankers :

Reserve Bank of India

 

 

Facilities :

BORROWINGS

31.03.2013

[Rs. in Millions]

31.03.2012

[Rs. in Millions]

I Borrowings in India

 

 

i) Reserve Bank of India

2750.000

400.000

ii) Other banks

7246.758

8693.256

iii) Other institutions and agencies

24390.200

28182.425

iv) Upper and lower Tier II capital and innovative perpetual debts

160439.000

105969.000

Total

194825.958

143244.681

 

 

 

II Borrowings outside India*

135240.014

95220.405

 

 

 

TOTAL

330065.972

238465.086

 

 

 

(* Includes upper Tier II debt of Rs. 5428.500 millions (previous year : Rs. 5087.500 millions)

Secured borrowings included in I and II above : Rs. Nil (previous year : Rs. Nil)

 

Banking Relations :

--

 

 

Statutory Auditors

 

Name :

BSR and Company

Chartered Accountants

 

 

Promoter

Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited

 

 

Enterprises under common control of the promoter:

  • HDFC Asset Management Company Limited
  • HDFC Developers Limited
  • HDFC Investments Limited
  • GRUH Finance Limited
  • HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company Limited
  • HDFC Ventures Trustee Company Limited
  • Griha Investments
  • HDFC Education and Development Services Private Limited
  • HDFCProperty VenturesLimited
  • HDFC Life Pension Fund Management Company Limited
  • HDFC Standard Life Insurance Company Limited
  • HDFC Holdings Limited
  • HDFC Trustee Company Limited
  • HDFC Realty Limited
  • HDFC Venture Capital Limited
  • HDFC Sales Private Limited
  • Credila Financial Services Private Limited
  • HDFC Asset Management Company (Singapore) Pte. Limited
  • Griha Pte Limited
  • HT Parekh Foundation

 

 

Subsidiaries:

  • HDFC Securities Limited
  • HDB Financial Services Limited

 

 

Associates:

  • Atlas Documentary Facilitators Company Private Limited
  • HBL Global Private Limited
  • Centillion Solutions and Services Private Limited (ceased to be an associate from December 31, 2011)
  • International Asset Reconstruction Company Private Limited

 

 

Welfare trust of the Bank:

HDB Employees Welfare Trust

 


 

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

After 13.03.2013

 

Authorised Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

2750000000

Equity Shares

Rs. 2/- each

Rs.5500.000 millions

 

 

 

 

 

Issued, Subscribed & Paid-up Capital :

No. of Shares

Type

Value

Amount

 

 

 

 

2379419030

Equity Shares

Rs. 2/- each

Rs. 4758.838 Millions

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

FINANCIAL DATA

[all figures are in Rupees Millions]

 

ABRIDGED BALANCE SHEET

 

SOURCES OF FUNDS

 

31.03.2013

31.03.2012

31.03.2011

CAPITAL AND LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital

4758.838

4693.377

4652.257

Reserves and surplus

357382.646

294550.358

249111.291

Employees’ stock options (grants) outstanding

0.000

3.020

29.135

Deposits

2962469.846

2467064.459

2085864.054

Borrowings

330065.972

238465.086

143940.610

Other liabilities and provisions

348641.671

374318.690

289928.565

 

 

 

 

                                                                             TOTAL

4003318.973

3379094.990

2773525.912

 

 

 

 

       ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and balances with Reserve Bank of India

146273.990

149910.945

251008.158

Balances with banks and money at call and short notice

126527.699

59466.318

45680.191

Investments

1116135.953

974829.094

709293.656

Advances

2397206.432

1954200.292

1599826.654

Fixed assets

27030.813

23471.940

21706.480

Other assets

190144.086

217216.401

146010.773

 

 

 

 

                                                                             TOTAL

4003318.973

3379094.990

2773525.912

 

 

 

 

Contingent liabilities

7201224.293

8652928.262

5751224.839

Bills for collection

261039.630

186924.956

134284.924

 

 

PROFIT & LOSS ACCOUNT

 

 

PARTICULARS

3103.2013

31.03.2012

31.03.2011

 

SALES

 

 

 

 

 

Income

350648.736

278741.928

199282.122

 

 

Other Income

68526.226

57836.255

43351.527

 

 

TOTAL                                    

419174.962

336578.183

242633.649

 

 

 

 

 

Less

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expended

192537.521

149895.780

93850.839

 

 

Operating expenses

112361.165

92776.403

71529.141

 

 

Provisions and contingencies

47013.428

42235.093

37989.660

 

 

                                   

351912.114

284907.276

203369.640

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFIT

 

 

 

 

 

Net profit for the year

67262.848

51670.907

39264.009

 

 

Balance in Profit and Loss account brought forward

83996.470

61742.416

45327.948

 

 

TOTAL

151259.318

113413.323

84591.957

 

 

 

 

 

Less

APPROPRIATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

Transfer to Statutory Reserve

16815.712

12917.726

9816.002

 

 

Proposed dividend

13090.810

10090.760

7676.224

 

 

Tax (including cess) on dividend

2224.783

1636.973

1245.275

 

 

Dividend (including tax / cess thereon) pertaining to previous year paid during the year

44.748

21.240

26.484

 

 

Transfer to General Reserve

6726.285

5167.091

3926.401

 

 

Transfer to Capital Reserve

858.498

0.000

3.568

 

 

Transfer to / (from) Investment Reserve Account

176.636

(416.937

155.587

 

 

Balance carried over to Balance Sheet

111321.846

83669.470

61742.416

 

 

TOTAL

151259.318

113413.323

84591.957

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings Per Share (Rs.)

 

 

 

 

Basic

28.49

22.11

17.00

 

Diluted

28.18

21.91

16.81

 

 

LOCAL AGENCY FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Sr. No.

Check List by Info Agents

Available in Report (Yes / No)

1]

Year of Establishment

Yes

2]

Locality of the firm

Yes

3]

Constitutions of the firm

Yes

4]

Premises details

No

5]

Type of Business

Yes

6]

Line of Business

Yes

7]

Promoter's background

No

8]

No. of employees

Yes

9]

Name of person contacted

Yes

10]

Designation of contact person

No

11]

Turnover of firm for last three years

Yes

12]

Profitability for last three years

Yes

13]

Reasons for variation <> 20%

----------------------

14]

Estimation for coming financial year

No

15]

Capital in the business

Yes

16]

Details of sister concerns

Yes

17]

Major suppliers

No

18]

Major customers

No

19]

Payments terms

No

20]

Export / Import details (if applicable)

No

21]

Market information

----------------------

22]

Litigations that the firm / promoter involved in

Yes

23]

Banking Details

Yes

24]

Banking facility details

Yes

25]

Conduct of the banking account

----------------------

26]

Buyer visit details

----------------------

27]

Financials, if provided

Yes

28]

Incorporation details, if applicable

Yes

29]

Last accounts filed at ROC

Yes

30]

Major Shareholders, if available

Yes

31]

Date of Birth of Proprietor/Partner/Director, if available

No

32]

PAN of Proprietor/Partner/Director, if available

No

33]

Voter ID No of Proprietor/Partner/Director, if available

No

34]

External Agency Rating, if available

Yes

 

 

LITIGATIONS DETAILS:

CASE DETAILS

BENCH: BOMBAY

 

Stamp No: FAST/26659/2012   Filing Date: 26.09.2012    Reg. No. FA/1482/2012     Reg. Date 09.10.2012

 

Petitioner: JANATA SAHAKARIO BANK LIMITED, PUNE      Respondent: HDFC BANK LIMITED

Petn. Adv. : BENNY JOSEPH LAW OFFICES     Resp. Adv. T.N. TRIPATHI AND CO FOR RESPONDENT

District: Pune  

 

Bench: SINGLE

Status: Pre-Admission

Next Date: 29.07.2013                                           Stage: APPEALS FOR ADMISSION – AFTER NOTICE

                                                                                                            [CIVIL SIDE MATTERS]

Coram: HONBLE SHRI JUSTICE S.V. GANGAPURWALA

Last Date: 08.07.2013                                           Stage: APPEALS FOR ADMISSION – AFTER NOTICE

                                                                                                           [CIVIL SIDE MATTERS] 

Last Coram: HONBLE SHRI JUSTICE S.V. GANGAPURWALA

 

Act: C.P.C. – (Non – Interlocutory Order)

 

 


CHARGES:

 

ENTITY

 PERSON

COMPETENT AUTHORITY

 REGULATORY CHARGES

 REGULATORY ACTION(S) / DATE OF ORDER

FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS

HDFC Bank Limited

 

RBI

Did Not Comply With “Know Your Customer” Norms In Opening And/Or Operating The Accounts

Did Not Observe Certain Safeguards In Respect Of Arrangement Of “At Par” Payment Of Cheques Drawn By Co-Operative Banks

Did Not Adhere To Kyc Compliance For Walk In Customers Including For Sale Of Third Party Products

Did Not File Cash Transaction Reports (Ctrs) In Respect Of Some Cash Transactions, Sale Of Gold Coins For Cash Beyond Rs. 50,000.00

Did Not Obtain Permanent Account Number (Pan) Card Details Or Form 60/61

Did Not Verify Source Of Funds Credited To Few Non-Resident Ordinary (Nro) Accounts

Did Not Re-Designate Few Accounts As Nro Accounts

IMPOSED PENALTY RS.4,50,00,000 

10-JUN-2013

 

HDFC BANK LTD.   

 

RBI

Did Not Adhere To Instructions Issued By RBI In Respect Of Derivatives, Such As Failure To Carry Out Due Diligence In Regard To Suitability Of Products, Selling Derivative Products To Users Not Having Risk Management Policies And Not Verifying Underlying/Adequacy Of Underlying And Eligible Limits Under Past Performance Route

IMPOSED PENALTY RS.15,00,000

26-APR-2011

 

 

 

CONTINGENT LIABILITIES:

 

Particulars

31.03.2013

31.03.2012

Claims against the bank not acknowledged as debts - taxation

9349.100

13567.900

Claims against the bank not acknowledged as debts - others

3975.400

2876.193

Liability on account of outstanding forward exchange contracts

4467860.687

5648764.494

Liability on account of outstanding derivative contracts

2292213.027

2626390.521

Guarantees given on behalf of constituents :

 

 

- In India

162354.571

133170.215

- Outside India

3993.576

436.144

Acceptances, endorsements and other obligations

220595.426

209182.124

Other items for which the bank is contingently liable

40882.506

18540.671

 

 

 

                                                                                   TOTAL

7201224.293

8652928.262

 

 

BACKGROUND:

 

Subject (‘HDFC Bank’ or ‘the Bank’), incorporated in Mumbai, India is a publicly held banking company engaged in providing a range of banking and financial services including commercial banking and treasury operations. The Bank is governed by the Banking Regulation Act, 1949. The Bank has overseas branch operations in Bahrain and Hong Kong.

 


AWARDS:

As in the past years, awards and recognition were conferred on the Bank by leading domestic and international organizations and publications during the financial year ended March 31, 2013.

 

Some of them are:

 

Asia Money Best Bank Awards

- Best Domestic Banking India

 

Business world Awards for Banking Excellence

- Most tech-friendly Bank

-Deal of the year (Rupee bonds)

 

CNBC TV18 India Best Banks and Financial Institutions Awards

- Best Private Sector Bank

 

CSO Forum Information Technology Awards

- Best Information Security Practice DSCI Information Technology Awards

- Security Leader of the year

- Security in Bank

 

Dun and Bradstreet Banking Awards

- Overall Best Bank

- Best Private Sector Bank

- Best Asset Quality-Private Sector

- Best Retail Banking-Private Sector

 

Dun and Bradstreet Corporate Awards-India's Top 500 Companies

- Best Bank in India

 

Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence

- Company of the year 2012

 

Financial Express Best Bank Awards

- Best Bank-Private Sector

- Best in Strength and Soundness

- Best Banker

-Mr. Aditya Puri

 

IBA Banking Technology Awards

- Best Online Bank

- Best use of Business Intelligence

- Best Customer Relationship Initiative

- Best Risk Management and Security initiative

- Best use of Mobility Technology in Banking

 

IDRBT Banking Technology Excellence Awards

- Best Bank in IT for Operational Effectiveness

 

Mint Aon Hewitt's India's Best Managed Boards

- HDFC Bank among India's six best managed Boards 2012

 

Nasscom CNBC-TV18 Innovation Awards

- Best IT driven innovation in Banking (Commercial)

 

National Quality Excellence Awards

- Best Customer Service Result

 

NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards

- Best Bank in India

 

Skoch Foundation Financial and Inclusion Awards

- Organisation of the Year

 

 

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSIONS AND ANALYSIS

 

MACRO-ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENTS

 

It was a challenging year for the Indian economy with lingering concerns over global growth prospects and financial stability weighing on external demand and international funding. Further, local headwinds such as firm inflation, rising interest rates and policy impediments to investment only exacerbated the impact of a shaky global environment on domestic growth. Headline GDP growth as a result is likely to have fallen to 5.0% in FY13 from 6.2% a year ago and 9.3% in FY11.While there was some course correction by way of policy responses both from the government and the central bank their impact will be visible only with a lag. In particular, the government has embraced a path of fiscal consolidation that kept the fiscal deficit target for FY13 below the initial level of 5.1% of GDP and it is likely that the fiscal deficit could drift lower to 4.8% of GDP in FY14.The RBI on the other hand fell back on measured policy easing in FY13 that could gain momentum amidst the prospect of falling inflation amidst weak global commodity prices and subdued domestic demand. That said, macro-stability risks from a large current account deficit which is likely to have reached a record 5.1% of GDP in FY13 and placed the rupee under extreme depreciation pressure could curtail the extent of this easing. On balance, the prospect of some monetary easing going ahead, a normal monsoon and some traction in government capital expenditure could pave the way for a revival in GDP growth to 5.8%-6% in FY14 and could keep India a significant out-performer in the global context.

 

MISSION, BUSINESS STRATEGY AND APPROACH TO BUSINESS

 

The Bank’s mission is to be a ‘World Class Indian Bank’, benchmarking itself against international standards and best practices in terms of product offerings, technology, service levels, risk management, audit and compliance. The objective is to continue building sound customer franchises across distinct businesses so as to be a preferred provider of banking services for its target retail and wholesale customer segments, and to achieve a healthy growth in profitability, consistent with the Bank’s risk appetite.

 

From inception, the Bank’s business philosophy has been based on four core values: Operational Excellence, Customer Focus, Product Leadership and People. During the year, they have added Sustainability as the fifth core value. Based on these cornerstones, it is their aim to build an Indian Bank that meets the financial needs, and provides services of a high quality to its customers across the country.

 

The Bank is committed to do this while ensuring the highest levels of ethical standards, professional integrity, corporate governance and regulatory compliance. The Bank understands and respects its fiduciary role and responsibility to all stakeholders and strives to meet their expectations. The cardinal principles of independence, accountability, responsibility, transparency, fair and timely disclosures, etc. serve as the basis of their approach to corporate governance. The Bank believes that diversity and independence of the Board, transparent disclosures, shareholder communication and effective regulatory compliance are necessary for creating and sustaining shareholder value. The Bank has infused these principles into all its activities.

 

The Bank also has a well-documented Code of Ethics / Conduct Policy which defines the high business responsibility and ethical standards to be adhered to while conducting the business of the Bank and mandates compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. Every employee, including senior management has to affirm annually that they will abide by the conduct rules.

 

Consistent with the mission and approach, the Bank’s business strategy emphasizes the following:

 

·         Develop innovative products and services that attract its target customers and address inefficiencies in the Indian financial sector;

 

·         Increase its market share in India’s expanding banking and financial services industry by following a disciplined growth strategy focusing on balancing quality and volume growth while delivering high quality customer service;

 

·         Leverage its technology platform and open scalable systems to deliver more products to more customers and to control operating costs;

 

·         Maintain high risk standards for asset quality through disciplined credit risk management;

 

·         Continue to develop products and services that reduce its cost of funds;

 

·         Focus on healthy earnings growth and low volatility; and integrate their activities in community development, social responsibility and environmental responsibility with their business practices and operations

 

 

FINANCIAL INCLUSION

 

Over the last few years, the Bank has been working on a number of initiatives to promote Financial Inclusion across identified sections of rural and semi urban, under-banked and un-banked consumers. These initiatives target segments of the population that have limited or no access to the formal banking system by building a robust and sustainable model that provides relevant services and viable timely credit that ultimately results in economically uplifting its customers and substitutes borrowings at usurious rates.

 

The Bank’s initiatives in the rural or deeper geography dovetails into its financial inclusion plans and also complements its Corporate Social Responsibility initiative where the endeavor has been to provide banking services which are viable both for the customer and the Bank.

 

The Bank’s financial inclusion initiatives have been integrated across its various businesses, and product groups. As of March 31, 2013 the Bank had brought over 6.4 million households who were hitherto excluded from basic banking services, into the banking fold.

 

 

PRESS RELEASE:

 

Analysts vote HDFC Bank as Best Bank in Asia, Mr. Aditya Puri, Best CEO

July 8, 2013

 

Mumbai: HDFC Bank has been voted as the Best Bank in Asia on the list of ‘Best Investor Relations Companies, based on a survey conducted by global magazine Institutional Investor. The survey further ranked HDFC Bank 3rd on the list of Best Companies in India.

 

The 1500 respondents of the survey also recognised the bank’s top management. Mr. Aditya Puri, MD, HDFC Bank was voted the Best CEO in Asia in the banking sector. Other top CEOs in their respective sectors included Mr. Rajiv Bajaj of Bajaj Auto (Auto & Auto Parts sector), Mr. Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries, (Oil & Gas sector) and Mr. N Chandrasekaran of TCS (IT sector). Mr. Sashidhar Jagdishan, CFO, HDFC Bank was named Best CFO in Asia.

 

HDFC Bank took the 9th position in the overall list of ‘Most Honoured Companies in Asia’, with Infosys being the only other Indian company ahead of the bank at number 4.

 

These rankings were the results of a survey conducted by Institutional Investor Magazine to pick its All-Asia Executive Team for 2013. The publication surveyed buy-side analysts, portfolio managers and sell-side analysts at securities firms and financial institutions across non-Japanese Asia. These analysts and investors were asked to name the best CEOs, CFOs, investor relations professionals and companywide IR efforts in their domains.

 

At the close of the survey, it had taken into consideration the opinions of 991 money managers and investment professionals at around 550 buy-side firms, and approximately 600 sell-side analysts from over 75 institutions. Polling began on January 7, 2013 and concluded on March 22, 2013.

 

Here are some more details on Institutional Investor’s All-Asia Executive Team for 2013:

 

Ranking

Position

Best Companies in India

HDFC Bank was ranked 3rd on the list. Infosys and TCS were in positions 1 and 2 respectively

Best Investor Relations Companies’

HDFC Bank ranks first in Asia in the banking sector.

Best CEO in Asia in in the banking sector

Mr Aditya Puri, MD HDFC Bank voted as Best CEO in Asia among Banks by both Buy-side and sell-side analysts.

Most Honoured Companies in Asia

HDFC Bank ranks 9th in Asia. Infosys comes in at rank 4

Best CFO in Asia (Banking Sector)

Mr Sashidhar Jagdishan voted Best CFO in Asia by buy-side analysts and ranked second by sell-side analysts.

 

 

HDFC BANK NAMED ORGANISATION OF THE YEAR AT SKOCH FINANCIAL INCLUSION AWARDS

January 15, 2013

 

Mumbai: HDFC Bank the second largest private sector Bank in India has been named Organisation of the Year at the Skoch Financial Inclusion Awards 2013. HDFC Bank received the award for using technology as a common thread for all its initiatives in micro-credit, micro-savings, micro-insurance, capacity building, financial literacy and Self Help Group (SHG) Linkage.

 

The award was presented to HDFC Bank for taking its services to 1.5 million households at the bottom of the pyramid with a total loan disbursement of over Rs 17000.000 millions since inception of the viable finance initiative. “The Bank has counseled over 200,000 Self Help Group (SHG) and Joint Liability Group (JLG) members resulting in 89,000 SHGs getting credit linkage. They have also managed to successfully open 48,000 micro-recurring and fixed deposits and have supported over 600,000 of its low-income microfinance clients with life insurance coverage,” stated the Skoch Development Foundation on their website about HDFC Bank.

 

The Skoch Financial Inclusion Awards seek to recognise best practices from the banking and financial services sector to promote inclusive growth and poverty alleviation from across urban and rural India. Other notable awardees included International Finance Corporation, Steel Authority of India Limited, Microsoft, Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Informatics Centre.

 

“At HDFC Bank, sustainable livelihood banking has emerged as a critical component to building inclusive growth and taking banking services to the unbanked. We are committed to bringing 10 million families (40 million individuals) into the banking fold and providing world-class technology-enabled services to every customer, across India. With a growing network of rural branches and technological innovations like Anywhere Bank Terminals (ABT) and Loan Originating System (LOS), HDFC Bank is reaching out to an important constituent; customers in the rural areas. Banking facilities such as cash withdrawal and deposit are now available to rural customers at their doorstep,” said Anil Jaggia, CIO, HDFC Bank.

 

"Our strategy involves empowering lives by making micro credit, insurance, remittance and other financial services available across the length and breadth of the country, from a small city like Moga in Punjab in the northern province to Saharanpur in UP, to regions such as Rajasmand and Pali in Rajasthan, to Hazaribag in the East and to cities like Thucklay and Ramanathapuram down south. We also provide credit counseling and skills training because this enables the poor to build assets, diversify and increase income, and reduce their vulnerability to economic stress,” said Manohara Raj, Executive Vice President and Business Head - Microfinance, HDFC Bank.

 

HDFC BANK LAUNCHES 87 BRANCHES IN ONE DAY ACROSS PUNJAB AND HARYANA

November 26, 2012

 

                                             Bharat Credit Card for farmers also launched

                                                   Majority of the branches opened in rural areas

 

Chandigarh: HDFC Bank the second largest private sector bank, today launched 87 rural branches across the states of Punjab and Haryana. Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal inaugurated 51 branches in the state. In Haryana, 36 branches were launched by Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda.  These are 3-4 member full-service branches located primarily in the rural areas.


The launch of rural branches reflects HDFC Bank's commitment to push deeper into the rural areas and bring millions of Indians into the banking fold.


 Along with the launch of rural branches, HDFC Bank also launched HDFC Bank VISA Bharat credit card. The credit card is an exclusive card targeted towards farmers and agriculturists and provides a wide range of offerings. The new global credit card has special features designed with Indian farmers and their shopping needs in mind. The card will offer farmers’ cash back on every purchase as well as a waiver on petrol surcharge on fuel transactions between Rs 400 and Rs 5000. The launch of Bharat credit card is in line with the Bank's objective to offer a wide portfolio of products and services to farmers, who constitute a large section of the rural population in the country.


 The push into deeper geographies is part of HDFC Bank’s Board approved mandate to bring 10 million unbanked families (40 million individuals) into the banking fold. The launch of these branches, largely in the rural areas, will further enhance the thrust to achieve the mission of providing world class banking products and services across the length and breadth of the country. Not only is the Bank expanding across tier 2 and 3 towns and cities, but also to remote locations like Mangaliya Sadak in Madhya Pradesh, Kargil, Leh in the North and in the interiors of Meghalaya in the North East.

 
“We are committed to providing efficient, technology driven banking products and services across India to help bring about inclusive growth. The launch of the 87 full-service rural branches reiterates this commitment and we are confident that our endeavour will help in the economic development of the rural areas in the state of Punjab and Haryana, “said Navin Puri, Country Head, Branch Banking, HDFC Bank.


“Agriculture is a critical sector of the Indian economy and forms the backbone of our country. The role of farmers in the economic development is vital. Just like the Doctor's credit card and credit card for Teachers', HDFC Bank through the launch of Bharat credit card hopes to fulfill the needs and desires of this important segment of the society. The Bharat Credit Card will not only provide timely financial support to agriculturists when they require it, but also give them access to many additional features and benefits. This is a global credit card for Indian farmers,” said Parag Rao, Senior Executive Vice President, Business Head, Credit Cards and Merchant Acquiring Services, HDFC Bank.

 

HDFC BANK NET UP 30% AGAIN BUT BAD LOANS RISE MARGINALLY

Jul 17, 2013

 

HDFC Bank posted on Wednesday a 30 percent rise in first-quarter net profits, in line with expectations, boosted by higher fee income and credit growth.

 

The Mumbai-based lender, India’s third largest in terms of assets, has posted profit growth of more than 30 percent every quarter for the last decade.

 

Net profit rose to Rs 18400.000 millions in the quarter ended June from about Rs 14170.000 millions a year earlier. Net interest income grew nearly 21 percent to 44.16 billion rupees.

 

According to Thomson Reuters, analysts had expected a net profit of Rs 18460.000 millions for the bank. HDFC competes with bigger local rivals like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank.

 

Asset quality, valued by the market at about $27 billion, worsened slightly, with net nonperforming loans as a percentage of total assets at 0.3 percent compared with 0.2 percent a year ago.  Gross nonperforming assets remained unchanged quarter on quarter at 1 percent.

 

The bank’s net interest margins, however, remained flat at 4.6 percent, while net interest income rose 26.8 percent to Rs 44190.000 millions against Rs 34840.000 millions (YoY).

HDFC Bank’s conservative lending strategies have helped it maintain consistently strong growth and outperform local peers struggling with an increase in bad loans.

 

The Bank’s total Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) (computed as per Basel III guidelines) stood at 15.5% for the first quarter of FY14 as against a regulatory requirement of 9%.

 

Bank’s distribution network also grew to 3,119 branches and 11,088 ATMs in 1,891 cities at the end of the June quarter.

 

HDFC BANK SAYS GOT AN I-T ENQUIRY FOLLOWING COBRAPOST EXPOSE

                                                               June 27, 2013

 

Mumbai, Jun 27 (PTI) Following the Cobra post expose, private sector lender HDFC Bank received an Income Tax enquiry but it was not an assesses in the case.


"Yes, there was a tax enquiry and they had detailed discussions with our people concerned and the tax authorities are satisfied with our responses," bank chairman C M Vasudev told shareholders at the bank's annual general meeting here.


HDFC Bank Managing Director and Chief Executive Aditya Puri, however, clarified that the bank had appeared before the Income Tax department as a witness, and not as a tax assesses.


"We have met the tax authorities. Please remember, we have not met them as a tax assesses, we have met them as a witness," he told reporters.


The Cobra post expose purportedly showed officials of the country's top three private sector lenders -- ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank -- offering services which violated the existing money laundering and `know your customer'' norms

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Following this, the I-T department had sent notices to all the three lenders, seeking explanation on their positions for possible tax evasion.


Answering a query regarding the impact on the business of the bank, Vasudev said, "I don't imagine that genuine sort of business should get affected," adding that only the numbers posted next year will show the results.


He said the bank has a whistleblower policy in place and all the cases which come under that are seriously looked into.


Puri said the bank plans to open 300 branches on top of its over 3,000 already operating branches this year and added it takes up to three years for a branch to break-even.


Around 53 per cent of its branches at present are in semi-urban and rural areas, Puri said, adding the proportion will go up this year.

 

 


 

CMT REPORT (Corruption, Money Laundering & Terrorism]

 

The Public Notice information has been collected from various sources including but not limited to: The Courts, India Prisons Service, Interpol, etc.

 

1]         INFORMATION ON DESIGNATED PARTY

No exist designating subject or any of its beneficial owners, controlling shareholders or senior officers as terrorist or terrorist organization or whom notice had been received that all financial transactions involving their assets have been blocked or convicted, found guilty or against whom a judgement or order had been entered in a proceedings for violating money-laundering, anti-corruption or bribery or international economic or anti-terrorism sanction laws or whose assets were seized, blocked, frozen or ordered forfeited for violation of money laundering or international anti-terrorism laws.

 

2]         Court Declaration :

No exist to suggest that subject is or was the subject of any formal or informal allegations, prosecutions or other official proceeding for making any prohibited payments or other improper payments to government officials for engaging in prohibited transactions or with designated parties.

 

3]         Asset Declaration :

No records exist to suggest that the property or assets of the subject are derived from criminal conduct or a prohibited transaction.

 

4]         Record on Financial Crime :

            Charges or conviction registered against subject:                                                              None

 

5]         Records on Violation of Anti-Corruption Laws :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

6]         Records on Int’l Anti-Money Laundering Laws/Standards :

            Charges or investigation registered against subject:                                                          None

 

7]         Criminal Records

No available information exist that suggest that subject or any of its principals have been formally charged or convicted by a competent governmental authority for any financial crime or under any formal investigation by a competent government authority for any violation of anti-corruption laws or international anti-money laundering laws or standard.

 

8]         Affiliation with Government :

No record exists to suggest that any director or indirect owners, controlling shareholders, director, officer or employee of the company is a government official or a family member or close business associate of a Government official.

 

9]         Compensation Package :

Our market survey revealed that the amount of compensation sought by the subject is fair and reasonable and comparable to compensation paid to others for similar services.

 

10]        Press Report :

            No press reports / filings exists on the subject.

 


 

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 

MIRA INFORM as part of its Due Diligence do provide comments on Corporate Governance to identify management and governance. These factors often have been predictive and in some cases have created vulnerabilities to credit deterioration.

 

Our Governance Assessment focuses principally on the interactions between a company’s management, its Board of Directors, Shareholders and other financial stakeholders.

 

 

CONTRAVENTION

 

Subject is not known to have contravened any existing local laws, regulations or policies that prohibit, restrict or otherwise affect the terms and conditions that could be included in the agreement with the subject.

 

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.59.71

UK Pound

1

Rs.90.59

Euro

1

Rs.78.22

 

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Report Prepared by :

ANK

 


 

SCORE & RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

SCORE FACTORS

 

RANGE

POINTS

HISTORY

1~10

6

PAID-UP CAPITAL

1~10

9

OPERATING SCALE

1~10

9

FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

--BUSINESS SCALE

1~10

9

--PROFITABILIRY

1~10

8

--LIQUIDITY

1~10

9

--LEVERAGE

1~10

9

--RESERVES

1~10

8

--CREDIT LINES

1~10

8

--MARGINS

-5~5

-

DEMERIT POINTS

 

 

--BANK CHARGES

YES/NO

YES

--LITIGATION

YES/NO

YES

--OTHER ADVERSE INFORMATION

YES/NO

NO

MERIT POINTS

 

 

--SOLE DISTRIBUTORSHIP

YES/NO

NO

--EXPORT ACTIVITIES

YES/NO

NO

--AFFILIATION

YES/NO

YES

--LISTED

YES/NO

YES

--OTHER MERIT FACTORS

YES/NO

YES

DEFAULTER

 

 

--RBI

YES/NO

NO

--EPF

YES/NO

NO

TOTAL

 

75

 

This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                 Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                    Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

 


 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

 

 

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