Mumbai, May 8 : India's largest mortgage lender Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) Wednesday said its net profit increased 17.27 percent to Rs. 1,555.21 crore in the quarter ended March 31, 2013.

The lender's total income increased to Rs. 5,677.71 crore in January-March quarter this year as compared to Rs. 4,891.03 crore registered in the corresponding period of last year.

For the financial year 2012-13, the company has posted a net profit after tax of Rs. 4,848.34 crore, as compared to Rs. 4,122.62 crore recorded in the previous year.

Mumbai, April 23 : HDFC Bank Tuesday said its net profit increased 30 percent to over Rs. 1,889 crore in quarter ended March 31 year-on-year, on the back of higher loan growth.

The bank has posted a net profit of Rs. 1,889.84 crore for the fourth quarter of 2012-13 as compared to Rs. 1,453.08 crore recorded in the corresponding quarter of previous year, registering an increase of 30.05 percent, HDFC Bank said in a statement.

HDFC Bank's total income increased to Rs. 11,127.54 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, as compared to Rs. 9,189.93 crore in the corresponding quarter of previous year.

The Reserve bank of India (RBI) has found irregularities at private-sector banks ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank, but the government will not take any action in a hurry, Banking Secretary Rajiv Takru said.

The central bank launched an investigation into the to three private lenders' practices after a sting operation revealed that the banks are helping customers evade taxes via money-laundering.

The soon to be announced wholesale price index (WPI) for the month of March is widely expected to in the range of 6.4 per cent to 6.6 per cent, down from 6.84 per cent in February.

The WPI has largely been declining since November last year. However, it rose from 6.62 per cent in January to 6.84 per cent in February.

Recently announced consumer price index (CPI) provided a hint that food inflation in the month of March was slower than the in the previous month. In March, prices are expected to have risen by just 0.2 per cent, as compared with

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has reportedly found some private lenders guilty of violating know your customer (KYC) norms.

A source from the central bank revealed that the probe found that officials at ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank violated KYC norms.

Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the source said, "The RBI, in its probe, has found that there have been some instances where bank officials have not done proper KYC for larger transactions."

HDFC Bank, India's second-largest private sector lender, has reportedly slashed its minimum lending rate or base rate by 10 basis points, from 9.7 per cent to 9.6 per cent.

Effective from Saturday, March 30, the base rate cut by the private lender followed a repo rate cut of 25 basis points by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on March 19.

Following the cut, HDFC Bank's base rate is the lowest among large lenders. Public-sector lender State Bank of India (SBI) has a base rate of 9.7 per cent, while private-sector lender ICICI Bank has a base rate of

Taking a lead over rival lenders, HDFC Bank on Thursday announced its decision to cut its minimum lending rate (base rate) by 10 basis points (bps) to 9.6 per cent.

Effective from Saturday, HDFC Bank’s new base rate is below that of public sector lender State Bank of India (SBI) as well as private sector lender ICICI Bank.

HDFC Bank became the lender in the country’s to cut its minimum lending rate after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) slashed its repo rate by 25 bps on 19th of March.

New Delhi, March 16 : HDFC Bank said Saturday it had retained Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu for an independent forensic inquiry into charges of money laundering levelled against it by an investigative news web site, based on a sting operation over five months.

The move comes even as ICICI Bank suspended 18 officials, pending inquiry into the money laundering allegations, while Axix Bank, the third private sector institution that was named in the expose, said an internal probe had been ordered.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the finance ministry also conducting independent investigations into the allegations.

Aniruddha Bahal, whjo is behind some major sting operations in the country exposing large scams, has discussed the latest Operation Red Spider with the media.

The new operation was aimed at exposing the nexus between India's top three private banks and politicians. The operations unearthed the money laundering activities at the banks in the country. The operation as conducted by a single reported working at CobraPost. The operation was conducted by CobraPost's associate editor Syed Masroor Hasan.

Indian bank, Axis Bank has launched an investigation after it was alleged that the bank is involved in money laundering activities.

The bank said that it will conduct a thorough investigation into the information that surfaced regarding the alleged money laundering activities at the bank. It said that the management looks at deviations form tis high standards very seriously.

HDFC Bank, the second-largest private sector lender in India, has announced its decision to slash its base rate by 10 basis points to bring it down to 9.7 per cent, from Tuesday, January 1, 2013.

From the start of the New Year, HDFC Bank will offer the lowest base rate among all major lenders, including public sector lender State Bank of India (SBI) and private sector lender ICICI Bank, both of which have base rate of 9.75 per cent.

It may be noted here that the base rate is the yardstick to which rates of all types of loans are linked.

In order to woo customers, three private sector lender, viz. ICICI Bank, HDFC and Vijaya Bank, dragged home loan rates down.

ICICI Bank announced a cut of 0.25 per cent to 1 per cent in home loans as part of its special festival offer. The lending rate for home loans of up to Rs. 30 lakh has been cut from 10.50 per cent to 10.25 per cent.

For home loans of between Rs. 30 lakh and Rs. 3 crore, ICICI slashed interest rate from 11.50 per cent to 10.50 per cent.

The asset liability committee(Alco) of HDFC Bank might decide to cut interest rate in its upcoming meeting later this week, the private sector lender's managing director & chief executive Aditya Puri said.

Speaking to reporters, Mr. Puri said, "When costs go down, interest rates will go down. The Asset Liability Committee will decide by how much the base rate will go down."

HDFC Bank's current base rate stands at 9.8 per cent, just five basis points above State Bank of India's 9.75 per cent.

ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank, two of the leading private sector lenders in India, on Wednesday slashed interest rates on fixed deposits.

ICICI slashed interest rates across maturities that range between 91 days and five years. This private sector lender now offers a maximum 8.75 per cent on retail term deposits, 50 basis points lower than 9.25 per cent it had been offering earlier. But, the lender's new maximum rate is still higher then State Bank of India's maximum rate by 25 basis points.

India's HDFC Bank has marked the Teacher's Day with the launch of its new Teacher's Credit Card, which comes with several reward point options.

The bank is offering several reward points, weekend bonanza points, a waiver on petrol surcharge and 500 teacher's day special gift reward with the new Teacher's Credit Card, it said in a statement. The bank also said that it is the largest issuer of edit cards in the country with a customer base of 5.60 million as of March 31, 2012.

HDFC Bank Ltd has reported a 31 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 1,417 crore during the first quarter of the current financial year compared to Rs 1,085 crore recorded in the same quarter of the previous year.

The impressive growth in the bank’s net profit was mainly due to a strong growth in loans and interest and fee-based income. HDFC’s net interest income rose 22.33 per cent to Rs. 3,484.05 crore, while fee-based revenue increased 24 per cent to Rs1,143.3 crore from Rs922.7 crore in the same quarter of the previous year.

India's HDFC Bank has announced a reduction of 20 basis points in its minimum lending rate, which will come into effect now.

The bank said that the base rate will now come down to 9.8 per cent, while the benchmark prime lending rate will now be at 18.3 per cent. The bank's rate will now be below that of larger banks such as the State Bank of India (SBI) that stands at 10 per cent.

India's HDFC bank has reported an increase of 30.35% to Rs 1,453.08 crore in the fourth quarter till March 2012, compared to Rs 1,114.71 crore in the same quarter till previous year.

India's second largest private sector bank by assets announced its results, which were mostly in line with analyst expectations, on Wednesday. The increase was mainly due to higher interest income despite a fall in bank's provision for bad loans and tax contingencies.

Mumbai, April 18 - HDFC Bank, India's second-largest private lender, Wednesday reported a 30.4 percent increase in its net profit at Rs. 1,453.1 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, led by higher interest rate margins and stable asset quality.

The bank had reported a net profit of Rs. 1,429.6 crore in the corresponding quarter of 2010-11.

The lender's total income increased 32.1 percent at Rs. 8,880 crore in the quarter under review from Rs. 6,724.3 crore in the corresponding quarter of 2010-11.

The HDFC Bank has said that it believes that the borrowing numbers are more credible than the forecasts for the financial year 2012.

The lender said that the government has budgeted a strong growth in capital expenditure during the coming year. A minimum slippage of Rs 30,000 cr could be expected in borrowing”, it said.

It pointed out that yields would face pressure due to the absence of open market option (OMO) activity. The real estate interest rates in the country are expected to be within manageable levels.