HDFC Bank is one of India’s leading private banks.
The Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited or HDFC Ltd was among the first financial institutions in India to receive an “in principle” approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to set up a bank in the private sector. This was done as part of RBI’s policy for liberalisation of the Indian banking industry in 1994.
HDFC Bank was incorporated in August 1994 in the name of HDFC Bank Limited, with its registered office in Mumbai, India. The bank commenced operations as a Scheduled Commercial Bank in January 1995.
On April 4, 2022 the merger of India’s largest Housing Finance Company, HDFC Limited and the largest private sector bank in India, HDFC Bank, was announced. HDFC Ltd, over the last 45 years has developed one of the best product offerings making it a leader in the housing finance business. HDFC Bank enables seamless delivery of home loans as a part of its wide product suite catering to urban, semi urban and rural India. Post merger, HDFC Bank is a professionally managed organisation, overseen by an experienced Board of Directors and does not have an identified promoter. The merger also marks the transformation of HDFC Bank into a financial services conglomerate offering a full suite of financial services, from banking to insurance, and mutual funds through its subsidiaries.
As of December 31, 2025, the Bank’s distribution network was at 9,616 branches and 21,176 ATMs across 4,170 cities / towns as against 9,143 branches and 21,049 ATMs across 4,101 cities / towns as of December 31, 2024. 50% of our branches are in semi-urban and rural areas.
The Bank’s international operations comprises four branches in Hong Kong, Bahrain, Dubai and an IFSC Banking Unit (IBU) in Gujarat International Finance Tech City. It has five representative offices in Kenya, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, London and Singapore. The Singapore and London offices were representative offices of erstwhile HDFC Limited and became representative offices of the Bank post the merger. These are for providing loans-related services for availing housing loans in India and for the purchase of properties in India
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