HDFC Bank’s Merger Pangs
India’s second-biggest bank may not be the cynosure of investors as the merger with HDFC weighs heavy, shaving off 16% of its market cap. But who can afford to ignore the 800-Pound gorilla?
India’s second-biggest bank may not be the cynosure of investors as the merger with HDFC weighs heavy, shaving off 16% of its market cap. But who can afford to ignore the 800-Pound gorilla?
India’s largest private bank is up against some serious headwinds as MD & CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan battles the fallout of the merger with parent HDFC — both internally and externally.
Jagdishan’s re-appointment as MD & CEO of India’s largest private bank is for three years starting October 27, 2023
Basic salary of HDFC Bank CEO stood at ₹2.8 crore for FY23, while allowances and perquisites amounted to ₹3.31 crore; his remuneration for FY22 was ₹6.51 cr
Bank reports bumper profits as single-minded focus on customer acquisition pays off.
These will be small in size and will be phygital centres. HDFC Bank says this will enable it to go after "catchment more aggressively" and build required liability franchise that it’s known for.
The central bank orders the private bank to temporarily stop launches of digital business generating activities as well as sourcing of new credit card customers.
On the 37th day since taking charge, the RBI diktat—gagging HDFC Bank’s digital initiatives and addition of new credit card customers—is the first big challenge for the bank's new MD & CEO.
The man who built HDFC Bank talks about the early days, and his successor Sashidhar Jagdishan.