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The country's biggest private sector lender, HDFC Bank, on Saturday said it has registered a marginal 3 per cent increase in loan growth at Rs 25.42 lakh crore in the December quarter. Total advances were Rs 24.69 lakh crore at the end of December 31, 2023, HDFC Bank said in a regulatory filing. The lender reported a 15.8 per cent rise in total deposits to Rs 25.63 lakh crore as against Rs 22.14 lakh crore at the end of the third quarter of the previous financial year. The bank's average advances under management (advances grossing up for inter-bank participation certificates, bills rediscounted and securitisation/assignment) were Rs 26.27 lakh crore for the quarter under review, registering a growth of about 7.6 per cent over Rs 24.41 lakh crore in the year-ago period. Meanwhile, state-owned Indian Bank reported a credit growth of 9.6 per cent to Rs 5.59 lakh crore in the October-December period as against Rs 5.10 lakh crore a year earlier. At the same time, total deposits regist
Mortgage lender HDFC Ltd on Monday said its board has approved raising funds through non-convertible debentures (NCDs) in tranches aggregating to Rs 57,000 crore. The board has cleared issuance of unsecured, redeemable, non-convertible debentures under a Shelf Placement Memorandum, aggregating Rs 57,000 crore, in various tranches, on a private placement basis, HDFC said in a regulatory filing. This is in accordance with the approval granted by the shareholders of the HDFC at the 45th annual general meeting held on June 30, 2022, it said. Besides, it said, "the board has approved increase in the overall borrowing powers of the corporation from Rs 6 lakh crore to Rs 6.50 lakh crore, outstanding at any point of time and recommended the same for approval of the members of the corporation by way of postal ballot." The decision was taken since the outstanding borrowings of HDFC as on date is approximately Rs 5.70 lakh crore and it would need to borrow further for its business purposes ti