HDFC Bank in talks for loan of up to $1 billion

“HDFC Bank is seeking to tap the market as early as the coming month, in anticipation of an increase in credit demand”

1:- HDFC Bank is seeking to raise as much as $1 billion via an offshore loan, Bloomberg reported on December 19 citing people with knowledge of the matter.

The loan tenor could range from 1-5 years, the report said citing unidentified sources.

2:- HDFC Bank is seeking to tap the market as early as the coming month, in anticipation of an increase in credit demand.

3:- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in July hiked the external commercial borrowing limit to $1.5 billion and raised the all-in-cost ceiling by 100 basis points in select cases up to December 31, 2022.

4:- The minimum average maturity requirement for ECBs in the infrastructure space raised by eligible borrowers has been reduced to three years from the earlier five years

5:- Additionally, the average maturity requirement for mandatory hedging has been reduced to five years from the earlier 10 years, the central bank announced.

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