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  "id": 15167674,
  "title": "India's HDFC Bank quarterly profit rises 4.7%, narrowly misses estimates as treasury income slumps",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/indias-hdfc-bank-quarterly-profit-rises-4-7-narrowly-misses-estimates",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-17T09:12:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40444667/indias-hdfc-bank-quarterly-profit-rises-47-narrowly-misses-estimates-as-treasury-income-slumps"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "India's largest private-sector lender, HDFC Bank, announced on Saturday a second-quarter profit of 195.10 billion Indian rupees ($2.05 billion), which fell short of analysts' expectations. The increase was driven by strong loan growth but was dampened by lower treasury income and higher provisions for bad loans. Anup Bagchi, a former ICICI group executive, is set to become HDFC Bank's next chief executive on October 27, taking over amidst heightened scrutiny of the bank's governance, profitability, and operational performance. Treasury trading earnings declined significantly to 7.8 billion rupees from 23.9 billion rupees in the previous year, impacting overall profits. While loan growth was broad-based, resulting in a 16.3% rise in total loans, other income declined by 3.6% to 138.31 billion rupees. HDFC Bank's net interest income grew by 9.7% to 346.19 billion rupees, with deposits increasing 18.8% year-over-year. The credit-to-deposit ratio was 96.0%. However, provisions for potential bad loans and other contingencies rose by 2.1% to 35.74 billion rupees, indicating improved asset quality with the gross non-performing asset ratio at 1.11% as of September.",
  "summary": "MUMBAI: India’s largest private-sector lender, HDFC Bank, reported a second-quarter profit on Saturday that narrowly missed analyst expectations, as weaker treasury income and higher provisions for bad loans offset strong lending growth. The results come days before a leadership change at the Mumbai-based lender. Anup Bagchi, a veteran of the ICICI group, takes over as managing director and CEO…",
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        "published": "2026-10-17T08:46:36.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Business Standard IN",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/qatar-central-bank-hosts-annual-reception-for-qatari-banks-in-bangkok-15176977",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/qatar-central-bank-hosts-annual-reception-for-qatari-banks-in-bangkok",
        "published": "2026-10-17T09:57:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "HDFC Bank Q2 profit rises 5%, net interest income grows",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/hdfc-bank-q2-profit-rises-5-net-interest-income-grows",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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