India's HDFC units merge to create banking juggernaut

Country's largest private bank to 'boost affordable housing,' infrastructure

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The merger will help HDFC Bank close its gap with India's largest bank, the State Bank of India. © Reuters

SAYAN CHAKRABORTY, Nikkei staff writer

BENGALURU -- HDFC, India's largest housing finance company, will fold into the group's banking unit, HDFC Bank, to create a juggernaut. Its loan book will eclipse the combined credit extended by the next two biggest private banks, Axis Bank and ICICI Bank.

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