OREANDA-NEWS. February 16, 2015. HDFC Bank Ltd, India's second-biggest private sector lender by assets, reported on Saturday a 20.2 percent increase in quarterly profit, beating estimates.

The Mumbai-based lender said net profit rose to 27.95 billion rupees (\\$450.33 million) in its fiscal third quarter to Dec. 31, from 23.26 billion rupees a year earlier.