HDFC Bank Limited (HDB) - Not Halal (Non-Compliant)
HDFC Bank Limited (HDB) is classified as Not Halal (Non-Compliant) according to AAOIFI Shariah screening standards. This assessment is based on business activity screening and financial ratio analysis using the AAOIFI methodology.
Business Activity Screen
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Banks - Regional
- Result
- Pass
- Reason
- The sector "Financial Services" and industry "Banks - Regional" are not in the excluded categories.
Financial Ratios
- Debt Ratio
- Value: 54.7% | Threshold: 30% | Result: Fail
- Cash & Interest-bearing Securities Ratio
- Value: 89.9% | Threshold: 30% | Result: Fail
- Non-Permissible Income Ratio
- Value: 99.2% | Threshold: 5% | Result: Fail
Dividend Purification
Purification percentage: 99.16%.Based on the company's financial statements, approximately 99.16% of dividend income should be donated to charity for purification. This is derived from identified interest income (99.16% of total income). Some scholars may differ on the exact calculation method.
About HDFC Bank Limited
HDFC Bank Limited provides banking and financial products and services to individuals and businesses in India, Bahrain, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Dubai. The company operates through Treasury, Retail Banking, Wholesale Banking, Other Banking Business, Insurance Business, and Other segments. It offers savings, salary, current, rural, public provident fund, pension, and demat accounts; fixed and recurring deposits; and safe deposit lockers, as well as offshore accounts and deposits, and overdrafts against fixed deposits. The company also provides personal, home, car and pre owned car, marriage, two-wheeler, business, doctor, educational, gold, consumer, and rural loans; loans against properties, securities, mutual funds, and car; loans for professionals; government sponsored programs; and loans on credit card, as well as working capital, term loans, supply chain management, project finance, export finance, commercial vehicle / equipment finance, tractor finance, infrastructure, and agriculture finance. In addition, it offers credit, debit, prepaid, forex, and kisan gold cards; payment and collection, export, import, remittance, bank guarantee, letter of credit, trade, hedging, and merchant and cash management services; and insurance and investment products. Further, the company provides short term finance, bill discounting, structured finance, export credit, loan repayment, custodial, and documents collection services; online, mobile, and phone banking services; unified payment interface, immediate payment, national electronic funds transfer, and real time gross settlement services; channel financing, vendor financing, money market, derivatives, employee trusts, cash surplus corporates, tax payment, and bankers to rights/public issue services; and financial solutions for supply chain partners and agricultural customers. It operates branches and automated teller machines in various cities/towns. The company was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.