Appendix
Source ledger
Every external reference used in this dossier, grouped by chapter. Links were live as of 28 September 2026.
Origins, rise and the Puri era
- HDFC Bank - history profile
- Rediff - How Aditya Puri 'built' the HDFC Bank (Aug 2020)
- HDFC Bank - Who we are (official)
- Mint - Aditya Puri retires, Jagdishan takes over (Oct 2020)
- Hemindra Hazari - the dissenting obituary (Oct 2020, commentary)
People and culture
- The Hindu BusinessLine - culture admission (Jul 2023)
- Moneycontrol - 30% attrition, CFO (Jul 2023)
- ETHRWorld - CHRO interview (Nov 2023)
- The Wire - toxic work culture analysis (Jul 2023, commentary)
- Moneycontrol - CEO warns transgressors
The buried files
- The Hindu BusinessLine - Cobrapost sting, RBI fines (2013)
- SEBI - interim directions, WhatsApp UPSI leak (Feb 2018)
- Business Standard - SEBI asks bank to probe leak (2018)
- SEBI - final order (Nov 2022)
- Business Standard - ₹91 lakh RBI penalty (Nov 2025)
The GPS files
- Economic Times - car loan probe terminations (Jul 2020)
- Moneycontrol - five questions answered (Jul 2020)
- Bloomberg - probe into vehicle unit (Jul 2020)
- Business Standard - RBI seeks details (Jul 2020)
- Mint - ₹10 crore RBI fine (May 2021)
The outage ban
- Reuters - RBI curbs (Dec 2020)
- Indian Express Explained (Dec 2020)
- Reuters - cards allowed again (Aug 2021)
- The Hindu - all restrictions lifted (Mar 2022)
Merger and the slide
- The Hindu - Deepak Parekh retires (Jun 2023)
- Business Standard - Mistry, Karnad join board (Jul 2023)
- MSCI - treatment of HDFC Bank in the MSCI India Index (Aug 2024)
- ET - MSCI weight increase in 2 tranches (Aug 2024)
- CNBC-TV18 - shareholding pattern (Jan 2025)
- HDFC Bank filing - 1:1 bonus issue (Jul 2025)
Lilavati, the chairman, Dubai, MSRDC, succession
- Indian Express Explained - the Lilavati dispute (Jun 2025)
- Business Standard - bank calls allegations baseless (Jun 2025)
- NDTV - trust seeks CEO removal (2025)
- Indian Express - HC quashes FIR (May 2026)
- LiveLaw - SC issues notice (May 2026)
- Moneycontrol - ₹1,000-crore defamation plea dismissed (Jun 2026)
- ET - Chakraborty's full resignation letter (Mar 2026)
- Reuters - leadership strains (Mar 2026)
- ET - ADR selloff (Mar 2026)
- CNBC-TV18 - chairman exit (Mar 2026)
- Business Today - AT1 firings (Mar 2026)
- Times Now - AT1 mis-selling (Mar 2026)
- Chambers - Credit Suisse AT1 background
- ET Markets - US law firm probes, MSRDC (Jul 2026)
- The Hindu - CEO's retirement decision, Moody's (Aug 2026)
- The Hindu - two names to RBI (Sep 2026)
- Mint - succession and board changes (Sep 2026)
- Business Today - name expected within a week (Sep 2026)
- New Indian Express - Bharucha leads internal race (Aug 2026)
- CNBC-TV18 - CEO announcement liveblog (Sep 2026)
- Kotak Neo - RBI decision pending (Sep 2026)