HDFC Bank, on Tuesday, reported a 20 per cent rise in net profit, its slowest growth in the past five quarters, at Rs.2,381.50 crore for second quarter ended September 30, 2014, notwithstanding a healthy jump in core interest income and margins, against Rs.1,982.32 crore in the July-September quarter of the last fiscal.
Net interest income grew 23.1 per cent to Rs.5,511 crore, while other income grew 11 per cent at Rs.2,047 crore restricted by a halving of its forex and derivative revenue at Rs.221.70 crore.