“The additional capital will go a long way in supporting our growth plans over the next few years, especially in semi-urban and rural India,” its deputy managing director Paresh Sukthankar said in a video message.

American Express has topped this category, while Indiabulls Housing Finance is the only other Indian company (at 13th place) on the list.

Till 10:17 am; around 13.41 million equity shares representing 0.63% of total equity of HDFC Bank have changed hands on the NSE, the exchange data shows.

For the second time in a row, the bank has won the award in the India and South Asia category. The Award is a mark of excellence reflecting leadership in risk management and payment security performance.

The lender, which is already the country's largest issuer had around 1.06 crore outstanding credit cards as of March this year. This comprises close to 25 per cent of its base of four crore customers.

The successor will be announced by October 2019, a year prior to Puri stepping down from the charge in October 2020.

Implementation from last year of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act is expected to throw up a number of opportunities for the restructuring of real estate entities and to nurse stressed assets.