"Banks must change every 3-4 years," says Aditya Puri, the recently retired

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"Banks must change every 3-4 years," says Aditya Puri, the recently retired chairman of HDFC Bank, dubbed as 'the world's best banker'



HDFC Bank's former CEO Aditya Puri believes that banks need to change every three to four years.

His comments come at a time when HDFC Bank is currently under the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) scanner to re-assess its IT infrastructure.

Dubbed 'the world's best banker', Puri brought HDFC Bank into the digital era.

Disruption is a part of any industry, and according to HDFC Bank's former CEO Aditya Puri, banks need to change every three to four years to keep up with the industry.
"We have to be a dynamic organisation. We need to change every three or four years," Puri, dubbed as the 'world's best bank' by The Economist, told financial services company, McKinsey.
Much of Puri's fame, which is limited to India, comes from his risk-averse approach to banking, which led to small but steady returns to start with, and yet, he managed to build an enviable franchise that is HDFC Bank whose market value today is ₹7.9 lakh crore ($107 billion).

"It's a misconception that you can price for risk. You can price for risk up to a point, but not beyond that. Otherwise, you end up in the subprime crisis," Puri said, adding that investors called him boring at the time.

However, Puri's comments come at a time when HDFC Bank is in trouble. Barely two months after his departure, the Reserve Bank of India ( RBI) stopped the lender from issuing any new credit cards and paused the rollout of its next generation of digital services — Digital 2.0 — after a server outage on November 21, which was only the latest in a series of disruptions.

More than 95% of HDFC Bank's transactions are conducted through its digital services. The strategy behind that, under Puri's reign, was to target the right market with the right technology platform and quantitative filters.

Source : https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/banks/news/hdfc-bank-ceo-aditya-puri-says-banks-must-change-every-3-4-years/articleshow/79734617.cms